Update, 3:25 p.m.: Secretary of State Bill Gardner has been re-elected to another term by the New Hampshire House and Senate. Gardner prevailed over Colin Van Ostern 209-205, with one “scatter” vote. With 415 legislators present and voting (House and Senate combined), 208 votes were needed for victory. Vote was by secret ballot.
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2018 NH Secretary of State campaign
Gardner v. CVO: No Decision on First Ballot
(Update: second ballot resulted in a Gardner victory.) In the first ballot by House and Senate members for New Hampshire Secretary of State this afternoon, with 209 votes needed to win, Sec. of State Bill Gardner got 208 votes to Colin Van Ostern’s 207. One vote was “scattered,” and with a secret ballot, there’s no … Read more
Five NH Governors Endorse Bill Gardner for Sec. of State – Look at Who is Missing
Who among New Hampshire’s past governors is conspicuously absent from a Union Leader ‘Your Turn’ editorial in today’s paper endorsing Bill Gardner for Secretary of State? Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan. It could be the nature of their current office that prevents them from adding their names to the list. They are sitting US Senators. It … Read more
So Colin Van Ostern wants to be NH SecState and is taunting current SecState Gardner?
Let’s see if Van Ostern has the courage to appear, not at a Democrat sponsored debate, but a Grokster (along with WNTK’s Keith Hanson) sponsored debate! We’ll even livestream it – every. single. second: Time to fish or cut bait, Colin. It’s easy to be in front of your homies; how about facing we who … Read more