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Merrimack district 7 (New London, Newbury) has a 3 for 2 primary. Two newcomers, Claire Ketteler and John Bowman are on the ballot against a RINO. At least one of them, ideally both of them, will be on November’s ballot. Voters will finally have a chance to vote for a real Republican. Dan Wolf has … Read more
Strafford county district 3 (New Durham, Middleton) has a 2 for 1 primary. Mackenzie Brisson is a promising newcomer who could be great. (More info here: www.citizenscount.org/candidate/mackenzie-brisson/running). David Bickford is a multi-term RINO who might be hoping that people have forgotten about his terrible voting record. This report is based on his record from 2013-16. … Read more
Seabrook, like many other towns, has two districts. Unlike most towns, All of the candidates have voting records, i.e. they are current or recent Reps. Rockingham 30 (Seabrook alone) has a 3 for 2 primary. There are two good guys and one bad buy. Tina Harley had one of the best records of all Republicans … Read more
Franklin has a 3 for 2 primary. The candidates are good, bad, and unknown – or perhaps we might say excellent, terrible, and promising. Dave Testerman is a 3-term Rep with an excellent record, better than 80% of all Republicans during the last six years. Ernesto Gonzales is a newcomer. I am told that “He is … Read more
NH House District Carroll 3 (Moultonborough, Tamworth, Madison) has a 3-for-2 Republican primary election. Two candidates are newcomers; the third is terrible. Karel Crawford has bounced back and forth between terrible and mediocre. In her first term, 2013-14, she voted with Democrats against Republicans 130 times, which placed her 10th worst RINO of all … Read more
Salem has a 13 for 9 primary, the second largest (after Derry) of all towns. Sadly not a single one of the candidates has an excellent voting record. Four have records that are average, neither bad nor good. One has a mediocre-poor record, and one has a terrible record. Doucette, Janigian, Sweeney, and Vandecasteele are … Read more
North Grafton District 3 (Lincoln, Woodstock, Easton, Livermore) has a 2 for 1 primary. One candidate is atrocious; the other does not (yet) have a voting record. This primary is a rematch of the 2020 primary. Let’s hope that this time Paul Schirduan is the winner because Bonnie Ham is truly atrocious. (She might be a … Read more
Derry has a 16 for 10 primary, the largest in the state. Its candidates run the gamut from extreme RINO, mediocre, excellent, to unknown. The latter may or may not be well known in the community, but they are unknown in the sense of not having voting records. And the RINO Report is based on … Read more
This is the second in a series that points a spotlight on some RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) to defeat in the upcoming primary.Pittsfield is a very strong Republican town. You might think that a Rep from such a town would himself be a strong Republican. Sadly, Jim Allard is a severe RINO. He has … Read more
I have crunched the numbers – i.e. the voting records of the last dozen years – to determine objectively which members of the New Hampshire House are RINOs – Republicans In Name Only. I looked at every vote where (a majority of) Republicans voted opposite (a majority of) Democrats. I ignored votes where both sides … Read more
The Concord Monitor’s April 5 editorial about House Speaker Bill O’Brien is one of the sillier ones of the last year and a half. It reminds me of the old legal adage, “When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. When the law is on your side, pound the law. When neither is … Read more