Will New Hampshire Democrats Sell the Sec. of State's Office to Out-of-State "Buyers"

In case you missed it partisan New Hampshire Democrat Colin Van Ostern got himself $250,000.00 to buy a non-partisan public office. Secretary of State. Today the New Hampshire House will vote on whether he succeeded. It’s Organization Day. The Legislature will convene to formally choose a Speaker, and take care of some housekeeping. Part of that process is electing New Hampshire’s Secretary of State.

Bill Gardner has had the job for a very long time. And while he is a Democrat, and we’ve found plenty to disagree about, he’s not a partisan hack like Van Ostern.

Democrats like to talk about money in politics. About out of state influence. Van Ostern spent a bunch of both.

In a few hours, we’ll learn whether that was all just talk.

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Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, complaint department, Op-ed editor, gatekeeper (most likely to miss typos because he has no editor), and contributor at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, The Republican Volunteer Coalition, has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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