New Hampshire election news
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Republican Governors Association creates websites mocking Craig, Warmington
Jul. 30—WASHINGTON — Underlining the stakes in this close election, the Republican Governors Association (RGA) on Monday created separate websites attacking the two major Democratic candidates, former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig and Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington of Concord. The two sites, https://www.visitcraigville.com for Craig and https://www.cindessecrets.com/ for Warmington, ...
2 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Sununu shrugs off Trump telling voters they 'won't have to vote anymore'
Jul. 28—Gov. Chris Sununu shrugged off a statement made by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in which the former president told a group of Christians Friday they wouldn't have to vote again in four years if they elect him. "I think that was a classic Trumpism, if you will," the governor said Sunday morning on ABC's "This Week." The campaign for Democrat Kamala Harris has called ...
3 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump in two NH polls: Experts weigh in on what it means
NH political experts offer analysis on Kamala Harris taking 6-point lead over Donald Trump in the state, according to two polls.
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Can NH Dems turn big buzz into victory for Harris?
Jul. 26—CONCORD — Out of Joe Biden's shadow, Vice President Kamala Harris's historic campaign to become the nation's first woman president began well here this past week, though she didn't lack for detractors. "I think Granite Staters are really excited to have Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket," said Craig Brown, who was state director of her 2020 presidential run. "She is someone who ...
7 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
NH suit against political robocallers gets federal boost
Jul. 26—The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday supported the rights of organizations and individuals to sue robocall companies for calls that intimidate, threaten or coerce voters in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act, bolstering a New Hampshire lawsuit resulting from the presidential primary. "Voter intimidation, whether carried out in person or by way of robocalls, disinformation ...
2 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
State House Dome: Morse attacks Ayotte -- she ignores him
Jul. 25—REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE for governor Chuck Morse of Salem kicked off his paid media campaign with an aggressive attack against front-runner Kelly Ayotte of Nashua, slamming her past opposition to Donald Trump and support for immigration reform. Campaign officials said the 30-second ad was part of a six-figure buy on non-broadcast and cable TV outlets, including streaming services such as ...
7 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
D.C. Dems make big investments in NH State House races
Jul. 24—CONCORD — An advantage in fundraising and candidate recruitment puts New Hampshire Democrats on a path to flipping the Republican majorities in the state Legislature this fall, according to a state Democratic Party memo the Union Leader obtained. These developments led to even larger investments in these races from the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which already had made ...
3 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Ayotte's first ad focuses on crime, taxes
Jul. 23—CONCORD — Republican candidate for governor Kelly Ayotte of Nashua is beginning her paid media phase of her campaign Tuesday with a 30-second TV ad in which she charges her main Democratic rivals are soft on crime and supported spending that would raise taxes on New Hampshire citizens. "This election is about keeping New Hampshire exceptional. The other side will raise taxes and coddle ...
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Warmington calls out Craig on TV debate
Jul. 23—CONCORD — Democratic candidate for governor Cinde Warmington of Concord is challenging her major primary rival, Joyce Craig of Manchester, to commit to a televised debate ahead of the Sept. 10 primary election. Warmington, an executive councilor, said in this campaign she has done many more media interviews with print, television and radio outlets than Craig, a former mayor of ...
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Biden's NH delegates, party leaders endorse Harris for president
Jul. 22—CONCORD — Almost all the Democratic party's leadership in New Hampshire quickly moved to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to replace Joe Biden as the 2024 nominee for president. All 39 New Hampshire delegates who had been pledged to Biden released a signed statement around 9 p.m. Sunday night that they were backing Harris. "Kamala Harris will defeat the Trump-Vance ticket, their ...
4 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
How can Kamala Harris (or any Democrat) replace Joe Biden on NH 2024 election ballot?
President Joe Biden is out of the 2024 presidential race. Is it too late for a new candidate to get on the general election ballot in New Hampshire?
3 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
Do NH Democratic delegates have to vote for Biden? Your delegate questions answered
New Hampshire's delegation to the Democratic National Convention will help decide the party's candidate for president. What to know.
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
UNH poll shows more than half of Democrats surveyed feel Biden should drop out of race
Jul. 18—Most New Hampshire residents think President Joe Biden should abandon his reelection campaign and drop out of the presidential race, according to a recent poll from the University of New Hampshire. The poll found that 59% of Granite Staters want Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential election. The number includes 56% of Democrats, 46% of independents and 64% of Republicans ...
2 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
NH Sen. Gannon challenged by Rep. Phillips in Republican primary: Here's how they differ
NH state Sen. Bill Gannon and primary challenger Emily Phillips criticize each other's records, shaping race in 2024 Republican primary.
9 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
Sununu signs bill to provide voting law information to NH students
New Hampshire public and private high schools will soon be required to give voting information to students, under a law signed by Gov. Chris Sununu this month.
2 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Craig promotes her mayoral record in new TV ad
Jul. 11—In her campaign's second TV ad, Democratic candidate for governor Joyce Craig has pivoted to defending her record as mayor of Manchester, insisting she took on the "toughest fights" to build more housing, reduce violent crime and add thousands of good-paying jobs. The commercial is Craig's attempt to put the most favorable light on her three terms running the state's largest city that ...
1 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
Sununu signs bill requiring accessible voting machines in all NH towns
New Hampshire cities and towns will be required to provide accessible voting machines for all elections after January 2025.
3 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Warmington highlights housing in new TV ad
Jul. 8—CONCORD — Democratic candidate for governor Cinde Warmington of Concord spotlights the affordable housing crisis in the third paid ad of her campaign, which began airing Monday. As the only Democrat on the Executive Council, Warmington said she worked to ensure that the $100 million housing program that Gov. Chris Sununu created with federal American Rescue Plan Act grants included ...
1 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
State House Dome: Cash is king in 2nd CD Democratic primary
Jul. 5—LESS THAN TWO MONTHS in, the Democratic primary in the 2nd Congressional District race is headed toward all sorts of fundraising records. Former Biden Justice Department executive Maggie Goodlander of Nashua took the top line last week, declaring she had raised $1.55 million in just 52 days. Her camp insists this was more than six-term U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., ever raised in a ...
10 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
'Vote in Honor of a Vet' program unveiled
Jul. 5—CONCORD — Voters at the primary and general election will get a unique opportunity to honor their favorite veterans by wearing a commemorative pin under a new program that Secretary of State David Scanlan and his top staff unveiled Wednesday. Scanlan said he learned while serving as a back-benching legislator in the 1980s that many of his House colleagues were World War II veterans who ...
3 min read - USFoster's Daily Democrat
NH rules Strafford County Commission candidates can run in whatever district they like
Republicans who changed the way Strafford County commission elections work forgot to include a residency clause. Democrats have long won all 3 seats.
5 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
BLC allows Strafford County commissioner to run where she doesn't live
Jul. 2—CONCORD — The state Ballot Law Commission rejected the pleas of leaders in the Republican-led Legislature to overlook a loophole it had mistakenly created with a 2023 election law (HB 75) that lets a Strafford County commissioner run for reelection in a district where she doesn't live. By a 4-1 count, the BLC said it's clear the Legislature, when it split the three-person county ...
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Most NH politicos think Biden will reject calls to withdraw
Jul. 1—CONCORD — Many political analysts across the spectrum in New Hampshire believe that despite a shaky debate performance last week, President Joe Biden will resist calls from some media outlets and rank-and-file Democrats to step aside. Some argued that Biden and leaders in the Democratic National Committee did their supporters a disservice by boycotting the first-in-the-nation primary in ...
5 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
Trump overtakes Biden in NH poll after president's disastrous debate
For the first time in the run-up to the 2024 election, former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden among New Hampshire voters.
2 min read - USFoster's Daily Democrat
Strafford County Commission election dispute to be heard by NH Ballot Law Commission
The Ballot Law Commission will decide whether Strafford County commissioners who live in-county must live in the district they represent.
4 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
State House Dome: Second thoughts on Biden? Sununu predicted this
Jun. 28—FOR NEARLY a year, one of Gov. Chris Sununu's hottest takes on the presidential election was his prediction that President Joe Biden would not be the nominee by the time of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August. But until Thursday night, the four-term governor said it was too late for national Democrats to change horses. Sununu said Wednesday that dumping Biden at ...
9 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
NH pollster: Debate viewers more likely to remember Biden-Trump gaffes rather than issues
The “theatrics” of the debate, or non-policy related positions, will be the most memorable, said UNH pollster Andy Smith.
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
1st CD GOP debate feisty as trio question one another
Jun. 26—MANCHESTER — The first debate among three major Republicans running in the First Congressional District became feisty Wednesday after Newfields business owner Hollie Noveletsky and Derry entrepreneur Chris Bright questioned the conservative credentials of former Executive Councilor Russell Prescott of Kingston. In turn, Bright called upon Noveletsky to defend her past campaign ...
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Craig shares personal pain in her first TV ad for governor
Jun. 26—CONCORD — In her first TV ad of the campaign, Democratic candidate for governor Joyce Craig of Manchester talked about the pain of having had a miscarriage and vowed to protect reproductive freedoms for all New Hampshire women if elected. "I'll never forget the feeling during my ultrasound when the nurse kept trying to find a heartbeat. It never came," said Craig, a former three-term ...
3 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
Trial begins for Dover man accused of texting death threats to presidential candidates
Dover man on trial for allegedly texting death threats to 3 presidential candidates the month before the 2024 NH Primary. He thought they were bots.
6 min read - WorldNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Union Leader wins 20 NHPA awards, including general excellence
Jun. 21—New Hampshire Union Leader reporter Shawne K. Wickham was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the New Hampshire Press Association's Excellence in Journalism awards banquet Thursday. The Union Leader also took first place for General Excellence among large news organizations and received 18 other awards, including seven first places. The event, recognizing the state's best ...
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
State House Dome: House control will be a close call again
Jun. 21—JUDGING FROM candidate filings, majority control of the House of Representatives will be a close call again on Election Night Nov. 5. According to unofficial records from the Secretary of State's office, Democrats and Republicans are close to tied on numbers of candidates for the House's 400 seats. Of the seats previously held by Republicans, 44 are open. For Democrats, 46 are open. On ...
10 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Poll: Most NH voters oppose prison for Trump in hush-money case
Jun. 21—Most Granite Staters say Trump shouldn't go to prison DURHAM — According to the first independent poll on the topic, likely New Hampshire voters said they oppose a prison sentence for former President Donald Trump following his conviction in the hush-money case involving porn star Stormy Daniels. By a narrow margin, respondents narrowly supported a large fine as the appropriate ...
2 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Congressional delegation to star at abortion rights rally Monday
Jun. 21—CONCORD — The state's all-Democratic congressional delegation will join the Biden-Harris campaign hosting a rally Monday night to mark the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that eliminated abortion rights protections and threw the issue back to the states. The 6 p.m. event is planned outside the State House in Concord. The Democratic Party's coordinated campaign issued ...
2 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Ayotte, Craig set fundraising records in gov's race
Jun. 19—CONCORD — The leading Republican and Democratic candidates for governor said they both have broken state records for donations raised by this point in the campaign. Republican hopeful Kelly Ayotte said she had raised more than $4.2 million since the campaign began, which already is nearly double the record $2.2 million that outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu raised in 2022 on the way to his ...
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Leaders in both parties racing the clock to fill seats
Jun. 17—CONCORD — The leaders of both political parties have a frantic few days to recruit candidates that can fill vacancies on the general election ballot for the New Hampshire Legislature and county offices. Since the candidate filing period ended Friday, Democratic Chairman Raymond Buckley of Manchester and Republican Chairman Chris Ager of Amherst have been tasked with finding hopefuls ...
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Candidates to replace Sununu mark final filing day
Jun. 16—CONCORD — Democratic candidate for governor Joyce Craig insisted Friday that her three terms as mayor of Manchester make her uniquely qualified and rebuffed Republican claims that she'll be unable to defend her record on fighting crime, homelessness and trying to improve the performance of test scores for students in city public schools. "The record I have in Manchester stands, the ...
4 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
NH 2024 primary races for US House set: Who's taking on Pappas? Who will replace Kuster?
The 2024 races to represent New Hampshire in the U.S. House are on with election filing closed. Here's a look at who is on primary ballots.
6 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
Here are NH elections to watch in 2024 as governor, Senate, House, council fields are set
The 2024 NH primary elections are headlined by the governor's race. But there are many races to watch for Senate, House and Executive Council, too.
7 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
State House Dome: Noveletsky gets big-name backer in competitive 1st CD primary
Jun. 14—FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Republican candidate Hollie Noveletsky of Newfields received a much-needed momentum boost from a familiar name this past week. Matt Mowers, the 2020 nominee for this seat and former Trump State Department staffer, has decided to support her. Coming off the Chris Christie presidential campaign here, Mowers has a base of activist followers who worked on both ...
10 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Saying Pappas infected with liberal 'virus,' Levasseur makes bid for Congress
Jun. 14—Saying he wants to "spread the message of hope," Manchester Alderman Joe Kelly Levasseur officially entered the GOP primary for the 1st Congressional District on Friday. In announcing his run, Levasseur said he wants to make sure former Manchester mayor and current Democratic candidate for governor Joyce Craig "gets full credit for turning very blue Manchester red." "For the first time ...
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Second gentleman to visit NH for political/official events Friday
Jun. 13—MANCHESTER — Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff will travel to New Hampshire Friday for official government business and some politicking for the Biden-Harris ticket. The husband of Vice President Kamala Harris will begin his day meeting with local volunteers and helping at a phone bank in Exeter aimed at senior citizen voters. Later in the day, Emhoff will preside over a roundtable on ...
2 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
One NH voter ID bill killed, another heads to Gov. Sununu
Gov. Chris Sununu has not publicly said whether he would sign HB 1569, but he has said he does not see a need for changes to election laws in 2024.
2 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files in NH to get on presidential ballot: Here's what is next
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed Thursday to be a presidential candidate on the general election ballot in New Hampshire. Now the next steps begin.
4 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff to launch 'Seniors for Biden-Harris' effort in Exeter, NH
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, is coming to Exeter Friday.
1 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
NH secretary of state predicts ‘challenges,’ litigation if voter ID bill becomes law
Lawmakers have advanced legislation to require photo identification without exception at polling places in New Hampshire. Will it go into effect?
4 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
NH secretary of state signals support for ‘significant’ change to voter registration
New Hampshire’s top elections official is signaling his support for a Republican-backed measure that would alter how first-time voters register.
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Morse makes gubernatorial run official, takes aim at Ayotte
Jun. 5—CONCORD — Republican candidate for governor Chuck Morse of Salem kicked off the 2024 candidate filing season Wednesday, attacking primary rival Kelly Ayotte of Nashua as someone who went to Washington as a U.S. senator and became a liberal. Supporters lined the hallways to welcome Morse, 63, who said he's got proven experience to succeed retiring Gov. Chris Sununu, having served 16 ...
3 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
Major NH voting law change nears finish line despite objections
State lawmakers and Sununu will make the final decision about whether these bills become law in the coming weeks.
6 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
Voting bill would make NH only state in US to require citizenship documents
NH Republicans are pushing to require residents to produce a birth certificate, passport, or other citizenship document to register to vote.
6 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Election reform advocates pan GOP Senate moves vs. voter fraud
May 27—CONCORD — Election-reform advocates charge two bills that cleared the state Senate last week would disenfranchise thousands from registering and voting at the polls this fall because they lack proof of identity, age, domicile or citizenship. But Senate Election Laws and Municipal Affairs Chairman James Gray, R-Rochester, said it's too easy for people to show up without papers, cast a ...
4 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
State House Dome: GOP senator could be first of many with primary foe
May 24—FIRST-TERM state Rep. Emily Phillips, R-Fremont, became the first Republican to declare she would oppose a sitting state senator this fall — three-term Sen. Bill Gannon, R-Sandown. "For too long the state Senate has ignored the will of the voters, pandered to lobbyists, and been the body in which good bills go to die; that needs to change, and I am in this race to make sure that ...
9 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
Under a new NH voting law, the right to a secret ballot is no longer guaranteed
Though NH secretary of state’s office doesn’t release the names of voters who use affidavit ballots, it does publicly disclose the towns.
8 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Political consultant behind fake Biden AI robocalls indicted in NH, faces $6 million fine
May 23—The Attorney General's Office has filed criminal charges against the political consultant behind a robocall that used artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden urging voters not to vote in New Hampshire's primary election earlier this year. Attorney General John M. Formella announced Thursday that Steven Kramer, 54, of New Orleans, Lousiana, has been indicted on charges ...
3 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
Man charged with voter suppression over AI-generated, Biden robocalls before NH primary
Steven Kramer, 54, has been charged with felony voter suppression related to robocalls impersonating President Biden two days before the NH primary.
2 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
In race for NH governor, Morse and Ayotte aim to repackage familiar political records
The Republican primary for New Hampshire governor features two candidates who have been in state politics for years.
5 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
York voters reject short-term rental ordinance regulating Airbnbs: Election results
Voters reject short-term rental ordinance but approved a ban on single use plastics: Here are the results from Saturday's vote.
7 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
NH Senate backs stricter proof of eligibility rules for new voters
First-time New Hampshire voters would be required to show a passport, birth certificate or naturalization papers in order to register under a proposal approved Thursday in the state Senate.
2 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
Jon Morgan to challenge for Janet Stevens' NH Executive Council seat
Jon Morgan says Janet Stevens and Republican councilors put politics ahead of women's health care. Stevens points to work on Seacoast infrastructure.
6 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
In New Hampshire governor’s race, some finance reports are clearer than others
Use of the state’s online filing system is voluntary, but bill would make it mandatory
7 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Sununu: Voters focused more on nation's challenges than Trump trials
May 8—The challenges posed by illegal immigration, inflation, a lack of affordable housing and access to mental health care are more important to voters than the criminal trials dogging former President Donald Trump, Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday. "Look, no one knows where all of that is going to go and, by the way, it's not going very well for the prosecution right now," Sununu began about ...
4 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Moving state primary election looks unlikely this year
May 6—CONCORD — New Hampshire is likely to keep one of the latest state primaries in the nation, because the House of Representatives and state Senate can't agree on an earlier date. The state primary is set for the second Tuesday in September, which is Sept. 10 this year. The state Senate and Gov. Chris Sununu supported legislation (SB 380) to move the primary up three months to June, ...
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Ex-Dem state rep announces bid for vacant Senate seat
May 6—CONCORD — A former legislator and retired doctor became the first Democrat to announce he's running for the seat that state Senate President Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, will retire from at year's end. Bill Marsh served for six years in the House, the last four as a Democrat after he switched parties in part due to the Republican response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, Marsh had run ...
2 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Coons urges Congress to act on deep fakes bill after N.H. stunt
May 5—CONCORD — Congress needs to act before the November election to act on legislation that would require that deepfake images or recordings be labeled as not real, U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware said during an interview. Coons, the three-term senator who holds the seat President Joe Biden had for decades in the U.S. Senate, returned to New Hampshire last Saturday to campaign for the ...
4 min read - PoliticsPortsmouth Herald
NH's delegates for Biden will count in 2024. But will NH primary be first in 2028?
Granite State Democrats shouldn't celebrate: the DNC’s decision doesn't mean New Hampshire will be the first primary officially again in 2028.
3 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
NH Democratic candidates for governor coming to Exeter for public forum
Exeter Town Hall event will feature three Democrats running for governor: Joyce Craig, Cinde Warmington and Jon Kiper. It's open to public.
2 min read - OpinionNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
State House Dome: Nonpartisan group wants to de-polarize the pols
Apr. 26—A NONPARTISAN GROUP that wants to end polarization in politics had its kickoff sessions online this past week. New Hampshire Together is a project of The People, a nonprofit launched in 2019 that brought two people from each state to Washington to work on bipartisan solutions. "We are leaving it up to the citizens to chart the course," said Executive Director Kate Fahey, when asked ...
9 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
As NH lawmakers contemplate requiring voter ID, one organization is ready to help
As lawmakers weigh the bill, House Bill 1569, one national organization is gearing up to help voters should it become law.
8 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
State House Dome: Secretary Scanlan goes to Washington
Apr. 19—SECRETARY OF STATE David Scanlan made his inaugural voyage to Capitol Hill this past week to testify to a U.S. Senate panel about New Hampshire's experience in the vortex of artificial intelligence attacks in American elections. The National Association of Secretaries of State tapped Scanlan to speak to the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on privacy, technology and the law. ...
9 min read - USFoster's Daily Democrat
Strafford County leaders sue NH over election change: Why case has major implications
NH Democrats have argued if Strafford County district change stands, nothing would prevent the party in power from making changes at any time.
5 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Sununu's comments on Trump on 'This Week' create stir
Apr. 14—Gov. Chris Sununu said on national TV Sunday morning he stands by his criticism of former President Donald Trump on the Jan. 6 insurrection and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, but not even a conviction — or multiple convictions — would stop him from voting for the Republican nominee. The nine-minute segment on "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos on ABC was titled "Sununu ...
3 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
U.S. Rep. Kuster backing Van Ostern to replace her
Apr. 9—CONCORD — As expected, U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., confirmed Tuesday that she is endorsing former Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern's Democratic primary bid to replace her in the 2nd Congressional District. Van Ostern, 45, got into the race the day after Kuster, 67, surprised some observers by declaring that she would not seek a seventh two-year term. When Kuster first ran for ...
3 min read - USPortsmouth Herald
NH bill allowing pre-processing of absentee ballots clears Senate
New Hampshire town clerks would be empowered to pre-process absentee ballots ahead of elections under a bill that unanimously passed the Senate Friday.
2 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
'In these four walls we work' - Manchester mayor reflects on first 100 days in office
Apr. 5—The first thing one notices when entering Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais's office is the clock. Counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds left in his term, it's a symbol of the need for urgency when attending to the daily machinations of New Hampshire's largest city. "This is a constant reminder that in these four walls we work. There is no room for fakery," Ruais said. "There is ...
7 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Burns drops run for Congress, will jump into Executive Council race
Apr. 4—Manchester Republican Bob Burns shifted gears Thursday, dropping plans to run for Congress in the 2nd District to instead announce a bid for a vacant seat on the Executive Council. Burns's about-face followed an announcement by Executive Councilor Ted Gatsas, R-Manchester, that he would not seek a fourth two-year term this fall. Until this development, Burns was planning to run for ...
2 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Scanlan backs using fed surplus to support replacing aging voting machines
Apr. 3—CONCORD — Secretary of State David Scanlan said the state has enough surplus in a federal election fund that he supports making grants to help cities and towns replace aging voting machines. Scanlan urged the Senate Election Laws and Municipal Affairs Committee Tuesday to kill a related House-passed bill (HB 447) that would require he set up a $3 million matching program of grants for ...
4 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Gatsas to call it a career after 24 years
Apr. 3—Executive Councilor Ted Gatsas said he will end a 24-year career in elective politics when he completes his third term on the council this fall. The former Manchester mayor and Senate president, a 73-year-old Republican, said it's time to turn over the seat to the next generation of political leaders. During an interview, Gatsas stressed that his health was fine and the time was right ...
5 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Whitley forms exploratory committee for 2nd Congressional District run
Apr. 3—CONCORD — Two-term State Sen. Becky Whitley, D-Hopkinton, said Wednesday she has formed a committee to explore a Democratic primary run for the 2nd Congressional District seat. Whitley, 44, made her announcement a week after U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., surprised some observers by declaring she would not be seeking a record seventh term in the U.S. House. Kuster has already held the ...
4 min read - PoliticsNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Van Ostern raises $325k for 2nd C.D. Dem bid
Apr. 2—CONCORD — Democratic congressional candidate Colin Van Ostern of Concord raised more than $325,000 in the four days since he declared his campaign seeking to replace six-term U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., who is not running again this fall. "I am deeply grateful to the hundreds of grassroots supporters across this district who have sent in this historic level of contributions to the ...
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