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Peter Sullivan (politician)
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Peter M. Sullivan is a member of the Board of Aldermen in the city of Manchester, New Hampshire
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Sullivan serves as the chair of the Committee on Accounts, Enrollment, and Revenue Administration. He is also a member of the Committee on Public Safety and traffic and the Joint School Buildings Committee.
He is a former New Hampshire
state representative from Hillsborough County
. Born in Virginia
, Sullivan is a Democrat
and served on the House Committees on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs.
Sullivan is a graduate of the University of New Orleans
and the University of Arkansas School of Law
. He served for ten years as a member of the US Army Reserve and the Army National Guard, including five years of service as a commissioned officer.
Sullivan won a seat on Manchester's Board of Aldermen on November 6, 2007. He defeated incumbent Pat Long, a fellow Democrat, in the non-partisan municipal election. He was the only candidate to defeat a sitting member of the Board in 2007.
Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which...
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Sullivan serves as the chair of the Committee on Accounts, Enrollment, and Revenue Administration. He is also a member of the Committee on Public Safety and traffic and the Joint School Buildings Committee.
He is a former New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
state representative from Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 380,841 people, 144,455 households, and 98,807 families residing in the county. The population density was 435 people per square mile . There were 149,961 housing units at an average density of 171 per square mile...
. Born in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, Sullivan is a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
and served on the House Committees on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs.
Sullivan is a graduate of the University of New Orleans
University of New Orleans
The University of New Orleans, often referred to locally as UNO, is a medium-sized public urban university located on the New Orleans Lakefront within New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is a member of the LSU System and the Urban 13 association. Currently UNO is without a proper chancellor...
and the University of Arkansas School of Law
University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
. He served for ten years as a member of the US Army Reserve and the Army National Guard, including five years of service as a commissioned officer.
Sullivan won a seat on Manchester's Board of Aldermen on November 6, 2007. He defeated incumbent Pat Long, a fellow Democrat, in the non-partisan municipal election. He was the only candidate to defeat a sitting member of the Board in 2007.