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This: While St. Hilaire was ultimately confirmed, it was on a straight party-line vote: The two Democrats on the council voiced their opposition to the confirmation, including Councilor Chris Pappas, the congressman-elect for New Hampshire’s 1st District. “This individual must be beyond reproach,” he said. ” They must be prepared for this position. And I … Read more
Republicans limp into the next session of the New Hampshire Legislature in the minority where it will become vital for them to stick together. A strong united front (In the NH House) will do more to peel off the necessary Democrat votes than the bevy of Republican aisle crossers we’ve been plagued with these past few … Read more
Acting New Hampshire Republican Party Chair Wayne MacDonald will not seek re-election. This clears a path for candidate Steve Stepanek when the party meets on January 26th. Steve announced a few weeks ago and is the only candidate still standing. Speculation that Mike Biundo might seek the post collapsed when he declined. NHGOP Vice-Chair Matt Mayberry was … Read more
In case you missed it partisan New Hampshire Democrat Colin Van Ostern got himself $250,000.00 to buy a non-partisan public office. Secretary of State. Today the New Hampshire House will vote on whether he succeeded. It’s Organization Day. The Legislature will convene to formally choose a Speaker, and take care of some housekeeping. Part of that … Read more
This: Awww. Lovely, isn’t it. Now that Tom Sherman is a State Senator, it’s all about Republicans working with Democrats to “move New Hampshire forward together.” Of course, when it was Dan Innis who prevailed in 2016, there was no awww moment with Sherman and no Sherman agreeing to work with Innis to “move New … Read more
This from Governor Sununu’s “Policy Director”: “Voluntary,” “financially solvent” – sounds just like private insurance, which begs the question: If it is possible to have a “Paid Family Leave plan” that is “voluntary” and “financially solvent,” then why isn’t such a product already available to employees through private insurers? Because “Paid Family Leave” covers situations … Read more
Steve Stepanek has formally announced his bid to become the next Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party. The Union Leader quotes Stepanek as saying that, “At this juncture, the Republican Party doesn’t exist in New Hampshire as an organization,” … “It has failed in fundraising and organization; and we need to completely revamp what’s going on … Read more
All year long New Hampshire Democrats have been whining about how cutting New Hampshire’s business taxes was a hand out to the rich. Corporate bailouts. The standard socialist-Democrat class warfare rhetoric. Back in the real world, these tax cuts have produced record job growth, wage growth, and record labor force participation. Regular folk are working and earning … Read more
Winter is coming. I know, it’s been cold lately, and plenty of places have had snow already, but no real “snowstorms” to speak of until tomorrow. So, here it is, your prerequisite winter is coming post, and we get our first statewide snowfall of the season – even though it’s still autumn. There is nothing all … Read more
Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, and he’s got a question. What does this amendment to the New Hampshire Constitution mean? “An individual’s right to live free from governmental intrusion in private or personal information is natural, essential, and inherent.” He asked his readers to … Read more
State Senator Jeb Bradley’s take on the midterms: “Governor Sununu had no coattails and didn’t campaign with House and Senate members. He is going to pay a price for that certainly,” Bradley said. “He won, but Sununu under-performed; there’s no question about it. We did fine with in-state fundraising but we’re going to have to … Read more
Lost in the election noise was a report from NHBR last week that Brookstone’s bankruptcy was “official.” The chain, headquartered in Merrimack, New Hampshire, had fallen on hard times, attracting our attention when a reader tried to argue that the Granite State’s tax system was to blame for companies like Brookstone going out of business. … Read more
An overwhelming majority of New Hampshire voters supported question 2, an amendment to the State Constitution enshrining privacy rights. “An individual’s right to live free from governmental intrusion in private or personal information is natural, essential, and inherent.” Another proposed constitutional amendment that did not survive legisaltive scrutiny, thanks to an all-out blitz by activists and the … Read more
Back in May, I questioned whether Republican behavior, especially Governor Sununu’s, which had gotten decidedly progressive, could weather the electoral storm in November? And while Governor Sununu may be able to weather the loss of thousands of votes… what of elected members of the party he (at least figuratively) leads? Candidates who need a handful or … Read more
For 8 years during Obama’s failed reign as president, anyone who simply disagreed with his policies was called a ‘racist.’ During Hillary Clinton’s failed run for president, anyone who simply disagreed with her policies was called a ‘misogynist.’ Now, the trend appears to be that if you disagree with the regressive policies of gay Democrats, … Read more
Joshua Query is a Democrat candidate running in Manchester’s 9th Ward for state representative. But who is Joshua Query? His actual last name is or was Fletcher but he won’t respond to questions about why he changed it or if he legally changed it. It’s a valid question from voters. It’s interesting Query suddenly wants … Read more
In case you forgot to share this great news with friends and neighbors. As of July, the average hourly wage for private employment in New Hampshire was $26.22, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. New Hampshire’s real per capita personal income is up more than $4,000 since … Read more
Earlier, I posted an article that it appears as if Jon Morgan, Democrat running for New Hampshire Senate in District 23, is ineligible to actually run for the seat. The Morgan campaign responded and called it a ‘dishonest attack’ and a smear campaign (for the record, Bill Gannon has NOTHING to do with any investigation … Read more
Yesterday, a formal complaint was filed with the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s (SOS) Office questioning the eligibility of senate candidate Jon Morgan (Democrat running in District 23) to even run for office. At issue is the fact that he hasn’t actually lived in the state for the required seven years before running for the … Read more
Because Democrats can’t seem to find enough actual Granite Staters to support their failed ideology, they need to resort to out-of-staters sending post cards to New Hampshire voters. Not much different than having out-of-staters vote in elections I suppose. This post card was received by a New Hampshire voter from… wait for it… MINNESOTA… to … Read more