James Demers

( New Hampshire )

Subjects: All Subjects

Clients

1) Air BnB Inc

2) Alzheimers Association

3) American Association of Dental Boards, Inc

4) American Coatings Association

5) Bank of America Corp

6) Cartwheel Care Inc

7) Centene Corp and Affiliates

8) Comcast Cable Communications Mgmt LLC

9) Consumer Healthcare Products Association

10) Covista

11) Enterprise Mobility

12) Eversource

13) FedEx

14) International Bottled Water Association

15) Just Right Reader

16) Kalkomey Enterprises

17) Lenovo c/o Multistate Associates, LLC

18) Mortgage Bankers & Brokers Assn of NH

19) New England Pest Management Association

20) New Hampshire NAELA

21) NH Athletic Trainers Assn

22) NH City and Town Clerks Association

23) NH Court Reporters Association

24) NH Driver Education Teachers Assn

25) NH Golf Course Superintendents Association

26) NH Group LLC

27) NH Motor Speedway

28) NH Nurses Association

29) NH Occupational Therapy Association

30) NH Police Assn

31) NH Retail Association

32) NH Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

33) NH Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

34) NH Speech Language Hearing Association

35) NH Tax Collectors Association

36) NH Troopers Association

37) NH Wine & Spirits Brokers Association

38) North Country Environmental Services

39) Northerner Scandinavia Inc

40) Novo Nordisk Inc

41) Phrma

42) Planned Parenthood NH Action Fund

43) Port City Air

44) RAI Services Company

45) Sanofi US Services Inc

46) SAS Institute Inc

47) Self Storage Association

48) SPAN

49) Teamsters Local 633

50) The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

51) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

52) Walmart Stores Inc

Number of Years as a Lobbyist

20+ years

Biography

James M. Demers is the founder of The Demers Group and Demers, Blaisdell Inc., he presently serves as President & CEO of Demers, Blaisdell & Prasol Inc. Mr. Demers is a former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and former congressional candidate. He has over 40 years of experience in the legislative, regulatory and political fields. He has been a political commentator for numerous media outlets including ABC News, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News as well as NH news stations WMUR-TV, WBIN-TV and New England Cable News. He has been actively involved in advising presidential campaigns, serving as co-chairman of President Barack Obama's NH campaign in 2008. He presently serves on the advisory board of the NH Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College, chairman of the NH International Trade Advisory Commission and he is a "political insider" for Politico and the National Journal. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the US Senate to serve on the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which is the country's development financial institution. He has been recognized by numerous state and national publications as one of New Hampshire's "most influential" and "most powerful" people. He is a graduate of the University of Miami (FL) and he holds an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University. He served three terms in the NH House where he served as the Assistant Minority Whip. He has also served as President and Executive Director of the New England-New York-New Jersey Financial Services Association and the National Card Coalition after doing corporate government affairs work for two national financial services companies. He is a resident of Concord, NH.

Last Updated: May 26, 2026