Tuesday is coming and there will be NO way that the NH GOP can blame the TEA Party for these actions – or their results.
From State House Dome, I’ve taken and bulletized how the NH GOP decided to assist their candidates for their NH State Senate seats – reformatted and emphasis mine:
If you want to know what the hot state Senate races are, all you have to do is follow the money the state GOP is dumping into mail, radio and digital ads in the last week.
- Andy Sanborn – incumbent: $37,000 (“including $15,000 for radio ads, $17,000 for mailers and more than $3,000 on digital ads”)
- Kathy Rago – newcomer: $34,000 (“$16,000 on radio ads, and the rest of mailers” ($18K) )
- Sam Cataldo – incumbent: $30,000 (“$15,000 in radio ads and $3,000 in digital ads in”)
- David “”I’m too drunk” Boutin – incumbent: $30,000
- Nancy Stiles – incumbent: $26,000
- Jerry Little – newcomer: $24,000
In his write up, I read this next bit and thought – big bucks must be here!
Two races the party targeted early as potential switches were District 12, where incumbent Sen. Peggy Gilmour, D-Hollis, is in a Republican-leaning district, and District 18 with incumbent Sen. Donna Soucy of Manchester is in a evenly split district.
And then I read about the REAL Priorities:
- Kevin Avard – newcomer: $10,300
- George Lambert – newcomer: $6,000
Rayno right describes the caliber of Priority correctly: “Not the kind of money that would make your opponent take notice“. And it includes two more:
- Eddie Edwards – newcomer: $3,200
- Mark Evans – newcomer: $3,500
Another way of looking at it is the ratio between the two groups Incumbents / Newcomers
- $123,000 for the 4 incumbents
- $81,000 for the 6 newcomers (with $58K split between just Rago and Little)
An average $13.5K for the newcomers while the incumbents got $30.75. Let’s not forget all the $$$s that Stiles and drunk Boutin got from the NH Senate Republican Majority PAC during the primaries – against newcomers.
It certainly looks like there is a tilt for the “Inner circle” of incumbents, doesn’t it? And when one reflects on those getting the money on a consistent basis against their political history/actions, it is clear that the NH GOP slighted the Conservatives (for there is NO way that anyone could call Stiles (or Boutin) a Conservative). Or putting it bluntly – slighted those that I would hold would better hold to the NH GOP Platform principles.
Tuesday is coming and there will be NO way that the NH GOP can blame the TEA Party for these actions – or their results.
