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Updated, 1:25 p.m. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte will be endorsed later today by all nine of the state's county sheriffs.
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With third quarter federal fundraising reports now public, details are now emerging and charges are flying.
Updated, 3:07 p.m. The congresswoman has $295,957 on hand. Would-be opponents Bob Bestiani and Frank Guinta released their numbers today.
Updated, 2:25 a.m. A new ad from FixItNowNH says it's time for expanded gambling.
Updated, 1:34 p.m. Also, a UNH poll shows that most New Hampshire men aren't pleased with the President.
TUESDAY UPDATE: Nashua Republican Jennifer Horn is expected to run for the 2nd Congressional District seat in 2010.
The moderate Republican represented the 2nd District for six terms until his ouster by Paul Hodes in the Democratic landslide of 2006. Among the big names on his exploratory committee: Tom Rath, Chuck Morse and Scott Hilliard.
►Foster's: Former state Supreme Court justice won't seek U.S. Senate seat
►Gatsas, Roy will debate on October 7 (7)
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Updated, 2:19 p.m. The congresswoman says she's under fire from FOX News, Glenn Beck fans and Tea Party protesters.
Laura Van Hove has worked for Bob Dole, Steve Forbes and Rudy Giuliani.
A key senator has high praise for the former attorney general -- but stops short of an endorsement.
Kelly Ayotte already finds herself on the defensive, mostly over her "relationship" with the Washington-based National Republican Senatorial Committee.
The Devine Strategies director says Lamontagne will decide on a U.S. Senate candidacy by the end of the year.
What do they say Charlie Crist, Sarah Palin and Kelly Ayotte have in common?
Outgoing Attorney General Kelly Ayotte continued to attract much political attention in New Hampshire and Washington yesterday.
All of a sudden, Republicans are on the offensive. From Washington to Concord.
Linking state Republican candidates to George W. Bush obviously has been a winning formula for New Hampshire Democrats in the last two election cycles.
Both parties say they are going all out in phone banking and door-to-door efforts to get out the vote on April 21.
Shhh! It's being kept very quiet, but we understand veteran Manchester criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor John Kacavas is in the running.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is a member of a new "Moderate Dems Working Group" of 15 Democratic senators, led by Evan Bayh of Indiana.
John DiStaso's Granite Status: Poll shows Obama, Clinton both have work to do
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By JOHN DISTASO
Senior Political Reporter
Thursday, Sep. 27, 2007
 John DiStaso, the New Hampshire Union Leader's senior political writer, began writing "Granite Status" in 1982. His influential reports on behind-the-scenes politics in the first-primary state are must reading every Thursday for insiders from Concord to Washington, D.C. Watch for "Granite Status" updates on UnionLeader.com whenever New Hampshire political news breaks.
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wrong impression, phil. check out Steve Forbes' result when he spent $3 million (or was it $4 million?) in NH and came in fourth.
- Ellie, Manchester
Despite the 9 months of campaigning to date, we are actually at the traditional start of the primary season. There's a long way to go, and that long way will include potentially campaign-changing events.
One of those is that the Democrats will eventually go negative against each other. The Republicans have already been a bit more in attack mode, and that will sharpen. I can't predict who will go up or down in the polls because of this, but it's a safe bet that the races will tighten.
Second is that the advertising has just begun. The skill with which candidates get their messages out into the broader media market will have an effect.
Finally, there's Iowa. Each party is groping around for a candidate that can win, much like the Democrats were doing in 2004. When Dean lost Iowa, his bubble burst in less than a week. The same could happen to any top-tier candidate of either party who shows poorly in the Hawkeye state.
Whatever happens it should be interesting. Let's just hope this isn't the last instance of a meaningful New Hampshire primary!
- Roy Swonger, Merrimack
What I don't understand is that the polls are showing that Clinton leads the pack in NH. However, I was always under the impression the canditate with the largest war chest usually ends up the winner. A search on the Presidential Campaign Finance site clearly indicates OBAMA with the largest war chest not Clinton. Check yourself.
http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/mapApp.do?drillLevel=state&stateName=NH&cand_id=P00000001
- phil_leeser, epsom, nH
A very poor display of supposed candidates. Edwards was the winner of this debate, he took a stand and was very clear and concise, showing possible leadership abilities. Clinton appeared to take for granted that she had already won and her comments about her husband were poor ''I will have to ask my husband about that...'' ''My husband is not by my side right now'' ( What would happen if one of the men said ''I have to ask my wife?" ) Obama was weak, showed clearly he has no experiance to lead a country, though spoke fairly well, he jumped around and lost concentration one too many times. None were impressive nor showed consistancey, or credible committment.
- Robert, Concord, NH
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