In an email released yesterday Cornerstone Action PAC announced its endorsements in contested Republican primaries for state-level races. These are for the Executive Council, State Senate, and NH House. “The Cornerstone Action PAC is non-partisan and evaluates candidates without regard to party affiliation. Candidate party affiliation is noted below.”
Each of these candidates has a contested primary race. Endorsements are based on high scores on the Cornerstone candidate survey, on voting records, and on consistency between surveys and votes.
Here is a list of all their endorsements.
*Candidates with an asterisk are incumbents.
Executive Council
District 1: Joe Kenney (R)
District 4: Jane Cormier (R)
State Senate
State Senate District 3: Steven Steiner (R)
State Senate District 12: Kevin Avard* (R)
For New Hampshire House
Belknap County district 2 (Gilford, Meredith): Jonathan Mackie (R)
Cheshire County district 2 (Alstead, Marlow, Surry): Anne Cartwright (R)
Grafton County district 9 (Alexandria, Ashland, Bridgewater, Bristol, Grafton): Vincent Paul Migliore* (R)
Grafton County district 15 (Bath, Benton, Easton, Landaff, Orford, Piermont, Warren, Haverhill): Rebecca Bailey (R)
Hillsborough County district 2 (Deering, Weare): Gary Hopper* (R), J.P. Marzullo (R), and David Recupero (R)
Hillsborough County district 6 (Goffstown): Fred Plett (R)
Hillsborough County district 7 (Bedford): Linda Rea Camarota (R), Bart Fromuth* (R), David Danielson* (R), Linda Gould* (R), Michael Trento (R)
Hillsborough County district 11 (Manchester ward 4): Jean Mathieu (R)
Hillsborough County district 20 (Litchfield): Ralph Boehm (R) and Richard Lascelles* (R)
Hillsborough County district 22 (Amherst): Scott Courtemanche (R), Jason Hennessey (R)
Hillsborough County district 27 (Hollis): Donna Levasseur (R)
Hillsborough County district 44 (Manchester wards 8 & 9, Litchfield): Mark McLean* (R)
Merrimack County district 8 (Boscawen): Tim Vendt (R)
Merrimack county district 23 (Bow, Dunbarton): Richard Johnson (R)
Rockingham County district 2 (Candia, Deerfield, Nottingham): Katrina Langlois, James Spillane*, Kevin Verville*
Rockingham County district 4 (Auburn, Chester, Sandown): David Smiley (R), Chris True* (R)
Rockingham County district 6 (Derry): Anne Copp (write-in candidate, R), David Love (R), Katherine Prudhomme-O’Brien (R), John O’Connor* (R)
Rockingham County district 7 (Windham): Walter Kolodziej* (R)
Rockingham County district 8 (Salem): Patrick Bick (R), John Sytek* (R)
Rockingham County district 11 (Brentwood): Allen Cook* (R)
Rockingham County district 15 (Newton): James Summers (R)
Rockingham County district 34 (Hampstead, Kingston, Atkinson, Plaistow): Mark Pearson* (R), Bill Smith (R): one seat, with two strong candidates.