Van Jones, 9/11 ‘truther,’ to visit school tied to Dem state senator (Updated)

disgraced former Obama administration official who once thought the U.S. government may have been responsible for the deadliest terror attack in American history will spend time in New Hampshire on Monday, a guest of a New Hampshire Democrat state Senator, NowHampshire.com has learned.
Van Jones, one of President Barack Obama’s controversial ‘czars,’ was forced to [...]

Bass announces for old seat, praises tea party movement

Here is Charlie Bass’ announcement video:

Here’s what he told the Union Leader’s John DiStaso about the tea party movement:
Bass rejected any suggestion that he’s simply a Washington insider retread, a charge his opponents of both parties rolled out immediately in various forms yesterday.
“There’s a big difference between experienced leadership and being a Washington insider,” he [...]

Boutin defeats Goley in bellwether state senate special election

In what political observers are viewing as a major blow to Democratic Gov. John Lynch’s agenda and a foretaste of a potential Democratic bloodletting in November, Republican David Boutin defeated Democrat Jeff Goley in the District 16 state Senate special election, despite being vastly outspent.
Goley and the Democrat Party, led by Ray Buckley, poured money [...]

Forsythe enters District 4 senate race

a href=”http://www.jimforsythe.com/”>Jim Forsythe enters the race for the GOP nomination in state Senate District 4. George Hurt is already in the race. Democrat Kathy Sgambati currently holds the seat.
Below is Forsythe’s press release:
Forsythe Declares Candidacy for District 4 State Senate Seat
Laconia, NH- Conservative Republican Jim Forsythe announces his candidacy for the District 4 [...]

Shock Poll: Newcomer Binnie tied with Hodes

A second poll in less than a week shows New Hampshire Republican Senate candidate Bill Binnie gaining significant traction in the race to replace the retiring Judd Gregg.
A new Rasmussen poll has Binnie with a one-point lead over Rep. Paul Hodes, the only Democrat in the race. Binnie would earn 42% to Hodes’ 41% [...]

Source: Ashooh backed Lynch’s LLC Tax while on BIA board

A source close to the situation tells NowHampshire.com that defense industry lobbyist and Republican candidate for Congress Rich Ashooh approved of the Business and Industry Association’s endorsement of the Democrats’ LLC Tax last June. The source asked to remain anonymous
Ashooh, a Bedford Republican, voted in favor of supporting the Democrats’ budget, which included the recent [...]

Binnie’s ad campaign shows signs of bearing fruit

Lots of polls are emerging these days and Colorado company Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies has just released theirs. And it shows that Republican Bill Binnie’s several-hundred thousand dollar television and direct mail campaign is beginning to bear fruit in his effort to replace the retiring Sen. Judd Gregg.
Binnie has emerged from almost nowhere [...]

POLL: Shea-Porter’s antics catching up to her

Voters appear to have soured on embattled New Hampshire Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter after a series of bizarre antics have made her the subject of widespread derision in Washington and New Hampshire.
According to a new poll by the University of New Hampshire only 35% of likely voters approve of the job Shea-Porter is doing in Congress. [...]

Buckley privately invokes 1994 as Dems struggle

He may be full of bluster and contemptuous insults for Republicans while in New Hampshire but privately New Hampshire Democrat Party Chairman Ray Buckley is nervous that those Republicans will pound his team in the 2010 mid-term election.
During the DNC’s winter meeting in Washington this weekend Buckley and Democratic Party Vice Chair Martha Fuller Clark [...]

Ashooh-led PACs donated to Lynch, Dems

Despite promising to “bring conservative, common sense to Washington, and restore fiscal restraint and the economic principles that will create private sector jobs,” Republican Congressional candidate Rich Ashooh has chaired two state political action committees that donated handsomely in 2008 to Democrats who back new and higher taxes.
AE Systems NH PAC donated $1,000 to Democrat [...]

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