Timothy Horrigan

{{Short description|New Hampshire politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Tim Horrigan

| term_start1 = December 2010

| party = Democratic

| death_place =

| death_date =

| birth_place = South Bend, Indiana, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|3}}

| office1 = Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

| predecessor1 =

| constituency1 = Strafford 6th

| image =

| state_house1 = New Hampshire

| successor2 =

| predecessor2 =

| term_end2 = December 2010

| term_start2 = December 2008

| constituency2 = Strafford 7th

| education = Columbia University (BA, MA)
University of Southern California (MBA)

}}

Timothy Horrigan is a New Hampshire politician.

Education

Horrigan graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School in 1975.{{Cite web|title=Welcome to the NH General Court {{!}} NH General Court|url=http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=376826|access-date=2021-05-12|website=gencourt.state.nh.us}} He earned his B.A. in English from Columbia University in 1979,{{Cite web|date=August 2006|title=LETTERS TO THE EDITOR|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jul_aug06/letterseditor.html|access-date=May 12, 2021|website=Columbia College Today}} a M.A. in English and Comparative Literature in 1982,{{Cite web|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|url=http://votesmart.org/|access-date=2021-05-12|website=Vote Smart}} and his MBA in Marketing Management from the University of Southern California in 1984.{{Cite web|title=New Hampshire Rep. Timothy Horrigan (D) {{!}} TrackBill|url=https://trackbill.com/legislator/new-hampshire-timothy-horrigan/657-10143/|access-date=2021-05-12|website=trackbill.com|language=en}}

Electoral history

Horrigan ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent the Strafford 7 district in 2008 and won the election. He resigned in 2010 over his remarks on Facebook against Sarah Palin.{{Cite web|last=Keefe|first=Jennifer|title=Durham state Rep. Horrigan resigns after anti-Palin remarks|url=https://www.fosters.com/article/20100812/GJNEWS_01/100819829|access-date=2021-05-12|website=fosters.com|language=en}} He later ran and won the election in 2010 to represent Strafford 6 and has served in the position since.

Personal life

Horrigan was born in South Bend, Indiana. His father was an accounting and finance professor at the University of New Hampshire and served as a state representative during the 1980s.{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=T. N. H.|date=2020-10-24|title=Meet the candidates|url=https://tnhdigital.com/2020/10/24/meet-the-n-h-candidates-part-1/|access-date=2021-05-12|website=The New Hampshire|language=en-US}}

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