John S. Barnes Jr. (born August 21, 1931) is an American politician who served in the New Hampshire Senate for the 17th district, from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2012.
Barnes won the New Hampshire primary for Vice President of the United States in 2008.
[1] The following year, he co-sponsored a bill which abolished the vice-presidential preference ballot.
The bill passed both houses of the state legislature and took effect in 2012.
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