Binnie turmoil

Now! Hampshire has learned from several sources that the Binnie campaign is in turmoil. A riff has opened up between prominent supporters and Binnie’s mostly out-of-state campaign staff, and Binnie has decided to ignore both and call his own shots. The rift opened up weeks ago after Binnie received a poll showing he was trailing [...]

Frank Guinta: I’m not a conservative

Prior to embarking on his congressional campaign, embattle Republican hopeful Frank Guinta insisted to the New Hampshire Union Leader that he’s not a conservative and had begun “tak[ing] steps to avoid partisanship,” NowHampshire.com has learned. Instead, Guinta said his wife calls him a “new Republican,” presumably one who is much more liberal than the mainstream [...]

Brilliant move by Binnie?

When Bill Binnie announced last week that he was pulling his negative ads and going positive, most people dismissed it as an empty promise. However, Binnie seems to have followed suit and as of this morning, he has not aired any negative ads attacking his main opponent, Kelly Ayotte. It has become an article of [...]

Mahoney overtakes Guinta in latest congressional poll

Republican congressional candidate Sean Mahoney has overtaken former-Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta in an Americans for Prosperity poll of First District Republican primary voters. If the election were to be held today, Mahoney would earn around 31% of the vote to Guinta’s 26%. Rich Ashooh would get 10%. Still some 26% of voters remains undecided. The [...]

****Binnie most unpopular candidate in any race

Now! Hampshire has learned that according to several internal polls, Bill Binnie is the most unpopular candidate running for any office in NH this election cycle. In fact, some veteran politicos think that it is possible that Binnie is the most unpopular candidate to run for office in NH in recent memory. Sources say that [...]

Guinta’s backed tax increases in New Hampshire legislature

The campaign of Republican Congressional hopeful Frank Guinta (NH-01) has attempted to position their man as a hardcore anti-tax tea partier on television ads and campaign mailers. But Gunta’s voting record tells a different story. Guinta voted for numerous tax increases as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. For example, though Guinta [...]

EXCLUSIVE: The strategy behind Ayotte’s bold move

Today the Ayotte campaign released a new ad that touts her bio but includes a dig at Bill Binnie, saying that “some of my opponents can buy all of the commercials they want” but that “our next senator should have the biggest commitment to public service, not the biggest bank account.” Sources tell Now! Hampshire [...]

Guinta attack on Mahoney backfires as liberal record exposed

Republican congressional candidate Frank Guinta issued a curious attack on his opponent Sean Mahoney today in the First Congressional District primary in which he challenges Mahoney’s Republican credentials. But Guinta’s own voting record might lead voters to wonder about his own commitment to party principles. It is commonly understood that Frank Guinta has only considered [...]

Guinta’s record on abortion at odds with stump rhetoric

When Republican congressional hopeful Frank Guinta (NH-01) talks about abortion on the campaign trail, he leads people to believe he is as hardcore on the issue as anyone. He even told Foster’s Daily Democrat recently that he is pro-life – with no exceptions. Giunta rarely talks about his actual record on the issue, however. Perhaps [...]

**Must read: Binnie meltsdown during interview

This is the link to the WKXL interview with Bill Binnie that has everybody whispering; if you haven’t listened to it, you really should. People are saying that it is one of the most remarkable things they have ever heard in NH politics. By now everybody has heard how Binnie got a poll back on [...]

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