Ted Gatsas

In March 2018, Ted Gatsas announced his bid for the office of Executive Councillor from District Four. Gatsas won the Republican nomination by beating Jane Cormier. Gatsas defeated Democrat Gray Chynoweth in the general election, claiming 48.9% of the vote to Chynoweth's 47.4%.

In June 2017, it was revealed that the rape of a 14-year-old girl had occurred at the city's West High School in September 2015. A public uproar ensued when it became apparent that neither the county district attorney, City Hall, the police department or the Manchester school system had reported the rape of the girl to the public. When Joyce Craig criticized Gatsas's handling of the 2015 rape, he accused her of trying to politicize the crime.

Gatsas is Greek American. The Greek Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Boston, Metropolitan Methodios, gave the invocation at his 2015 inauguration.

Gatsas first was elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire in 2009, defeating Democrat Mark Roy in the nonpartisan election 10,668 to 8,128. Gatsas won a huge victory over Chris Hebert in the 2011 mayoral contest, taking nearly 70% of the vote. In 2013, Gatsas was again re-elected, defeating Patrick Arnold, but by less than 1,000 votes. In 2015, Gatsas faced his stiffest challenge ever, when he beat Democratic Alderwoman Joyce Craig by only 64 votes, after a recount. In a 2017 rematch, Craig defeated Gatsas, 53% to 47%, thus becoming the first woman to serve as Mayor of Manchester.

Gatsas was educated at Manchester Central High School. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire at Manchester with a Bachelor of Science degree. He then started Staffing Network, a PEO, with his brother Michael. Gatsas was elected alderman in the Manchester city council in 1999, and later elected to the New Hampshire Senate in 2000. He became President of the Senate in 2005 by cutting a deal mid-term with the minority Democrats to remove two-term Republican Senate President Tom Eaton. He was elected Senate Minority Leader after the Democrats took control of the State Senate in 2006.

It was found in the final days of the Gatsas administration that the City Solicitor's office had failed to successfully prosecute domestic violence cases. The City Solicitor, Tom Clark, was appointed by the Board of Aldermen in 1995, well before Gatsas became mayor, and had been reappointed by the Board of Aldermen multiple times. Police Chief Nick Willard, who had figured in the high school rape controversy, appealed directly to the Attorney General of New Hampshire for help. The chairman of the Board of Aldermen, Pat Long, said "As an elected official I feel a sense of responsibility". The Manchester police department helps in the prosecution of domestic violence cases. The scandal led to the early retirements of city prosecutors and the temporary take-over of the department by the state. A stand-out in the battle against opiates who had attracted national attention, Chief Willard, subsequently was named U.S. Marshal by President Donald Trump.

Theodore Gatsas (born May 22, 1950) is an American politician and member of the Republican party who had served as Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire from 2010 to 2018. He was a member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 16th District from 2000 until he resigned in 2009 after being elected mayor.