Kathleen Martins – Granite Grok

A Quick Post-Mortem on the Hooksett Special-Election

Some random thoughts. On the positive side, the vote was close. Apparently, Axelman lost by less than 40 votes: … and first-time candidates typically don’t win their first race. On the other hand, SNHU was on spring-break. If not, drive-by voting by non-resident college students likely would have boosted Martins’ margin of victory to several … Read more

Democrat Kathleen Martins Wins NH House Special Election in “Republican” Hooksett

by Steve MacDonald

The results of the special election in Hooksett are in and Democrat Kathleen Martins is the newest member of the New Hampshire House. Martins is the winner by a vote of 1000 to 961

Why Are So Many Extremists Supporting Kathleen Martins?

by Ed Mosca

If you really want to know how a candidate is likely to vote if elected, look at the people who are supporting the candidate. And in the case of Kathleen Martins, this test indicates that the hard-Left will have a reliable vote. For example, there is someone or someone(s) calling himself/herself or themselves “Black Dog” … Read more

Hell, Yes, Kathleen Martins Will Vote to Take Away Your Second Amendment Rights

by Ed Mosca

This: Sounds good, right? Martins will “protect” “people’s second amendment rights.” … EXCEPT what “progressives” believe Second Amendment rights are is very, very different from what the rest of us believe. In a nutshell, the “progressives” believe that guns can be used for competition-shooting and hunting … and must be kept locked away the rest … Read more

Decoding Kathleen Martins Coded Campaign Rhetoric

by Ed Mosca

So check this out: When a “progressive” runs in a Center-Right town like Hooksett, the challenge is to reassure other “progressives” that you are indeed one of them, while misleading the majority of voters that you aren’t. So you speak in code. “Strong Public Schools” – when a Democrat in New Hampshire tells you that … Read more

Hooksett Special Election — Kathleen Martins Sells Out to the Party Bosses

by Ed Mosca

This from the New Hampshire Democrat-Youth a few days ago: The linked letter argues … based on lies … that Elliot Axelman is an “extremist outsider.” More specifically, it falsely claims that Axelman wants to abolish the First Amendment and wants to make ownership of firearms mandatory. The linked letter is … in other words … Read more

Elliot Axelman Wins Hooksett Republican Primary

by Steve MacDonald

Elliott Axelman won the three-man primary in Hooksett yesterday, defeating John Leavitt and David Ross with 61% of those votes.