4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1618+ words) Familiarity and well-established names won out in New Hampshire’s primary election on Tuesday. On the Republican side, John E. Sununu — who held this seat before Jeanne Shaheen, who’s now retiring — swept a primary against former Massachusetts senator Scott Brown. He…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (454+ words) Incumbent State Rep. Jonah Wheeler narrowly defeated write-in challenger Amanda Allen in the Sept. 8 Democratic primary for Hillsborough County District 33, securing a key spot on the general election ballot alongside incumbent Rep. Peter Leishman. In one of the only contested…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1152+ words) Tom Sullivan and Susan Lloyd were the first to quietly pull up chairs in front of the television as they watched the results of their efforts play out on cable news. They spent hours volunteering at the polls on Tuesday…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1663+ words) The Ledger-Transcript sent surveys to state House of Representatives candidates throughout the region ahead of the Sept. 8 primary election. Here are the candidate profiles of those who responded. Some responses have been edited for length and clarity. Some districts are…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (541+ words) The Ledger-Transcript sent surveys to Executive Council candidates throughout the region ahead of the Sept. 8 primary election. Here are the candidate profiles of those who responded. The incumbent Democrat, Karen Liot Hill, is unopposed in the primary. In November, she’ll…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1089+ words) The Ledger-Transcript sent surveys to state Senate candidates throughout the region ahead of the Sept. 8 primary election. Here are the candidate profiles of those who responded. In District 10, incumbent Sen. Donovan Fenton, a Keene Democrat, is running unopposed. The district…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (982+ words) It’s pretty standard these days for congressional candidates to style themselves after national political models. But that’s not the case in this year’s Republican race for New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District. That primary pits two candidates, Lily Tang Williams and Victor…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (485+ words) A group has filed a federal lawsuit to block a new New Hampshire law that prevents the use of student identification cards when registering to vote or casting a ballot, which they call the latest in long-running efforts to disenfranchise…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (531+ words) Thousands of New Hampshire residents risk being purged from voter rolls right before an election simply because they haven’t checked their mail. A new law took effect this year requiring Supervisors of the Checklist in each town in New Hampshire…...