It could be several more hours until a winner is declared in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire.With about 50 percent of the votes totaled, former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte and lawyer Ovide Lamontagne were only separated by hundreds of votes.Ovide Lamontagne says he is proud of what his campaign accomplished, considering he trailed Ayotte by double digits in early polling, and was significantly outspent.Lamontagne says he is confident he will come out on top, but says he will support Ayotte if she wins, and she has promised to do the same.
Ovide M. Lamontagne is a native and resident of Manchester, where he practices law as a shareholder with the law firm of Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A. Ovide is a 1975 graduate of Trinity High School. Following his graduation from The Catholic Universit.of America in 1979, Ovide taught high school social studies for three years before obtaining his law degree at the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1985. During his legal career, Ovide served as a law clerk to the Honorable James E. Barrett of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit and legal counsel for the New Hampshire State Senate during the 1991 Legislative Session. Ovide is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, the National Diocesan Attorneys’ Association, and the New Hampshire Judicial Council.

Ovide Lamontagne is a Manchester native and has been with the firm since 1986. He represents clients in complex business transactions and commercial litigation, specializing in the areas of healthcare, not-for-profit charitable trust litigation including representing religious organizations, and construction law. Ovide serves as general counsel to several not-for-profit organizations and is involved in many civic, charitable and political organizations and activities, and is one of the firm’s bilingual shareholders, with French being his second language.

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