It’s getting close to the NH GOP Annual Meeting. This has not gone unnoticed by GraniteGrok. Per our usual practice in races that grab our interest, the authors at GraniteGrok all had the opportunity to vote for various positions.
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That’s all of our authors. The candidate with the most votes got the endorsement, so who did we choose?
GraniteGrok.com endorsements for the following races:
Chair: Chris Ager
Vice-Chair: Christine Peters
Treasurer: Dawn Johnson
Regional Vice Chairman 5: JR Hoell.
If you remember, we endorsed Chris Ager for RNC Committeeman two years ago. We have seen nothing that has caused us to question our endorsement – he continues to be even-handed and thoughtful and puts the concerns of the Party over any individual.
He has voted for the Platform even as he made it known that he sometimes disagrees with it BUT embraced the fact that he represented the NH GOP members, who crafted the Platform, to the Republican National Committee.
A standup guy and a gentleman (but be careful of that titanium fist within the velvet glove). Upon being told of our endorsement, he quickly dashed this to us:
I am pleased to be endorsed by the GraniteGrok. If elected, I will work for the entire Republican party and our platform.
We also believe that Dawn Johnson is the most suitable candidate for Treasurer. She’s a hard worker, knows her stuff, and is devoted to the Platform as well.
GraniteGrok has known JR Hoell for years and what impresses us is his willingness to do “the right things” and be “that right guy” even as everyone else is excoriating him. The Party needs that that kind of person as the contrarian, as often, the contrarian turns out to be right and keeps everyone else from running off the Left cliff.
There is that need for someone to come in and weigh things from a different direction than others. And being an engineer, he does have a different viewpoint that is more than just political.
As always, individual Groksters can and will issue their personal endorsements as “the Spirit” moves them.
In my case, I am endorsing Mark Alliegro for Regional Vice Chair 1.
Note: Votes were collected from our authors via email over the first two weeks of January.
