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Politico has a run down of how Republicans could win control of Congress and they include both NH districts in their analysis.
Read the entire article here:
NEW HAMPSHIRE 1ST DISTRICT: Rep. Carol Shea-Porter appears to have stabilized after some very poor early polling numbers, but this seat is the more Republican of the state’s two congressional [...]

In Frank Guinta’s latest advertisement he proves what critics have been saying about his record all along. In his ad he said he cut borrowing by 50%! Sounds like Republicans under Bush, “We are still exploding the deficit and borrowing more than we can sustain but its less than Democrats! Aren’t we great.”

I was sent this link this weekend by a young Republican from the Seacoast and I agree with his message.
There have recently been a whole host of stories (WMUR, Union Leader, Politico, etc.) on a secret bank account which has been funding Frank Guinta’s “personal” contributions to his campaign now over $250,000.
Guinta denies that there [...]

Evidently Kathy Sullivan is as good at protecting the NH Primary as she is at law. The DNC is now officially in violation of NH law.
See here:
The Democratic National Committee has approved a 2012 presidential primary nominating calendar that pushes back the start of the voting by one month.
Democrats will hold the Iowa caucuses [...]

No matter who wins the Democratic primary for the 2nd Congressional seat the Republican nominee will be facing a lobbyist.
For weeks Katrina Sweet has been attacking Ann Mclane Kuster for her work as a lobbyist here in New Hampshire. See here.
Swett has made opponent Ann McLane Kuster’s history of lobbying for the Rath, Young [...]

Mayor Gatsas is off to a very strong start in New Hampshire’s largest city. His efforts to reform education and improve the city economy are going well and we should stand up and applaud loudly. There are only a few places in the state where NH citizens can actually see conservative governance at work and [...]

Thoughts? Predictions?
Senate-
*Jim Bender:$500,000 (confirmed: $400,000 personal)
Kelly Ayotte:$550,000
Bill Binnie: $1,100,000; $700,000 being personal
Ovide Lamontagne: $115,000
NH1-
Frank Guinta:$125,000
Rich Ashooh: $150,000
Bob Bestani: $90,000
NH2-

Charlie Bass: $145,000
Jennifer Horn: $87,000
*= Confirmed

We have heard over and over that John Lynch is the most popular Governor in the country. While it is getting old it is also absurdly untrue. According to Politico today, the two most popular Governors in the country are actually Republicans.

The most popular governor in America?
Last week, we wrote about North Dakota Gov. John [...]

Since launching her Senate campaign on Monday we haven’t heard a word from Kelly Ayotte. Has she begun to introduce herself to activists and party members across the state? It appears the first thing she did after hiring Bridge to Now Where Lobbyist Tom Daffron and Gordon Smith campaign manager Brooks Kochvar was to fly [...]