The Good Guys

By Spec Bowers – Previous issues of the RINO Report highlighted the terrible voting records of five RINOs in the upcoming primaries. This issue highlights some of the Good Guys who deserve to be reelected. These candidates are selected based on their RINO scores and their HRA scores. Belknap 5 (Laconia 1, 3, 4, 5, … Read more

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Spec Bowers’ Rino Report – David Nagel

By Spec Bowers – David Nagel’s short voting record puts him in the bottom (i.e., worst) 10 of all Republicans for the current biennium. More than 95% of Republican Reps supported SB272 (Parents’ Bill of Rights in Education), which, among other things, says that teachers should not lie to parents about potential gender transitioning of … Read more

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Spec Bowers’ Rino Report – Joseph Guthrie

Joseph Guthrie has a terrible voting record. Rockingham 15 has a 3 for 2-primary. One opponent, Lilli Walsh, has a middle-of-the-road record. The other, Cale Houston, does not have a record.  Lilli Walsh contact info: Lilli@lilliwalsh.com, (978) 228-5116 Cale Houston’s contact info: [Not available at publication] We want to thank Spec Bowers for this Contribution. Submit yours to steve@granitegrok.com Bad … Read more

Spec Bowers’ RINO Report – David Bickford

David Bickford has one of the worst voting records of all time. Bickford’s opponent in Strafford 3 is Susan DeRoy. She does not have a record, but her website (https://deroy4nh.com) suggests that she will vote well. She describes herself as a constitutionalist and lists her main issues as “End Wasteful Spending, Embrace Educational Freedom, Reduce Energy Costs, … Read more

Mike Bordes

The Spec Bowers Rino Report -Mike Bordes

In his four years, Bordes has gone from poor to bad to terrible. In the last two years, he has been ranked second or third worst among Republicans. In 2023, Mike Bordes had the second-worst score of all 200 Republicans. He voted 37 times with Democrats against a supermajority of Republicans, in most cases 95%. … Read more

The Spec Bowers RINO Report – Bonnie Ham

Bonnie Ham has one of the worst voting records of all time.  Her opponent in Grafton 3 is Paul Schirduan. Ham won their 2022 primary by only four votes. Schirduan is a veteran of four years in the US Air Force and later worked as a civilian with the US Navy. His contact info is paulschirduan@hotmail.com, 603-728-8367. We … Read more

RINO Report – The Primaries, 2024

Now is the time for all good Republicans to come to the aid of their State. The primary elections are barely a month away. While most voters are focused on the top races for Governor and Congress, we should also pay attention to the State Rep races. Some of the worst RINOs are on the … Read more

2024 RINO Report Card (Through Crossover)

The New Hampshire General Court (i.e., our legislature) has reached “crossover.” The House has acted on all its bills and has started to deal with Senate Bills. The Senate has done the converse.

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RINO Report – Belknap County

For someone who analyzes voting records, it is sad to see how Belknap has changed. For the last decade, the Belknap delegation (the group of State Reps from Belknap) has had the best voting record of all counties.

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So Belknap County’s “Republican” Mike Bordes Is Either Upset That His Poor Voting Record Has Been Outed – Or He Doesn’t Care a Whit

Spec’s RINO Report is here and it listed the top 10 RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) using a formula that picks out Republicans (ahem!) State Reps that vote counter to the majority of Republicans on a given bill. It’s not emotional, it’s just about the numbers. Bordes had a reaction to my posting and I … Read more

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Republican Primary: The RINO Report – WINS!

We’ve been pointing out some of the worst RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) that decided to run in Tuesday’s primaries across the State.  Thanks to Spec for compiling these records where “RINO” is defined as a vote by a given NH State Rep that ran contrary to the majority of Republicans on a given bill.

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RINO Report Round Up – The Good, the Bad, and Sample Ballots

I have examined the voting records of every Rep to objectively determine who are the RINOs (Republicans In Name Only). I looked at every vote in the last 10 years. Votes when (a majority of) Democrats and (a majority of) Republicans vote the same are ignored.

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RINO Report: Dennis Acton

Fremont has a 2 for 1 primary. Emily Phillips is a newcomer, and Dennis Acton is a RINO. Acton is not quite as bad as some of the other RINOs, But Phillips could hardly be as bad and likely would be much better.

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RINO Report: David Bickford

Strafford county district 3 (New Durham, Middleton) has a 2 for 1 primary. Mackenzie Brisson is a promising newcomer who could be great. (More info here: www.citizenscount.org/candidate/mackenzie-brisson/running). David Bickford is a multi-term RINO who might be hoping that people have forgotten about his terrible voting record.

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RINO Report: Aboul Khan and Jason Janvrin

Seabrook, like many other towns, has two districts. Unlike most towns, All of the candidates have voting records, i.e. they are current or recent Reps.

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RINO Report: Jim Mason

Franklin has a 3 for 2 primary. The candidates are good, bad, and unknown – or perhaps we might say excellent, terrible, and promising.

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RINO Report: Betty Gay

Salem has a 13 for 9 primary, the second largest (after Derry) of all towns. Sadly not a single one of the candidates has an excellent voting record. Four have records that are average, neither bad nor good. One has a mediocre-poor record, and one has a terrible record.

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RINO Report: Bonnie Ham

North Grafton District 3 (Lincoln, Woodstock, Easton, Livermore) has a 2 for 1 primary. One candidate is atrocious; the other does not (yet) have a voting record.

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RINO Report: Jim Allard

This is the second in a series that points a spotlight on some RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) to defeat in the upcoming primary.

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RINO Report: Brodie Deshaies and John MacDonald

This is the first in a series that will put the spotlight on some RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) to defeat in the upcoming primary. Do you live in Wolfeboro or Tuftonboro? If so, then you can help remove two of the worst RINOs from the NH House. The primary for State Rep in Carrol county district … Read more

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