CANDIDATE BIO: Jo Ann Rotast, Democrat for State Rep

Merrimack Patch has sent a questionnaire to all people running for state representative and state senate to tell Patch readers a little about themselves and why they are running for office. Bios will be posted as they are received and will feed into our Election 2012 topic page which is under the "News" tab above.

Jo Ann Rotast, Democrat

State Representative

Date of birth: 10/27/1947

Background/education:  BS in Chemistry/ Math Merrimack College; MBA Southern NH University

Experience/Occupation:  retired, 35+ years of engineering/management experience in manufacturing. Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Prior elected office: none

Personal: 35-year resident of Merrimack. Married to Richard Bean. 2 sons, Michael and Benjamin, and 2 beautiful granddaughters. Biking, skiing, hiking enthusiast.

Priorities: Assure fiscal responsibility while living up to our moral obligations. Protect New Hampshire's middle class. Invest in infrastructure and education.

Why are you running? I am running because I think that NH is moving in the wrong direction.  In business, companies never shrink their way to prosperity.  They grow their business by investing in it and by investing in their employees.  NH has lost their advantage and we to  need to restore it by returning balance, civility and plain common sense to the legislature