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 [...]

Binnie leaves door open for tax increases (Update: Campaign disagrees)

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Bill Binnie seems to be open to raising taxes to reduce the deficit, a video of a recent candidate forum shows.
Answering a question this weekend about whether he supports a special commission to reduce the federal budget deficit, Binnie said, “I think it was a very good idea and I [...]

Ovide brings in just over $180K

Republican Senate hopeful Ovide Lamontagne announced on Monday that he raised $181,093.67 in the fourth quarter of 2009, his first as a candidate. Lamontagne has a little more than $150,000 on hand.
Lamontagne Senior Advisor Jim Merrill said, “Ovide’s numbers today reflect the beginning of a vibrant, grassroots campaign.”
Interestingly, Merrill was tough on Ovide rival Kelly [...]

Guinta raised $61K for Q4

First district congressional candidate Frank Guinta spent more than he raised during the fourth and final fundraising quarter in 2009, NowHampshire.com learned on Monday morning.
Guinta’s report, filed with the Federal Elections Commission, shows he took in around $61,000 during the final three months of last year but spending around $68,000.
Republicans have expressed concern over Guinta’s [...]

NH primary veteran Steve Forbes endorses Lamontagne

Two-time contender for the Republican presidential nomination in New Hampshire Steve Forbes is lending his name to the campaign of Senate hopeful Ovide Lamontagne. Forbes was the favorite of many Granite State conservatives in 1996 and 2000.
“I am proud to lend my name as a strong supporter of Ovide Lamontagne and his campaign for U.S. [...]

Bass out ahead in NH-02 primary poll

Former Rep. Charlie Bass leads in the primary race for his old seat according to a new poll conducted by CrossTarget exclusively for NowHampshire.com.
Bass would earn 42% of the vote against 2008 congressional nominee Jennifer Horn’s 22% in a head-to-head match-up. Almost 36% of voters remain undecided.
Bass’s percentage of the vote dips only slightly to [...]

Ayotte out ahead in GOP Senate primary

The Senate campaign of Kelly Ayotte has released an internal polling memo showing them substantially ahead of the primary competition in the race to replace the retiring Judd Gregg.
The memo, from Ayotte’s pollster to the campaign, shows Ayotte winning 43% of the Republican vote to rivals Ovide Lamontagne’s 11% and Bill Binnie’s 5%. Binnie is [...]

Pro-life leaders react with alarm to Binnie’s abortion comments

ew Hampshire’s pro-life community is reacting with alarm to Republican Senate Hopeful Bill Binnie’s answer to a question as to why he is pro-choice.
“I am greatly saddened by Mr. Binnie’s remarks,” said Barbara Hagan, a 40-year veteran of the pro-life movement and former President of New Hampshire Right to Life. “I could never decide whether [...]

Shea-Porter: Send the men home and Congress could pass health care reform

In some of her most incendiary comments to date, Democratic Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) claimed on Saturday that female Republican members of Congress have confided in her, in the ladies room, no less, that if they could just send the male members of Congress home they could pass health care reform by the weekend.
The comments, [...]

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