Posts Tagged ‘US Senate 2010’

Yesteray, John McCain made his first trip back to NH since the final days of the 2008 campaign.  He appeared at a town hall meeting with former NH Attorney General Kelly Ayotte in Nashua yesterday.  In response to McCain coming to the state, Ovide Lamontagne released an open letter to McCain and highlighted the letter [...]

It should surprise no one that the Democrats’ takeover of health care, secured with sweetheart deals for wavering Senators, will ultimately be decided in Congress’ back rooms. But that doesn’t make it any more acceptable.
Congressional Democrats don’t have the necessary votes to pass their legislation under everyday rules. That’s why they’re ready to jam it [...]

Well, at this point its their lobbyist, but still.  Today’s Granite Status has the scoop of an ultra secret DC fundraiser that Paul Hodes will be attending soon.  So secret that the address of the fundraiser will only be given out when you pony up the money to attend.  Now! Hampshire did some digging and [...]

Today Ovide Lamontagne, Manchester attorney and US Senate candidate, issued the following statement in support of a one year moratorium on earmarks.

Lamontagne Statement in Support of One‐Year Earmark Moratorium
Lauds Leadership by Senator DeMint and Calls
for Permanent Ban
(Manchester, NH) – Ovide Lamontagne, candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, today issued the following statement in support [...]

Ovide Lamontagne issued the following statement today calling on Paul Hodes to return Charlie Rangel’s dirty money, much like his colleague Carol Shea-Porter has.

Lamontagne Statement on Hodes Keeping Tainted Rangel Donations
(Manchester, NH) – Ovide Lamontagne, candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, today issued the following statement concerning the refusal of Congressman Paul Hodes (D‐NH) [...]

John DiStaso and James Pindell are both reporting that two time New Hampshire primary winner and 2008 Republican Presidential nominee, will return to the Granite State to stump for Republican Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte.  He is slated to attend a fundraiser for Ayotte on March 12 and hold a town hall meeting on March 13 [...]

With the new year comes new staff hires for NH Congressional and Senate campaigns.
John DiStaso is reporting that Kelly Ayotte’s Senate Campaign has hired Sununu, Rudy, and McCain Alum Jeff Grappone to become her Communications Director
GRAPPONE JOINS AYOTTE. Kelly Ayotte’s Senate campaign is about to pick up a person one Republican described as “the only [...]

On the heels of a UNH poll that shows President Obama’s popularity in NH below 50%, and even lower amongst undeclared voters, a poll of 600 likely voters conducted by the liberal blog Daily Kos finds today.  Also, for one of the first polls, it provides a head to head match up in the Republican [...]

Yesterday was the deadline for Federal candidates to submit their Q4 financial reports detailing their donations and expenditures in the final 3 months of 2009.  These reports will be scoured and spun for the next few days.  In the early reaction, DC  and NH reporters are already throwing cold water on some of the reports [...]