Joe Duarte (politician)

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| name = Joe Duarte

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| state_house = New Hampshire

| district = Rockingham 2nd

| term_start = January 2011

| term_end = January 2017

| predecessor = Maureen Mann

| successor = Jim Nasser

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|11|29}}

| birth_place = Viana do Castelo, Portugal

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| party = Republican

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| residence = Candia, New Hampshire, U.S.

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Joe Duarte (born November 29, 1941) is a former Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, from Candia. Duarte was born in Viana do Castelo, Portugal.{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/109987/joe-duarte#.V_ApyjKZNLg|title=Joe Duarte's Biography|publisher=Project VoteSmart|accessdate=October 1, 2016}} He unsuccessfully ran for the New Hampshire Senate in the 2016 elections. Duarte has nine grandchildren.

For the 2016 United States presidential election, Duarte endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump.{{cite news|url=http://www.wmur.com/article/baldasaro-sapareto-head-list-of-trump-supporters/5203735|title=Baldasaro, Sapareto head list of Trump supporters|work=WMUR.com|date=September 8, 2015|accessdate=October 20, 2016}}