The Union Leader is reporting that Democrat House Rep Renny Cushing has stepped up to challenge presumed Democrat New Hampshire House heir Steve Shurtleff. Dept’y Dog Shurtleff, around these parts. The current minority leader in the lower chamber of the state legislature. Shurtleff wants to be Speaker.
As leader of the Democrats in the House for the past six years, four of them in the minority, Shurtleff would ordinarily be heir apparent to the speakership…But Cushing has been considered a possible challenger to Shurtleff 4since last December, when the Hampton rep red o 2a sharply worded letter to House Democratic leadership protesting the lack of an election among Democratic reps to choose a leader for 2018.
The first two words to pop into my head when I heard this were “Shawn Jasper.”
Republican Shawn Jasper rose to the speakership after making a deal with Democrats to get the votes needed. Renny Chusing even came to his defense. And while Cushing is no moderate, He is very much a product of the modern Democrat party. But I have to admit, he’s probably a better choice for New Hampshire than Shurtleff.
Will NH House Republicans see an opportunity to keep Shurtleff out of the Speaker’s chair, and if so, will they take it?
