Ted Cruz Invited to Speak in NH

Cornerstone Action has asked the Texas Senator to speak at its annual dinner this fall.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), said to be eyeing a run for president in 2016, has been invited to speak in New Hampshire at Cornerstone Action's annual dinner. Ashley Pratte, executive director of Cornerstone Action, said Friday that she has been in contact with Cruz's scheduler, and he is "very interested" in attending. She expects to know within the next two weeks whether Cruz will be able to make it to the dinner. Cornerstone's dinner will be held in late October or early November, Pratte said. Texas Gov. Rick Perry was the keynote speaker at last year's dinner. Video of Perry's speech went viral, with some accusing him of being drunk or on drugs, a claim he denied. So far this year, potential GOP presidential candidates Bobby Jindal and…

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Politicos Fete NH Primary

At 100, the New Hampshire Primary is as strong as ever, advocates say.

Political activists, historians, and public officials and the media came together to celebrate the 100th birthday of the New Hampshire primary, which was signed into law on May 21, 1913. The Bullock Act, as it was known at the time, changed the way the party delegates were chosen, from behind closed doors meetings, mainly controlled by the Boston & Maine Railroad, to direct election of delegates via presidential preference balloting. The family of Rep. Stephen Bullock, D-Richmond, was on hand to accept thanks from the state. The family had donated a number of items to the state from the family’s archives. The attendees shared political war stories, cracked jokes, thanked Secretary of State Bill Gardner for his tenacious defense of the …

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Rand Paul in NH to ‘Grow’ Republican Party

Potential presidential candidate: GOP needs to "look like the rest of America." RNC Chairman Priebus holding meetings too.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus are in Concord to host a sold-out fundraising dinner for the NH GOP at the Grappone Conference Center tonight. Before the event, both Paul and Priebus spoke about what their main focus had been today – meeting with New Hampshire Republicans, talking strategy, and finding ways to grow the Republican Party to appeal to more Americans. Story and video: Rand Paul, Reince Priebus wow NHGOP dinner crowd Story and video: RNC Chairman Mangles NH Senator's Name Paul, who is a potential 2016 presidential candidate, said the party needed to become more like America – representing not just white people but everyone else – minorities, people with beards and tattoos, …

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joe connolly

3:40 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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Jindal Makes First NH Speech this Year Amid 2016 Rumors

The Republican governor of Louisiana appeared at a PAC fundraiser in Manchester Friday.

MANCHESTER, NH – A crowd of about 50 Republicans trickled into the Radisson Hotel Ballroom here Friday night to hear what Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal had to say about the future of the GOP. "We lost an election, it's time to get over it," he said. "The reality is I'm tired of the navel-gazing. I'm tired of all the public confessions. The reality is we already have one liberal party in America. We don't need two liberal parties." As the head of the Republican Governors Association, Jindal has been making regular appearances for various groups across the country. The governor has been kicked around as a possible presidential hopeful in 2016. Jindal's New Hampshire visit, the first this year for a potential 2016 candidate, was for a …

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JPF36

8:15 am on Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Jay Carney is a frackin JOKE. If Barry Obama stopped short Jay's head would be buried. Brown nose Kiss AZZ   more ›

POLL: Can Anyone Beat Hillary?

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It's still very, very early, but to this point, it looks like Hillary Clinton is almost a lock for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. A Quinnipiac University poll released this week had her with 65 percent of her party's support, with Vice President Joe Biden a distant second at just 13 percent. Polls of New Hampshire voters by Public Policy Polling and the University of New Hampshire Survey Center have shown similar results. Clinton also fares well in potential match-ups with top Republican presidential contenders like Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Chris Christie. She leads Paul 52 to 41 percent and Rubio 52 to 38 percent in New Hampshire, according to PPP. That begs the question: Is there anyone who stands a chance against Clinton…

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Who in NH Has Donated to Scott Brown?

A long list of CEOs, entrepreneurs and Republicans have donated in the past.

If Scott Brown ever does decide to run for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, he'll likely have some donors already lined up. In his recent failed re-election bid, former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) collected hundreds of checks from New Hampshire residents–totaling at least $286,076, according to FEC records from 2011 to 2012. It's a slice of the itemized contributions of $18,623,227, but notable given the long line of federal candidates already asking Granite Staters to get out their checkbooks, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney among them. A quick review of the FEC reports–after Brown told reporters he would not rule out anything from his political future, such as a campaign in New Hampshire–shows the man with a second home in Rye…

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Seamus Carty

10:41 am on Saturday, April 13, 2013

"(who aren't hiding behind screen names)" When she posted on the Nashua Telegraph site before Patch launched, Janice Schmidt (state rep; D-Nashua) went by the name "tesha". I guess she decided to stop hiding when she decided to run for office.... As for "Atlant", he only used his first name until recently and expected that those reading Patch would google his name and realized that "Atlant" was a…   more ›

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Who Won Merrimack Budget Committee Write-In?

Election officials had nearly 1,000 write in votes to count on for budget committee race on Tuesday.

When last we left the ballot results on Tuesday, election officials had their work cut out for them when it came to determining the winner of the fourth seat on the school district's budget committee. With only three names on the ballot – Stanley Heinrich, Lisa Mooney and Alicia Nelson, the fourth seat was up for grabs and 953 of 2,061 voters had a recommendation. Ultimately, the winner of the seat was Carol Lang, with 234 votes. But to say it was a pretty close race, especially for a write-in campaign, would be an understatement. Randall White came in as the runner up, with 217 votes, Jody Cole with 204, Shelly Jacoby with 192 and April Leonard with 53. Lang, who spent the day at the polls letting voters know of her write-in campaign, …

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'Logic Dictates We Needed That Building'

School Board member George Markwell calls disapproval of building project disappointing.

A “huge disappointment.” That's what school board member George Markwell called the failure of an article to construct a new building that would consolidate the superintendent's office and the special services office into one building. Although it squeaked by with a majority vote, the $1.5 million bond did not earn the super majority vote it needed to pass during Tuesday's election. Of the 1,875 votes cast on the question, 963 voted in favor of the building project, while 912 voters said “no.” It would have needed 1,127 votes to pass. “Even for a conservative-minded person like myself, logic dictates we needed that building,” Markwell said following the announcement of the vote. Markwell, who was the school board liaison to the Planning …

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Kristine Sawdey

7:36 am on Friday, April 12, 2013

I usually get 2.5 cost of living raise, which I am thankful for, I'd be celebrating if I got 5 percent!!   more ›

No New SAU Office For Merrimack

All other articles on town and school ballots pass.

Merrimack voters spoke on Tuesday, passing all warrant articles on both the town and school ballots, with the exception of one, a proposed building to consolidate the special services and superintendent's offices into one space. The two office buildings, located in 50-year-old ranch style houses adjacent to the high school, are cramped, lacked security and privacy and don't function well, according to school board, budget committee and planning and building committee members who mostly all agreed that a new $1.5 million building to be bonded over 10 years was the best way to address the needs. Planning and Building Committee Chairman Rich Hendricks said Tuesday night that they will have to spend some time reaching out to voters for …

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