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Political news for New Hampshire and beyond.
The Boston/Manchester media market has topped the list for presidential TV advertising so far this year. But money isn’t everything. Jeb Bush has spent more than twice his nearest competitor only to watch his numbers drop.
What’s Donald Trump’s tough talk done to his numbers in New Hampshire? UNH Survey Center’s Andy Smith chats with Roger Wood.
A judge ruled against convicted murderer Eduardo Lopez’ bid for a new trial saying undisclosed evidence of a lie told decades ago by then-Nashua Police Detective John Seusing was “inconsequential” in proving Lopez’ guilt in 1993. Seusing went on to become the chief of the Nashua Police Department and retired in January.
U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) has to face not only several rivals from his own party but a Democratic challenger, Shawn O’Connor, who has more than twice as much money in the bank as Guinta.
Barbara and Philip Daley of Hillsborough fought in 1986 to keep a high-level radioactive nuclear waste dump from being buried in their town. Now, neighbors rarely talk about it except when newcomers want to hear the tale.
As “dark money” groups continue to devise new strategies to maximize their role in electoral politics, watchdog organizations may likewise begin exploring new measures to challenge what they see as a pattern that amounts to “the political equivalent of a hit and run.”
U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta, R-N.H., ranked in the top 20 in student debt for himself and his wife reporting between $30,002 and $100,000 owed to Navient and New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation.
During the 2014 federal election cycle, DHS contractor Lockheed Martin contributed more to Democrats than Republicans in New Hampshire, according to the Center for Responsive Politics: Sen. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) $9,000
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D) $4,000
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R) $3,000
Scott Brown (R) $1,400
As they await January 2, 2016 — the day they can legally become lobbyists — former Rep. Mike Rogers(R-Mich.) and his former chief of staff, along with two more of Rogers’ onetime staffers, have found a use for some of the lawmaker’s $1.3 million leftover campaign funds.