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Following the embarrassment that was the 2022 election, in which Republicans managed to severely underperform despite having all the fundamentals in their favor, I asked one simple question: Are you tired of losing yet? Advertisement Ironically, some accused me of being too conservative when I predicted the GOP only getting to 235 seats in the House. Now, the Republican Party might end up with a majority far less than that. The Senate is pretty much a wasteland as well, with Mehmet Oz, despite a strong push down the stretch, not being able to overcome his unfavorables in Pennsylvania. Don Bolduc...

Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) said Tuesday on FNC’s “FOX & Friends First” that President Joe Biden is losing support from Democrats in his state, which could cause a win for the Republican in the 2024 presidential election. Discussing Biden changing the Democrats primary schedule, Sununu said, “Joe Biden has completely screwed this up for himself and for the Democrats. We’re going first no matter what. New Hampshire first in the nation primary is going to happen first. Biden tried to give some political pay back to his buddies in South Carolina, a state that has frankly one of the lower...

The state of New Hampshire has been sued after officials removed a historical marker commemorating the birthplace of a communist and labor leader - just weeks after it was installed. The state's Department of Natural and Cultural Resources unveiled a green aluminum sign, bearing the New Hampshire state seal, on May 1 recognizing former Community Party USA head Elizabeth Gurley Flynn as a 'nationally-known labor leader, civil libertarian and feminist organizer.' But the sign was removed just two weeks later at the direction of Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, who has said the 'anti-American sign' will not be put back on...

Aformer New Hampshire state representative — who made headlines as the first openly transgender lawmaker elected in the Granite State — was arrested Thursday and accused of distributing sexually explicit images of children. Derry resident Stacie M. Laughton, 39, was charged with four counts of distribution of child sexual abuse images, Nashua police said in a press release. Laughton’s alleged actions came to light earlier this week, when individuals reported that Laughton had distributed sexually explicit images of children, police said. Nashua police said Laughton’s case is connected to that of Lindsay Groves, a New Hampshire woman also arrested Thursday...

Police raised concerns, so lawmakers moved forward with a less-restrictive proposal — and now that version of the bill is likely to be defeated CONCORD, N.H. — An effort to restrict the use of no-knock warrants in New Hampshire is likely to fail this week, after a committee advised the full Senate to reject the proposal despite its bipartisan popularity in the House. The original version of House Bill 135 had called for a complete ban on no-knock warrants, which allow police to enter a property without knocking and announcing their presence in advance. But lawmakers watered down their proposal...

resident Joe Biden's newly launched 2024 re-election campaign is not off to the smoothest start. One of Biden's challengers may be poised to secure the first electoral contests of the season, putting the incumbent president at risk of losing early state nominations to lesser-known candidates, NBC News reported. The new primary calendar ratified by the Democratic National Committee - at Biden's request - downgraded Iowa and New Hampshire from their longstanding positions as the first electoral hoorahs of the primary season. As a result, candidates are prohibited from campaigning - or even adding their names to the ballot - in...

I am planning a trip to Maine , Vermont and New Hampshire in the fall. I'm asking for advice on where to go, a more specific timing, what to see and places to stay. Interested little visited places but just beautiful as the more publicised spots.

A Concord, New Hampshire, father who was banned from occupying an elementary school’s property dressed up as Julius Caesar at a recent school board meeting on Monday to drive his claims that a public school district is “facilitating gender confusion.” “I am Caesar. Julius Caesar of Rome, the emperor. I am also a female,” Michael Guglielmo said. “Does anybody here believe that? That I am Julius Caesar? Anybody believe that? No, of course not. It’s ridiculous.”

Two candidates are on the ballot as both a Republican and Democrat in NH. Both are listed as Democrats in Ballotpedia. Ballotpedia: Mark Brave (Strafford County Sheriff, New Hampshire, candidate 2022)Ballotpedia: Thomas P. Velardi (Strafford County Attorney, New Hampshire, candidate 2022)

Republican Senate candidate Gen. Don Bolduc has come from behind and is now virtually tied with Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) in New Hampshire’s Senate race, a Fabrizio, Lee & Associates poll found Friday. The race Senate Republicans were perhaps most worried about finally appears to have turned in favor of the GOP with just 18 days until election day.

Keene Mayor George Hansel conceded to Hillsborough County Treasurer Robert Burns in the GOP primary for New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District on Wednesday. Although no major outlets have called the race, Burns leads Hansel by 2 percentage points, 32.8% to 30.8%, with 76% of the votes counted. Businesswoman Lily Tang Williams trailed in third place with 25%. Burns, who aligned himself most closely with former President Donald Trump in the race, is slated to face six-term congresswoman Annie Kuster (D) in the general election for the slightly left-leaning seat. "Last night didn't go our way, but I would like to...

Republicans are staring down the possibility that a far-right candidate will prevail in New Hampshire’s GOP Senate primary, complicating what should be a prime pickup opportunity in the upper chamber. Retired Army Gen. Don Bolduc (R), who’s accused the state’s governor of being a “Chinese communist sympathizer” and falsely claimed former President Trump won the 2020 election, has been leading a field of 11 GOP candidates to take on Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) in November. In a sign of growing concern among Republicans in the state, Gov. Chris Sununu (R) made a last-minute endorsement of Senate President Chuck Morse (R),...

A man accused of attacking three people — including a police officer — Monday at a Dunkin' in Epping is facing several charges. The employee was taken to a hospital, treated and released.

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is heading to New Hampshire next week on a 2022 mission that will also spark more speculation about his national ambitions in 2024. Cruz will travel to the crucial general election battleground state to campaign with Republican candidate Karoline Leavitt, in an announcement that was shared first with Fox News on Saturday. The get-out-the-vote rally will be held Thursday evening at American Legion Post 27 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Leavitt, a 25-year-old veteran of former President Donald Trump’s White House press shop, is currently one of the co-front-runners in the Sept. 13 Republican primary in...

New ad buys in New Hampshire show national Republicans are worried the front-runner in the GOP Senate primary is too extreme and could squander the party’s chance to defeat Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan in the general election. The White Mountain political action committee, which filed papers Tuesday with the Federal Election Committee, has purchased at least $3.5 million in television ad time through the Sept. 13 primary. The PAC is expected to boost Chuck Morse, the New Hampshire state Senate president who trails Don Bolduc, a retired Army brigadier general who’s aligned himself with former President Donald Trump’s doubts about...

He has said the state’s popular Republican governor is “a Chinese Communist sympathizer,” called for the repeal of the 17th Amendment allowing direct popular election of senators and raised the possibility of abolishing the F.B.I. The man behind these statements is Don Bolduc, a retired Army general who leads the Republican field in what should be a competitive race for the New Hampshire Senate seat held by Senator Maggie Hassan, a Democrat. In one primary after another this year, Republican voters have chosen hard-right candidates who party officials had warned would have trouble winning in November, and Mr. Bolduc could...

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- HB 1636, removing the antiquated ban on carrying loaded pistols on Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles (OHRV) and snowmobiles, has become law in New Hampshire. Governor Sununu signed the bill on Friday, 17 June 2022.House Bill 1636 is a simple stand-alone bill that removes the current ban. From HB 1636:1 Off Highway Recreational Vehicles; Loaded Firearms Prohibited. Amend RSA 215-A:20 to read as follows: 215-A:20 Loaded Firearms Forbidden. No person shall carry on an OHRV, or a trailer towed by same, any firearms unless said firearm is unloaded. This section shall not apply to law enforcement officers carrying firearms in...

On April 28, 2022, the New Hampshire Senate voted to pass House Bill 1636, which removes the ban on carrying loaded pistols and revolvers on ATVs and snowmobiles. The bill was passed on a voice vote at about 6:21:30 on this video of the New Hampshire Senate session. The New Hampshire House passed House Bill 1636 on March 10 with a vote of 204 to 134, with 54 not voting.New Hampshire passed Constitutional Carry five years ago in February of 2017. Several attempts have been made to remove the ban on ATV and Snowmobile carry, the last being in 2021....

New Hampshire is getting close to passing a reform of current carry restrictions. The current law restricts the carry of loaded handguns on off-road vehicles, including snowmobiles, to those with a carry permit. The law is a relic of the days before New Hampshire passed Constitutional Carry in February of 2017, five years ago. On March 10, 2022, the New Hampshire House passed the bill easily, 204 to 134, with 54 not voting. HB 1636 reforms the law to remove the carry permit requirement for carry of loaded firearms on off-road vehicles. On April 20, 2022, the bill passed the...

Matt Mowers is a guy with a potential problem on his hands. He was previously a senior adviser in the Trump administration and now he’s running for Congress in New Hampshire in the Republican primary. But some oppo research by his prospective opponent’s staff revealed an “irregularity” in Mowers’ voting record. In the 2016 election, he cast an absentee ballot in the New Hampshire primary, presumably for Chris Christie because he was working as Christie’s campaign director in that state. But after Christie dropped out, Mowers relocated to New Jersey, filing a change of address to his parents’ home in...