New Hampshire Political News
Forum exposes key differences
Manchester Governor candidates split on income tax, courts amendments Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map): governors The candidates for governor split yesterday on the two constitutional amendments that will go before New Hampshire voters Nov. 6 f ...
Candidates for governor diverge on health care
New Hampshire`s top gubernatorial candidates propose taking the state down starkly different paths on providing health care to its poorest uninsured residents. Democrat Maggie Hassan says she would accept an option under the federal health care overhaul to cover thousands of people by expanding Medicaid. Hassan has repeatedly stressed the advantage of extending coverage to people who can`t ...
Social issues simmer
Campaign 2012 Lamontagne`s stances at issue in governor`s race Ovide Lamontagne isn`t talking much on the campaign trail about abortion, same-sex marriage and other hot-button social issues."I really don`t think that they`re relevant at all for this election cycle," he said during a Sept. 19 radio debate ...
Small N.H. could have a big impact
Four electoral votes worth fighting for New Hampshire is the smallest of the battleground states, with just four electoral votes, and for much of the fall it has seemed an afterthought to the candidates as they`ve campaigned across more prominent contested states. That changed Thursday, with the arrival of President Obama at a downtown rally in Manchester on a brilliant fall ...
Bass defends state tax attacks
He`s directed fire toward challenger U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass and his 2nd District challenger Annie Kuster are running for federal office, but you`d think they were running for governor the way they`re talking about the state income tax.Is it possible, Bass was asked in an interview at the Monitor yesterday, that he`s trying to confuse voters into thinking a vote to ...
N.H. sheriffs' group backs Lamontagne
The New Hampshire Sheriff`s Association this week endorsed Republican Ovide Lamontagne for governor.All 10 county sheriffs appeared Thursday with Lamontagne at the Police Standards and Training Council building in Concord, his campaign said in a news release."As law enforcement executives we know Ovide will work with us on matters of public safety to keep New Hampshire the safest state in the ...
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Photo: Charlie Bass; Friday, October 19, 2012. Canon Canon EOS 30D 1/200 sec f/4
Obama courts female voters
Manchester President tries to capitalize on Romney gaffe at campaign stop Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map): Barack Obama campaigns for re-election in Manchester President Obama warned female voters yesterday to be wary of his opponent, telling ...
Refugees at center of debate
Lamontagne and Hassan square off Democrat Maggie Hassan and Republican Ovide Lamontagne both expressed concern yesterday about strains caused by the resettlement of refugees in Manchester, with Lamontagne voicing support for a moratorium on new arrivals that was proposed last year by Mayor Ted Gatsas."It`s about allowing people to become Americanized," said Lamontagne, a Manc ...
House race taps political legacies
Kuster`s praise for Peterson bites back A day after congressional candidate Annie Kuster said she was "interested in following the example" of former governor Walter Peterson, his son endorsed her 2nd District rival, Rep. Charlie Bass. "As a `pro-choice` Republican and veteran `budget hawk,` the doors of congressional offices from all across the political spec ...
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Photo: Supporters strain to take photos of President Barack Obama at Veterans Park in Manchester; Thursday, October 18, 2012. Obama faces Republican rival Mitt Romney in the November 6 election. Canon Canon EOS 30D ...
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Photo: President Barack Obama hugs a supporter during a campaign stop at Veterans Park in Manchester; Thursday, October 18, 2012. Obama faces Republican rival Mitt Romney in the November 6 election. Canon Canon EOS 7D ...
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Photo: Supporters make photos as they wait for President Barack Obama to campaign for re-election at Veterans Park in Manchester; Thursday, October 18, 2012. (ALEXANDER COHN / Monitor staff) Canon Canon EOS 30D ...
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Photo: Supporters work up the crowd with a chant of "four more years" before President Barack Obama campaigns at Veterans Park in Manchester; Thursday, October 18, 2012. Canon Canon EOS 30D ...
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Photo: President Barack Obama campaigns at Veterans Park in Manchester; Thursday, October 18, 2012. Canon Canon EOS 7D 1/640 sec f ...
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Photo: Gov. John Lynch (right) waits on stage as President Barack Obama waves to the crowd during a campaign stop at Veterans Park in Manchester; Thursday, October 18, 2012. Obama faces Republican rival Mitt Romney in the November 6 election. Canon ...
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Photo: A supporter holds a sign during a campaign event at Veterans Park in Manchester; Thursday, October 18, 2012. Obama faces Republican rival Mitt Romney in the November 6 election. Canon Canon EOS 30D ...
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Photo: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (left) and Governor John Lynch (right) join President Barack Obama at a campaign stop at Veterans Park in Manchester; Thursday, October 18, 2012. Obama faces Republican rival Mitt Romney in the November 6 election. Canon ...
Panel digs in on charters
Board of Education defends halt on new school applications Members of the New Hampshire Board of Education defended their decision to deny all pending applications for charter schools until after the Nov. 6 election at a heated meeting yesterday in Concord.Eileen Liponis, executive director of New Hampshire Public Charter School Association, told board members their reasons for d ...
Kuster, Bass debate over past governors
Thomson`s sons blast `worm` remark A few weeks ago Annie Kuster called former Republican governor Mel Thomson a "worm," and yesterday, two of his sons defended him, saying he`d have voted for Kuster`s 2nd District congressional opponent, U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass."Annie Kuster felt that she could call Gov. Thomson a worm," Peter Thomson said at a press conference ...

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