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Get Off Your Ass and Vote!

Welcome to the New Hampshire Primary. It’s been a long time coming. We’ve been poked and prodded for our thoughts since before January. We’ve made an endorsement or two and posted op-eds from a number of candidates for races around the state. And today is the day.

Democrats are expected to come out in force to pick their candidates. Republicans are expected to do their nails and wash their hair or binge watch something on Netflix. It’s just a primary, after all.

My suggestion? Get off your ass and vote.

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Steve Negron Primary Day Schedule

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 2018
Contact: Roger Wilkins
press@teamnegron.com, 603-864-8633

Steve Negron Primary Day Schedule

Nashua, NH – Steve Negron will have the following schedule tomorrow for Primary Day. Please note that since it is Election Day, there is always the possibility of slight changes to the schedule. Please call Roger Wilkins (603-703-9181) if you plan on coming to any stops and would like to confirm Steve’s exact location.

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Terry Wolf Says She’s a ‘conservative’ But Her Record Says She’s Something Else

by Dan Hynes – Republican Candidate NN State Senate Dist. 9

My Republican opponent in the Nh State Senate Dist. 9 primary says she is “conservative” who supports limited government and that she is proud of her commitment to cutting taxes, protecting our rights, and keeping New Hampshire free.”

Her American Conservative Union score: 61%
New Hampshire Liberty Alliance: C
House Republican Alliance: 63%
Americans for prosperity: D
NH Firearms Coalition: D

Here are a few of the ways she voted to “limit” your government:

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All Cornerstone Action Endorsements for the NH Republican Primary on Tuesday

In an email released yesterday Cornerstone Action PAC announced its endorsements in contested Republican primaries for state-level races. These are for the Executive Council, State Senate, and NH House. “The Cornerstone Action PAC is non-partisan and evaluates candidates without regard to party affiliation.  Candidate party affiliation is noted below.”

Each of these candidates has a contested primary race. Endorsements are based on high scores on the Cornerstone candidate survey, on voting records, and on consistency between surveys and votes.  

Here is a list of all their endorsements.

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Live Free and Prosper.org – A List of Republican NH House Candidates to Support

The Republican primary is only a few days away but since last year the 603 alliance has been planning and executing a program called Initiative 18. To recruit, train, and support constitutional, small government, fiscally responsible candidates for the New Hampshire House.

To help connect voters in districts with some of these candidates the 603 Alliance has created livefreeandprosper.org.

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Is Republican Terry Wolf a “Threat” to New Hampshire?

The congressional races get all the attention, but there are several “other” important primaries coming up. We’ve weighed in on a few including Jane Cormier in EC4 and Kevin Avard’s Pro-Peggy Gilmour Republican challenger. Another in need of your attention is State Senate District 9 between Dan Hynes and Terry Wolf. Dan and I have disagreements, but he isn’t a Democrat in sheep’s clothing.

That would (ironically) be Wolf.

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Democrat Opponent Asks Sullivan for Proof of Combat Experience

DemorrhoidsMaura Sullivan’s not from around here, but she’s getting used to being treated like she is. These pages have no shortage of commentary on her political relocation “therapy.” From her “gun-violence” narratives to how she holds a firearm in her commercial that is neither from the War in Iraq or anywhere in New Hampshire. The latter being where she was planted by the DNC to steal a congressional seat. The former a point of political posturing that is also under attack.

From Kevin Landrigan’s Granite Status.

Democratic congressional candidate Terence O’Rourke of Alton is calling on fellow veteran and primary rival Maura Sullivan of Portsmouth to prove she’s a combat veteran.

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Republican Primaries are Coming…

polling, pencil, checkboxThe 603 Alliance released the results of an online straw poll yesterday and overall New Hampshire’s Establishment Republicans took a beating.

Before I examine the results individually, please understand that the voting was done via email using a unique password access for each email address in the distribution list. The participants are individuals who signed up to receive email alerts and information from the 603 Alliance before the release of the poll. There was no public announcement that we planned a straw poll, so no individual knew in advance.

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Dan Hynes – Republican Candidate for State Senate in District 9

Dan HynesBy Dan Hynes,

My name is Dan Hynes, and I am running for State Senate in District 9 covering Bedford, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Greenfield, Hancock, Jaffrey, Lyndeborough, Mont Vernon, New Boston, Peterborough, Richmond, Sharon, Temple, and Troy. I will be a strong conservative voice in Concord. While a State Representative, I received a score of 100% from the American Conservative Union Foundation.

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Son of Sanders Has a Lackluster Congressional Campaign in New Hampshire

levi sanders photoLevi ‘s Sander’s is running for Congress in New Hampshire. And he says, “we’re reaching out to a lot of low income and working class folks. I’m starting to get a good group of folks in New Hampshire, and I’m feeling very good.”

But no one else is feeling the vibe.

Sanders grabbed national headlines in late February when he announced his bid for the House in New Hampshire’s high profile First Congressional District.

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Granite Grok Endorses Steve Negron in NH’s Second Congressional District

Steve Negron at WDL 2A Rally
Steve Negron at WDLNH 2A Rally (‘Grok image)

Every election in NH is really a race in three parts: 1) for political activists to serve on campaigns, endorsements, and donors, 2) to win the primary election, and 3) to win the general election. That first race is nearing its end. We at the ‘Grok have been studying the candidates, listening to their words, and reading their campaign materials to evaluate where they stand in OUR eyes.

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Post NH Primary Analysis

Greg Moore, the New Hampshire state Director of Americans for Prosperity, provides some post-NH Primary Analysis. Winners, losers, Surprises, and more.  

Interview: Steve Kenda

Steve Kenda is in a 4-way primary to represent the Republican Party in State Senate District 24. Steve and I discuss concealed carry, accessibility of public documents, domicile and voter ID, and policies detrimental to New Hampshire businesses.

Interview: Joe Duarte – NH State Senate

Joe Duarte is running for the NH State Senate in District 16. Joe has served in the NH House for years and took some time to talk with me about local and national issues before tomorrow’s primary. http://granitegrok.com/GrokTalk/By-Snippets/2016-09-10%20Joe%20Duarte.mp3

John Washburn

John Washburn is running for the NH House in Hillsborough County District 21. John took a few minutes to talk to me about Judicial reform and other state and local issues.  

Podcast #158

This week we chat with Republican candidates with New Hampshire primaries this upcoming Tuesday including, Andy Kohlhofer, John Washburn, Joe Duarte, Steve Kenda, and Dave McCray    

Marco and Nikki, Sitting in a Tree…

Marco skipped out on a Conservative conference to pal around with his newest convert, Nikki Haley, who is positioning herself to be Rubio’s VP. We also talked about the RNC’s  tolerance (blame Steve Duprey) for moderators who hate their candidates, vote fraud, a primary for Kelly Ayotte, and does she have a shot just a … Read more

Are the Polls Crap?

We open with guest-host Emily Sandblade who knows a thing or two about math and polling to discuss what the current presidential polls likely reflect and why you probably should not ‘buy’ what they are selling.    

Why Trump?

Doug Lambert is the Trump Town Chair for Gilford, NH. He joins us to explain his support for Donald Trump, the energy he feels from the campaign and Trump supporters, and how he sees The Donald dominating the media and the message.  

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