Max Abramson

Albert "Max" Abramson (born April 29, 1976) is an American politician currently serving as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham District 20 (Hampton Falls, Seabrook) since 2018. He previously represented the same district from 2014 to 2016. He ran for the nomination of the Libertarian Party for the 2020 election, but dropped out on March 3, 2020.[3] He is best known for being the Libertarian nominee for Governor of New Hampshire in 2016. He sought the Veterans Party nomination for President but lost.

Max Abramson
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the 20th Rockingham district
Assumed office
December 2018
In office
December 2014 – December 2016
Personal details
Born
Albert "Max" Abramson

April 29, 1976
Kent, Washington
Political partyRepublican
(until 2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2019, 2020, 2020–present)
Other political
affiliations		Libertarian
(2012–2014, 2016–2017)
Independent (2019–2020)[lower-alpha 1]
Democratic (2020)[2]
Veterans (2020)
Reform (2020)
EducationGreat Bay Community College

Career

In 2010, Abramson was a candidate in the Republican primaries for the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham District 14, but lost.[4] Following his resignation from the Seabrook Planning Board and Budget Committee, Abramson announced a run for the position of the Rockingham County attorney's office as a Libertarian, remarking that the office was "overstaffed" and was not investigating "violence, sexual misconduct, and theft by police officers".[5]

Abramson was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, as a Republican, representing Rockingham district 20 in late 2014.[6] In May 2016, Abramson announced that he had changed his party registration from Republican to Libertarian.[7] In September, he was nominated as the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's candidate for Governor of New Hampshire in the 2016 gubernatorial election, garnering 4.3% of the popular vote.[8] Abramson's campaign, buoyed by Gary Johnson's campaign, won major party status and automatic ballot access for the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire for the first time in 20 years.[9]

Following the 2016 election, Abramson switched back to the Republican Party and was re-elected in 2018 to the seat he previously held in the Legislature.[10]

2020 presidential campaign

Following the 2018 election, Abramson announced his return to the Libertarian Party[lower-alpha 1] to campaign for the 2020 Libertarian presidential nomination.[11]

Abramson officially announced his campaign for president under the Libertarian banner on June 30, 2019, two days after again leaving the Republican Party, and becoming an independent.[12][13] During his campaign, Abramson was the only incumbent elected official running for the Libertarian nomination,[14] however, he never actually joined the Libertarian Party.[lower-alpha 1] He stated that his primary campaign platform was to bring troops home and cut the national debt. Moreover, the goal of Abramson's campaign was not "necessarily" to win the presidency, but to elect as many Libertarians to legislature seats as possible.[15] Abramson quit the Libertarian Primary on March 3, 2020, subsequently ending his bid for the Libertarian presidential nomination.[16][17]

Abramson returned to the Republican Party, but later changed parties again, this time joining the Democratic Party.[2]

On June 8, Abramson joined the Veterans Party of America to run for their presidential nomination.[18] He also later announced a run for the nomination of the Reform Party.[19] Abramson attempted to organize a merger between the two parties, which was negatively reacted to by Reform Party leadership.[20] Abramson finished a distant second to Rocky De La Fuente at the Reform Party Convention on June 20.[21] On August 22, Abramson announced on Twitter that The Veteran's Party of America decided not to hold a convention or run a candidate for the 2020 presidential election, effectively ending his 2020 presidential run.[22] He decided to run as a Republican for the New Hampshire House of Representatives from District 37 of Rockingham County.[23]

On December 19, 2010, Abramson was arrested after firing a gun outside his crowded home. Abramson claimed he did this to break up a fight happening inside his home.[6] At the time, Abramson was a member of the Seabrook Planning Board and Budget Committee.[24] In March 2012, he was convicted of felony reckless conduct for the incident.[25][24] He resigned from the Planning Board on July 17, 2012.

Electoral history
2012 Rockingham County attorney election[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Reams 76,471 52.3%
Democratic Joseph Plaia 60,210 41.2%
Libertarian Max Abramson 9,473 6.5%
Total votes 146,208 100.0%
2014 Rockingham District 20 General Election [27][28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dennis Sweeney 1,977 23.7
Republican Francis Chase 1,912 23.0
Republican Max Abramson 1,732 20.8
Democratic Mark Preston 1,416 17.0
Democratic David Ahearn 1,283 15.4
Total votes 8,327 100.0
Republican hold
Republican hold
Republican hold
2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chris Sununu 354,040 48.84% +1.41%
Democratic Colin Van Ostern 337,589 46.57% -5.81%
Libertarian Max Abramson 31,243 4.31% N/A
n/a Write-ins 1,991 0.28% +0.09%
Total votes 724,863 100.0% N/A
2018 Rockingham District 20 General Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Aboul Khan (incumbent) 2,233 20.3
Republican William Fowler 2,053 18.7
Republican Max Abramson 1,980 18.0
Democratic Patricia O'Keefe 1,819 16.6
Democratic Greg Marrow 1,511 16.8
Democratic Denis Rice 1,385 12.6
Total votes 10,981 100.0
Republican hold
Republican hold
Republican hold

Notes
  1. While Abramson was running for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination, he was not officially registered with the party.[1]

References
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  2. "Party Information (D)". app.sos.nh.gov. PCC Technology Group LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. Abramson, Max (March 3, 2020). "Max4Prez". Facebook.
  4. Cronin, Patrick (September 10, 2010). "Primary in District 14 rep. race". Seacoast Online. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  5. Haddad, Jim (November 3, 2012). "After arrest, Seabrook Libertarian seeks county attorney's job; other Rock. County races listed". Fosters.com. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  6. "NH House leaders weighing future of rep convicted of felony". WMUR-TV. December 30, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  7. "New Hampshire Legislator Changes Registration from 'Republican' to 'Libertarian". Ballot Access News. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  8. Sullivan, Max. "Seabrook Rep. Max Abramson running for governor". seacoastonline.com.
  9. "NH Libertarians Officially Recognized as Party For First time in 20 Years + "Free Staters" Win 15+ State Rep Races". November 9, 2016.
  10. "Welcome to the NH General Court | NH General Court". www.gencourt.state.nh.us.
  11. "WAL 2020 Presidential Candidate Series: Meet Max Abramson". July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  12. Abramson, Max (June 30, 2019). "REP. MAX ABRAMSON ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL BID--BRING THE TROOPS HOME". Max Abramson. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  13. Winger, Richard (June 29, 2019). "New Hampshire Legislator Changes Registration from Republican to Libertarian". Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  14. Ryan, Aidan (August 1, 2019). "N.H. legislator seeks Libertarian Party presidential nomination". Boston Globe. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  15. Sullivan, Max (July 28, 2019). "Seabrook's Abramson seeks Libertarian presidential nomination". The Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  16. Abramson, Max (March 3, 2020). "Facebook Post by Max Abramson". Facebook. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  17. Winger, Richard (March 22, 2020). "Max Abramson Withdraws from Libertarian Presidential Race". Ballot Access News. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
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  19. Saturn, William (May 8, 2020). "Max Abramson to Seek Reform Party 2020 Presidential Nomination". Independent Political Report. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  20. Saturn, William (May 25, 2020). "Souraya Faas Considering Run for Reform Party Presidential Nomination". Independent Political Report. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  21. http://ballot-access.org/2020/06/20/reform-party-nominates-rocky-de-la-fuente-for-president-again/
  22. @RepAbramson (August 22, 2020). "The Veterans Party of America's ExecComm decided not to hold a national convention this year and not to run a candidate. They made this announcement on July 31st" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. "2020 Election Information". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  24. Chiaramida, Angeljean (March 21, 2012). "Town official convicted in gun incident". The Daily News. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  25. Cronin, Patrick (March 20, 2012). "Seabrook politician is found guilty". Seacoast Online. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  26. "County Offices – 2012 General Election". The State of New Hampshire. November 6, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
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  29. "2016 General Election Information and Results". Secretary of State, New Hampshire. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
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