Transgender Group Helping Martin Despite His Silence on Issue

A transgender rights organization is sending paid, out-of-state operatives to New Hampshire to elect “Bud” Martin to the state Senate, NowHampshire.com has learned. The group, called the Human Rights Campaign, is dedicated to, among other things, “equal protection under the law” for “transgendered Americans.” Transgenderism is a hot button issue in New Hampshire these days [...]

Martin Contradicts Self on Gay Marriage … Again

Senate District 3 candidate “Bud” Martin came out in support of gay marriage in the Friday edition of Foster’s Daily Democrat, saying after weeks of avoiding taking a clear position, “I support it.” So it’s somewhat awkward that two days later Martin is quoted in the Concord Monitor again refusing to give a clear answer. [...]

Elcock: “I Haven’t Seen ‘Fosters’ Yet”

Joe Elcock, the embattled campaign manager for Senate District 3 candidate “Bud” Martin seemed unaware this morning that his candidate takes two decidedly different positions on gay marriage and the death penalty in today’s editions of the Conway Daily Sun and Foster’s Daily Democrat. “I haven’t seen Foster’s yet, so I will have to get [...]

Martin Campaign to Conduct Opposition Research … on Martin

A source tells NowHampshire.com that the campaign of Senate District 3 Democratic nominee “Bud” Martin will deploy experienced volunteers to Laconia this week not to research the record of Martin’s Republican opponent Jeb Bradley but rather to research Martin’s own record. The Martin campaign appeared to have been caught unprepared by a NowHampshire.com story last [...]

Martin Campaign to NowHampshire.com: “Thank you for your cooperation”

An on the record e-mail exchange between the Bud Martin campaign and NowHampshire.com contradicts the histrionic tone and tenor of the campaign’s reaction in the New Hampshire Union Leader this morning to our story yesterday that brought to light controversial decisions Martin made as a district court judge in the mid- to late-nineties. Indeed, in [...]

Victim: Martin Showed “Total Lack of Concern” about Sexual Predator

District 3 Senate candidate Willard “Bud” Martin showed a “total lack of concern” about a sexual predator who entered a women’s bathroom naked and accosted a woman, according to the woman’s fiancé at the time. Martin, then serving as a district court judge, let the bathroom assailant out on personal recognizance bail, even though he [...]