{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Russ Ober | image = | image_size = 150px | caption = | state_house = New Hampshire | district = Hillsborough 37th | term_start = December 2006 | term_end = July 22, 2021 | term_start1 = December 2002 | term_end1 = December 2004 | predecessor = | successor = | birth_name = {{nowrap|Russell Theodore Ober III}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|8|13}} | birth_place = Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = Lynne Ober | relations = | children = | alma_mater = University of Maryland<br>Central Michigan University<br>Syracuse University | occupation = teacher | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = United States Air Force | rank = Lieutenant colonel | service_years = 1962–1984 | battles = Vietnam War }} '''Russell Theodore Ober III''' (born August 13, 1938) is an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. He is a former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, sitting as a Republican from the Hillsborough 37 district, having been first elected in 2006, and previously serving from 2002 to 2004. In 2021, after his wife, Lynne Ober, was stripped of her committee leadership position, he resigned alongside her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=376506|title=The New Hampshire House of Representatives|access-date=2018-09-20|archive-date=2019-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111082949/http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=376506|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/42255/russell-ober-iii|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|access-date=2018-09-20|archive-date=2018-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109021638/https://votesmart.org/candidate/42255/russell-ober-iii|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NH Journal Resignation">{{cite web|last=Graham|first=Michael|date=27 July 2021|title=Rep. Lynne Ober Loses Vice Chair Position Over Budget 'Stunt', Resigns|website=NH Journal|url=https://nhjournal.com/rep-lynne-ober-loses-vice-chair-position-over-budget-stunt-resigns/|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401081607/https://nhjournal.com/rep-lynne-ober-loses-vice-chair-position-over-budget-stunt-resigns/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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