Lex Berezhny

Lex Berezhny
Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 7, 2022
Preceded byBeth A. Folsom
ConstituencyGrafton 11th
In office
December 2, 2020 – December 7, 2022
Serving with Edward "Ned" Gordon
Preceded byVincent Paul Migliore
Succeeded byCorinne Morse
ConstituencyGrafton 9th
Personal details
BornJanuary 1984 (age 40)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine)
Political partyRepublican[1]
Occupation
  • Politician
  • software engineer

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]

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

New Hampshire House of Representatives primary election for the Grafton 9th district, 2020      Source:[8]
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
New Hampshire House of Representatives general election for the Grafton 9th district, 2020      Source:[8]
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
New Hampshire House of Representatives general election for the Grafton 11th district, 2022      Source:[8]
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

References

  1. ^ "NH House Grafton County District 11: Elected Officials". CitizensCount. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "Representative Lex Berezhny (R)". The General Court of New Hampshire. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  3. ^ Sexton, Adam (March 11, 2022). "New Hampshire state representative born in Ukraine says country won't stop fighting". WMUR-9. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  4. ^ Sexton, Adam (May 12, 2022). "Former Polish President Walesa tells New Hampshire lawmakers US leadership needed". WMUR-9. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 New Hampshire Cannabis Bills". Marijuana Policy Project. 2024. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  6. ^ Adrian, Patrick (June 18, 2024). "Two Democrats, two Republicans seek open NH Executive Council seat that represents Upper Valley". Valley News. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  7. ^ "New Hampshire Election Results". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Lex Berezhny". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

Sexton, Adam (March 11, 2022). "NH state representative speaks out against invasion of home country". WMUR-9. Retrieved October 7, 2024.


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