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Voters here essentially kept things the same returning their governor, congressional delegation, and the exact same Executive Council for another term in office.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan defeated Republican Don Bolduc 54.1 percent to Bolduc’s 43.9 percent with 75 percent of votes counted.
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said it’s not about him but about the people of New Hampshire as he spoke to supporters after ABC News and the Associated Press called the race for him at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night.
Secretary of State David Scanlan’s predictions for a record voter turnout in a midterm election seemed to be on target as voters and poll workers across the state reported big early morning crowds Tuesday punctuated by a busy lunch hour.
Lincoln Soldati was the rare public servant who always took my calls, always responded to my questions and always tried to help explain whatever law or rule I was writing about as simply as possible so people could understand the legal world he operated in as Strafford County Attorney for many years, then as a defense attorney.
Attorney General John M. Formella announces operations for the General Election to be conducted on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
The plaintiffs in a suit claiming the Executive Council and state Senate districts were unconstitutionally and unlawfully gerrymandered to give Republicans a significant advantage have appealed a lower court ruling dismissing the case.
“You can blame it on a cocktail party,” says Cathleen Toomey, Vice President of Marketing at the RiverWoods Group, a family of Continuing Care Retirement Communities. “Because I live in a small town and have worked for RiverWoods for many years, people would come to me at pre-COVID cocktail or dinner parties, even at the grocery store, with questions about aging.”
New Hampshire Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan and her Republican opponent, Don Bolduc, are neck-and-neck only days away from Tuesday’s election.