Undoubtedly you now have your eyes fixed to the horizon on which the 2024 election rests. I can’t blame you given the gravity of what we face: an impending imprisoned ex, and perhaps once more, President, infighting, and burgeoning totalitarian tyranny from the regime are all occupying your thoughts.
Will crime boss Joe be impeached? Will Hunter go to prison, and if sentenced, will he be pardoned? Will Trump even be a free man by the general?
The unfortunate fact is that you can do very little about any of that. You don’t wield power in Washington. You don’t have those kinds of connections. What you do have, however, is the ability to influence the direction of this small but mighty state of New Hampshire, where each State Rep represents only a few thousand citizens.
I won’t sugarcoat the results of the last legislative session. It was a bad deal. We failed to live up to our party platform as Republicans, and we failed to adequately fight on your behalf. You are owed apologies – not the least of which from leadership, but for my part, I do, in fact, offer an apology.
I don’t offer such an apology for lack of trying – I certainly did try. I offer my apology because, despite my efforts, I and we failed. We failed, and the buck stops with us – no participation trophy is going to make up for the fact that we are spending 20% more of your money, further isolating your children from you in government (re)education centers, thumbing our noses as the very concept of justice across the board, and failing to uphold your rights in the face of a totalizing federal Executive. You should never simply accept that from us as politicians. You have the right to expect more. You should demand it.
Now, with all that said, I do have to submit that it could have, and might have, been a fair bit worse. Had Democrats had the numbers such that they (openly) controlled the speaker’s office, the rules committee, and finance, you can be certain that not only would we have failed to make things better, but your life would be noticeably more awful. None of us want to see that. Yet, that is the prospect we face right now – not in the election of 2024, but in the special election of 2023.
A special election is due to occur in Nottingham and Northwood that puts Republican control of the House in question. Should this election go to the radical Democrat, we would lose our House majority, the speaker’s position would likely be vacated, a new Democrat speaker elected, and new Democrat committee chairs named for this coming year. I do not want to see this happen.
Those who have come to know me know that I don’t offer my support to politicians lightly. I tend to dislike politicians. I don’t like lies, or the liars that speak them. I don’t like dialectical games and alchemy. I don’t like a lot about what it is that I’m currently involved in, if I’m honest, but it is necessary, so here I am.
Allow me to tell you what I do like, or, in this case, who I like: James Guzofski. James is the Republican candidate in the special election. James is also a man of God, an unapologetic rightist, and a man I want to see join us in the capital. I don’t get the slightest whiff of controlled opposition or “GOPe” (Republican establishment) from him. If I did, I would not offer this endorsement.
You have the opportunity to personally help steer this state away from the cliff. We do, in fact, need your help. Democrats are going to dump tens, and probably hundreds of thousands into this election. They’re going to spend innumerable man-hours, and they may well try to cheat.
We need to make sure we achieve turnout. This election is far less about convincing voters of our position than making sure those already convinced show up. So, I’m going to do what I seldom do, and ask that you consider personally getting involved. That might mean talking to neighbors, making calls, driving people to the polls on election day, or simply helping to fund our efforts. Talking about this is of utmost importance. Word spreads. If we can make this the talk of the town across NH we can be sure the good people of Rockingham district 1 will be talking too.
It honestly feels unpleasant asking you for help and money after the minor catastrophe we just inflicted on you in last years session, but this is a chance to tilt the scales. Not only would a win help us to retain our majority, but putting a staunch rightist in during a tough election would send a message to everyone that we don’t need to keep electing squishy centrists who betray us – you can be proud to be a right-wing Republican and win an election on traditional principles. That’s a big deal with the Governorship open for the first time in recent memory. James’s winning would shift the Overton Window. So, please, consider volunteering or donating here: Elect House Republicans, and follow James on Twitter here: James’ Twitter Profile.
The election will be held September 19th.
