Government Relations

On the average 1,000 bills are filed in the New Hampshire Legislature each year. The vast majority of them will never see the newspaper.

That's where The Dupont Group comes in.

Knowing what the legislation says is only half the story. Being acquainted with and understanding the agendas, the factions, the politics, and the policy is essential in seeing the whole picture. Our objectives are to provide clients with expert, focused, advocacy before the state Legislature. We bring to our clients the capability to address a wide variety of issues from day one. Our experience includes work before every policy committee in the House and Senate, meaning that we start a project with a rapport with the legislators. We supply candid, straightforward advice and help clients determine goals. The varied experiences of our lobbyists, knowledge of the political landscape and the relationships we have built over the years have put us in a unique position to create a winning strategy for our clients.

In recent years, The Dupont Group has been successful in a number of high-profile legislative efforts. We played a leading role in the fight to deregulate New Hampshire's electricity market and were influential in the major restructuring of the state's business taxes. We played a key role in numerous changes to the state's pari-mutuel gaming laws, including the gaming tax laws and were the principal force in the writing and adoption of the State Pari-mutuel Commission's account and telephone wagering rules. As the representative firm for the Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire, we took the lead in the successful fight against a serious effort to impose a sales tax in New Hampshire. That effort included grassroots strategy and issue-oriented paid media, and resulted in a lopsided defeat for the proposal.