Lex Berezhny
American politician
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Lex Berezhny is an American Republican party politician and software engineer. He represents the Grafton 11th district in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[2]
Lex Berezhny | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office December 7, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Beth A. Folsom |
| Constituency | Grafton 11th |
| In office December 2, 2020 – December 7, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Vincent Migliore |
| Succeeded by | Corinne Morse |
| Constituency | Grafton 9th |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1984 (age 42) |
| Party | Republican[1] |
| Occupation |
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Berezhny was born in Ukraine and emigrated to Chicago, Illinois, at the age of 7. He spoke out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine shortly after it began in 2022.[3] He supported the comments of the former president of Poland, Lech Wałęsa, about "the unfinished job of defeating Russia" when Wałęsa came to address the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2022.[4] He is a cosponsor of House Bill 1633 which would legalize the recreational use of cannabis.[5] Berezhny ran unopposed in the 2024 New Hampshire House of Representatives election.[6] He won re-election in 2024.[7]
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ned Gordon | 1,175 | 69.2 | |
| Republican | Lex Berezhny | 345 | 20.3 | |
| Republican | Tejasinha Sivalingam | 166 | 9.8 | |
| Republican | Other | 11 | 0.7 | |
| Total votes | 1,697 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ned Gordon | 3,507 | 36.2 | |
| Republican | Lex Berezhny | 2,316 | 23.9 | |
| Democratic | Catherine Mulholland | 2,007 | 20.7 | |
| Democratic | Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban | 1,826 | 18.9 | |
| Other | 28 | 0.3 | ||
| Total votes | 9,684 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Lex Berezhny | 1,264 | 58.2 | |
| Democratic | Catherine Mulholland | 905 | 41.7 | |
| Other | 2 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 2,171 | 100 | ||
