Friday, May 10, 2013
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 …
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Vote in our poll, and share your thoughts in the comments field below.
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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Friday, April 12, 2013
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…
Thursday, April 11, 2013
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, …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
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 …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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 …
How Merrimack voted on the school ballot.
Here are the 2012 ballot and candidate results for Merrimack School District's annual meeting. There were 2,061 ballots cast. Town results can be found here. * indicates the winners. needed a 60 percent majority of 1,127 votes to pass. Article 4: Discontinuance of Capital Reserve Funds This article seeks to close outstanding balances in three Capital Reserve Accountsthat have fulfilled their purpose, and to return the remaining funds to the General Fund.The remaining balance of these three combined accounts is $67,477. TAX IMPACT: None Article 7: Special Meeting Request This article authorizes the School Board to hold one special meeting to discuss costitems only if the teacher contract fails. The School Board would then have the option …
How Merrimack voted on the town ballot.
Here are the 2013 ballot and candidate results for Merrimack municipal meeting. There were a total of 2,061 ballots cast. School results can be found here. * indicates the winners Article 5: By approving Article 5, the Town would ratify the proposed collective bargaining agreement between the Town of Merrimack and NEPBA Local 12 and approve the wage and benefit adjustments contained therein. Included are a $1,500 one-time wage adjustment for 2013-14, $0 in 2014-15 and $0 in 2015-16. This agreement continues the current 10% employee HMO health insurance premium cost sharing that is applicable to new hires hired on or after July 1, 2006 and a capped cost share of 3.0% for all employees existing as of June 30, 2006, based on gross pay before …
Primarily uncontroversial ballots and only one contested race means few showing up to vote.
Talk to anyone working the polls today and they'll tell you two things: turnout for Merrimack's election has been very low so far and they expected turnout to be low. Chalk it up to a pretty tame ballot and only one contested race for school board. “It's higher than I thought it would be,” Assistant Moderator Brian McCarthy. “ I wasn't sure if people even knew there was an election today.” Truly, it's been quiet lead up. Two deliberative sessions – one each for the school and town ballots – were each conducted in less than an hour. No unexpected or last minute amendments were made to articles at the meetings. And with just the one contested race, campaign signs that so often line the roads in the weeks leading up to an election have been …
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8:15 am on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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