sentences:  Marchand acted as campaign director for 2004 1st Congressional District nominee Justin Nadeau.Following the 2002 campaign season, Marchand was named New Hampshire's political "Rising Star" of the year by the influential political web site PoliticsNH.com, as well as one of the 105 people with the greatest influence on the 2004 New Hampshire Presidential Primary.In March 2008, Marchand started his own political consulting firm, The Marchand Group.