SPOTLIGHT RACE: Matt McLaughlin for NH-SD09

Matt McLaughlin was born and raised in Bedford, NH, as the youngest of 10 children.

His educational journey took him from Bedford public schools to Trinity High School, then to Bridgton Academy Prep School, and finally to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, where he graduated in 1981. At the Naval Academy, Matt distinguished himself as a three-year letterman on the varsity football team, participating in two bowl games and beating Army three out of four seasons.

Matt is married to Debbie Myers, who grew up in Manchester.

Together, they have three children and five grandchildren, weaving a tight-knit family deeply rooted in New Hampshire. While in the navy Matt and Debbie were stationed in Pensacola FL, Lemoore CA, and Jacksonville FL, then they returned to New Hampshire, first settling in Manchester before building a house on his family’s property in Bedford in 1993.




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