Charles Bass

Bass's grandfather Robert Bass served as Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1911 to 1912, founded the Progressive Republican movement, and was a friend/confidant of President Teddy Roosevelt.

Charles Bass attended the Holderness School in Holderness, New Hampshire, where he was elected President of the school in his senior year.

Bass ran for the 2nd District again, winning the Republican primary with 29% of the vote.

Mike Hammond came second with 24%, Ward Scott was third with 20%, attorney and future New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice James P. Bassett was fourth with 14% and businessman Theo de Winter came fifth with 5%.

Eight others split the remaining 8% of the vote.

In the general election, he rode the Republican Revolution to defeat incumbent Richard Swett by 51% to 46%.

In the Republican primary, he was challenged by Mike Hammond, who had finished second two years previously.

Bass easily defeated him, taking 66% of the vote to Hammond's 27%.

Dana Albert came third with 3%, Robert J. Kulak came fourth with 2% and future State Representative Tom Alciere came fifth with 1%.

Write-in candidates took the remaining 1%.

His father served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire in the 1950s and 1960s.

Charles Foster Bass (born January 8, 1952) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for NH's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2007 and 2011 to 2013.

He is the son of Perkins Bass, who also represented the same New Hampshire district from 1955 to 1963.

Bass was born in Boston to Katharine and Perkins Bass.

Bass graduated from Dartmouth College in 1974.

During 1974 Bass worked for Maine Republican U.S. Congressman William Cohen.

From 1975 to 1979 Bass worked for Maine Republican U.S. Congressman David F. Emery.

Bass served in the New Hampshire General Court from 1982 to 1988.

In 1988, he ran for the New Hampshire Senate and defeated incumbent Jean White in the Republican primary.

In 1988, Gregg did not run for re-election, instead running successfully for Governor of New Hampshire.

Bass, however, did not run to succeed him.

Charles Douglas III won the election but was defeated in 1990 by Democrat Richard Swett, who was comfortably re-elected in 1992.

He served there until 1992.

While in the State Senate, he represented Peterborough.

He was a supporter of tort reform and some abortion rights.

After incumbent Republican Congressman James Colgate Cleveland of New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district decided to retire, Bass entered the race to succeed him.

Then-Executive Councillor Judd Gregg won the Republican primary with 34% of the vote.

State Senator Susan McLane, the mother of future Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster, came second with 25%, Bass came third with 22% and former deputy executive director of the Domestic Policy Council Robert W. Sweet came fourth with 7%.

Five other candidates took the remaining 12%.

Gregg went on to win the general election.

In the general election, Bass was re-elected to a second term against former State Senator and 1992 gubernatorial nominee Deborah Arnie Arnesen by 51% to 44%.

Between 1998 and 2004, Bass was re-elected by ever increasing margins.

In 1998, he beat Mary Rauh by 53% to 45%.

In 2000, he was re-elected to a fourth term against attorney Barney Brannen by 56% to 41%.

In 2002, Rep. Bass defeated Richard Swett's wife, Katrina Swett, by 57% to 41%.

In 2004, he was challenged in the Republican primary by State Representative Mark Brady, whom Bass defeated by 71% to 29%.

In the general election, he defeated attorney Paul Hodes by 59% to 38%, which remains the best election performance of his career.

In the Republican primary, Bass won 75% to Berlin Mayor Bob Danderson's 13% and Mary Maxwell's 11%.

In the general election, Hodes ran against Bass in a rematch.

In late September, a top Bass staffer resigned after news broke that a U.S. government computer from Bass' D.C. office had been posting anonymous concern troll messages to New Hampshire blogs.