For Immediate Release                                                                      Thursday May 22, 2008

Kenyon Announces Bid for State Senate

 Daphne Kenyon, a long time resident of Windham, announced today that she is running for the District 19 Senate seat, promising to work hard on the issues that matter most to district residents, such as jobs, affordable health care, widening of Highway 93, and excellence in education.  District 19 includes Derry, Hampstead, and Windham.  “In these challenging economic times, I want to make sure that our state government works as effectively and efficiently as possible to serve its citizens,” Kenyon said. 

Daphne Kenyon is an economist who specializes in public policy issues facing state and local government.  She heads D. A. Kenyon & Associates, a public policy consulting firm, and serves as a visiting fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.  Before opening her own consulting firm, Kenyon headed the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, a free-market think tank.  She was an economics professor for many years, first at Dartmouth College, and then at Simmons College, where she served as department chair.  She earned her B. A. in economics from Michigan State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan.

 Kenyon was Lynch’s first appointee to the state’s board of education.  Previously Kenyon served on the Windham School Board.  Kenyon and her husband Peter Kachavos were early supporters of Governor Lynch, with her husband being a prominent Republican for Lynch.  Kenyon was born in Georgia and lived in the Midwest until she completed her education, and has now lived in New Hampshire over 20 years.  Her husband’s family settled in Derry in the 1920s, and has been a vital part of the Derry community since then.  Kenyon’s father-in-law was proprietor of George’s Shoe Store on Broadway in Derry for 30 years.  Kenyon and her husband have a 17-year-old daughter, Elizabeth.