Don LeBrun
Donald L. LeBrun was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. He served as a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018.
Life and career
LeBrun was born on October 26, 1935, in Dundalk, Maryland. He was raised in the Baltimore area and attended Essex Community College. He relocated to Nashua, New Hampshire, in 2000, after meeting his wife, Marcia Kostoulakos. He served as an alderman for Nashua's ward 5.In 2010, LeBrun won a write-in bid to be one of ten Republican candidates for the Hillsborough 26th district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He went on to win the general election, representing Nashua wards 5, 8, and 9. In 2012, redistricting allocated Nashua's 5th ward to its own district, the Hillsborough 32nd. He won re-election there in 2012, 2014, and 2016, retiring in 2018. In 2012, he sponsored legislation that would have required EBT cardholders to have photo identification, stating that he would like food stamp recipients to undergo random drug testing. The following year, he unsuccessfully sponsored legislation that would revived straight-ticket voting, and successfully sponsored legislation that mandated background checks for summer camp employees. In 2016, he proposed legislation that would have required reporters to wear nametags while covering the state legislature, a move opposed by the state press association. That year, LeBrun endorsed Chris Christie's presidential campaign, and begrudgingly backed Donald Trump's bid, calling his behavior "immature" and "very juvenile."
He died at the age of 89 on January 30, 2025, in Nashua.