Facts: - caption: mayor steve marchand - order: mayor of portsmouth , nh - successor: thomas g. ferrini - party: democratic - spouse: sandi hennequin - term end: january 3 , 2008 - term start: 2005 - birth date: 10 january 1974 - name: steve marchand - image: stevemarchand.jpg - birth place: manchester , nh - religion: roman catholic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of steve marchand .
steve marchand -lrb- born january 10 , 1974 -rrb- is the former mayor of portsmouth , new hampshire .he is currently the principal of srm consulting , a public affairs and strategic communications firm .in 2014 , marchand assumed the role of new hampshire state director for no labels , a national organization dedicated to bringing people across the ideological and political spectrum together to identify , and work together to solve , the nation 's most pressing challenges .prior to that , he served as the director of corporate relations for the university of new hampshire , working with business leaders across the state to match industry 's greatest needs with unh 's resources and expertise .marchand was an early democratic primary candidate for u.s. senate for the 2008 election , but he dropped out of the race in 2007 and endorsed former governor jeanne shaheen .during the 2008 new hampshire presidential primary , marchand endorsed democratic presidential candidate , governor bill richardson .