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June 12. 2012 9:25PM
Bevy of candidates file papers for state offices
CONCORD— Six state senate candidates, one gubernatorial candidate and one executive council candidate filed Tuesday to run in the September primary.
Robert M. Tarr of Manchester filed for the Republican gubernatorial nomination Tuesday. Tarr ran unsuccessfully for the House in 2010 and for Ward 5 Board of School Committee in 2011.
The major gubernatorial candidates are scheduled to file Thursday and Friday.
Democrat Shawn Mickelonis of Rochester filed for the reconfigured District 2 Executive Council seat. He faces a primary with Colin Van Ostern of Concord.
Among those filing was Rep. Kenneth Hawkins of Bedford, who seeks the Republican nomination in the newly redrawn District 9 seat that now encompasses communities from Bedford to Richmond.
“We have made great strides over the last two years in reducing spending, and reducing taxes and regulations that are strangling our small businesses,” said Hawkins, who led the House fight for reforming the state retirement system the past few years. “We must continue to make government more accountable and protect taxpayers. Families continue to trim their budgets and we must do the same.”
Hawkins has lived in Bedford for more than 30 years and served in the House for the past five terms.
Former Sen. Andy Sanborn of Bedford has also filed for the Republican nomination for the District 9 seat. Sanborn recently resigned from the Senate when he moved from Henniker to Bedford.
Also filing Tuesday was former bank executive Bob Lamb of Holderness, who filed for the Democratic nomination for the District 2 Senate seat.
“I am a candidate for the state Senate because I believe the voters in District 2 want to move New Hampshire forward again, not backwards,” Lamb said. “The New Hampshire Legislature has been an embarrassment and disappointment to voters. Instead of civility and compromise to address the problems of education and the economy, we have seen the selfish pursuit of partisan agendas and special interest legislation take center stage in the Legislature at the expense of the moving our great state forward.”
Incumbent District 16 Sen. David Boutin, R-Hooksett, filed Tuesday. He announced Monday he would seek re-election to one of the few senate districts that did not change under the Senate redistricting plan approved this year in light of the 2010 census.
Incumbent state Sen. Nancy Stiles, R-Hampton, filed for re-election to the District 24 seat. She is seeking her second term.
In the District 13 Senate race, current Rep. Joseph F. Krasucki of Nashua filed for the Republican nomination.
And incumbent District 10 Sen. Molly Kelly, D-Keene, filed for re-election Tuesday with the Secretary of State’s office. She is seeking her fourth term in the Senate.
Garry Rayno may be reached at grayno@unionleader.com.
Robert M. Tarr of Manchester filed for the Republican gubernatorial nomination Tuesday. Tarr ran unsuccessfully for the House in 2010 and for Ward 5 Board of School Committee in 2011.
The major gubernatorial candidates are scheduled to file Thursday and Friday.
Democrat Shawn Mickelonis of Rochester filed for the reconfigured District 2 Executive Council seat. He faces a primary with Colin Van Ostern of Concord.
Among those filing was Rep. Kenneth Hawkins of Bedford, who seeks the Republican nomination in the newly redrawn District 9 seat that now encompasses communities from Bedford to Richmond.
“We have made great strides over the last two years in reducing spending, and reducing taxes and regulations that are strangling our small businesses,” said Hawkins, who led the House fight for reforming the state retirement system the past few years. “We must continue to make government more accountable and protect taxpayers. Families continue to trim their budgets and we must do the same.”
Hawkins has lived in Bedford for more than 30 years and served in the House for the past five terms.
Former Sen. Andy Sanborn of Bedford has also filed for the Republican nomination for the District 9 seat. Sanborn recently resigned from the Senate when he moved from Henniker to Bedford.
Also filing Tuesday was former bank executive Bob Lamb of Holderness, who filed for the Democratic nomination for the District 2 Senate seat.
“I am a candidate for the state Senate because I believe the voters in District 2 want to move New Hampshire forward again, not backwards,” Lamb said. “The New Hampshire Legislature has been an embarrassment and disappointment to voters. Instead of civility and compromise to address the problems of education and the economy, we have seen the selfish pursuit of partisan agendas and special interest legislation take center stage in the Legislature at the expense of the moving our great state forward.”
Incumbent District 16 Sen. David Boutin, R-Hooksett, filed Tuesday. He announced Monday he would seek re-election to one of the few senate districts that did not change under the Senate redistricting plan approved this year in light of the 2010 census.
Incumbent state Sen. Nancy Stiles, R-Hampton, filed for re-election to the District 24 seat. She is seeking her second term.
In the District 13 Senate race, current Rep. Joseph F. Krasucki of Nashua filed for the Republican nomination.
And incumbent District 10 Sen. Molly Kelly, D-Keene, filed for re-election Tuesday with the Secretary of State’s office. She is seeking her fourth term in the Senate.
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Garry Rayno may be reached at grayno@unionleader.com.