FITN Primary Archives - Granite Grok

MACDONALD: Do NH Dems Think They Can Get Their ‘Primary’ Groove Back?

November 1, 2025 Steve MacDonald

There is a state law that says New Hampshire has to be the first primary in the presidential election process. This means that no matter when another state sets its primary date, New Hampshire has to set one earlier. You can say what you like, but NH has made it a statutory requirement that we … Read more

MACDONALD: What NHDEMS Will Never Get Back

August 28, 2025August 27, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Democrats in the Granite State are trying to come up with a way to get back what they lost—their NH Primary.

Ray Buckley’s Legacy – The Man Who Lost the FITN Dem Primary

December 11, 2024December 11, 2024 Steve MacDonald

You’ve seen the commercials. They feature once great or at least well-known personalities pitching insurance … or adult diapers. It was the sort of ad you used to see late at night, sandwiched between the psychic hotline and those girls who were up late too and just wanted to talk (for however many dollars per … Read more

Pasty White VanOstern Running to Replace Pasty White Ann Kuster – Did the NH Dems Learn Nothing?

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Local ABC affiliate WMUR reports that pasty white New Hampshire Democrat Colin Van Ostern is stepping up to run for Congress after Ann Kuster announced her retirement. Van Ostern has been Kuster’s campaign manager, a former Executive Councilor, and one of Chris Sununu’s Dem challengers (he lost).

Our FITN Matters: From Reagan to Haley

January 19, 2024 Michael Moffett

It seemed Ronald Reagan’s political career was over in early 1980. Despite Gerald Ford having wrested the 1976 GOP nomination from him, Reagan gave the presidency one last try in 1980 at age 69—which Democrats said was too old. (Irony alert.)

Breaking: Attorney General Tells Democrat National Committee to Stop Violating NH Election Law!

January 8, 2024 Steve MacDonald

The Democrat National Committee (DNC) is pissed at New Hampshire Democrats. The locals have been acting like votes Democrats cast on our Jan 23rd primary will mean something. The DNC has demanded they stop and the manner in which they’ve done that violates the state’s voter suppression law.