Concord — Jim Lawrence, a Republican running for New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District seat in part on his business savvy, hasn’t paid property taxes on his Hudson, N.H., home since 2013.

Lawrence last made good on his taxes November 25, 2013. A year and a half later, on April 3, 2015, he wrote a check for $5,313.80 to pay his taxes for 2014 — but that check bounced, tax records show.

A lien was put on his home on May 1, 2015. His outstanding delinquent tax bill stands at $15,614.90. The property at 18 Old Coach Road is valued at $289,100, according to town tax records.

New Hampshire Public Radio reported Monday on Lawrence’s business record with Lawrence Battelle Inc., the security consulting firm he founded in 2003. Lawrence has touted his record consulting with the Department of Defense on the campaign trail, but NHPR reported being unable to find any record of Lawrence Battelle doing business with the federal government in public databases.

NHPR also noted the firm had been evicted from its Nashua office in 2013, and a lawsuit brought by the company in 2012 against the federal government, claiming it had been unfairly excluded from a bidding process. A judge dismissed the suit.

Lawrence responded to the story Tuesday morning in a meeting with the Union Leader editorial board.

“Obviously they didn’t look hard enough,” he said about the radio station, adding that perhaps his company had not appeared in the databases they had searched because they did sub-contract work.

Lawrence has said he stepped away from the company in 2014 to focus on his first congressional run, but he defended its record while he was in charge.

“Our revenues, while I was at the helm of the company — it was, it was seven figures,” he said.

Lawrence told the Union Leader he had taken some time off after his last congressional run. Pressed about how he was supporting his family, Lawrence referred to “investments.”

“I did do well with Lawrence Battelle, I did make some investments and you know my family income is quite sufficient. Always has been,” he said.

Campaign spokeswoman, Jen Battelle, did not respond to an email request for comment on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the campaign announced a 24-hour suspension of activities starting at 4 p.m. due to the death of a staffer’s child.

Lawrence is challenging U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, a Democrat from Hopkinton. In 2013, Kuster had unpaid property tax bills for both her Hopkinton, N.H., and Jackson, N.H., homes. Soon after the report came out, Kuster paid her late taxes.

Clerks in both Hopkinton and Jackson reported on Tuesday the Kusters were paid up.