The Green Papers: New Hampshire 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 9 September 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:4(0.74% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:1,238,415 (0.44% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):911,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):856,519
Capital:Concord
Tuesday 9 September 2008 polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC). Polls must open by 11 AM however most open between 7 AM and 8 AM. NEW HAMPSHIRE permits its 13 cities to keep their polls open until 8 PM EDT by local option- however, as there ARE only 13 cities among New Hampshire's 234 County subdivisions [the 221 "non-cities", of course, being the proverbial New England Town(ship)], the fact is that the vast majority of NH's polls have closed by 7 PM EDT and the networks have no problem considering this hour as the earliest hour of potential projection.
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC). Polls must open by 11 AM however most open between 7 AM and 8 AM. NEW HAMPSHIRE permits its 13 cities to keep their polls open until 8 PM EDT by local option- however, as there ARE only 13 cities among New Hampshire's 234 County subdivisions [the 221 "non-cities", of course, being the proverbial New England Town(ship)], the fact is that the vast majority of NH's polls have closed by 7 PM EDT and the networks have no problem considering this hour as the earliest hour of potential projection.
 

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New Hampshire State and Local Government

New Hampshire 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2
Seat up for election		 Republican Senator John E. Sununu
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
    Democratic     Jay Clark Buckey - apparently not a candidate
• Withdrew May 2008 endorsing former Governor Jeanne Shaheen
• FEC S8NH00154: $136,640
    Democratic     former Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand - apparently not a candidate
• Withdrew 15 September 2007 endorsed former Governor Jeanne Shaheen.
• FEC S8NH00147: $257,210
  Candidate Democratic     former Governor Jeanne Shaheen
• FEC S0NH00219: $2,563,142
    Democratic     Katrina Swett - apparently not a candidate
• Withdrew 21 September 2007 endorsed former Governor Jeanne Shaheen.
• FEC S8NH00139: $1,467,756
  Candidate Republican     Senator John E. Sununu
• FEC S0NH00201: $4,171,102
  Candidate Libertarian     Kenneth E. Blevens
  Candidate Independent     Shawn Paul Girard
• FEC S8NH00162: Financial report not available
Class 3 Republican Senator Judd Gregg
• First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Governor  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2008. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors
Chair up for election Democratic Governor John Lynch
• First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2006
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
    Republican     Peter James Bearse - apparently not a candidate
• Running for Congress CD 1
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Joseph D. "Joe" Kenney
  Candidate Republican     Bruce Keough
    Libertarian     state Representative Bea Francoeur - apparently not a candidate
• Republican Hillsborough State Representative
  Candidate Libertarian     Susan Newell
110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democratic (2 Undetermined)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman Carol Shea-Porter
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Carol Shea-Porter
• FEC H6NH01230: $662,539
  Candidate Republican     Peter James Bearse
• FEC H8NH01111: $4,027
  Candidate Republican     former Congressman Joseph E. "Jeb" Bradley, III
• First elected: 2002, re-elected 2004
• FEC H2NH01130: $566,042
  Candidate Republican     James Russell "Jim" Forsythe
• FEC H8NH01129: $102,185
  Candidate Republican     John A. Stephen
• FEC H2NH01163: $337,114
  Candidate Libertarian     Bob Kingsbury
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman Paul W. Hodes
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Paul W. Hodes
• FEC H4NH02175: $1,298,762
  Candidate Republican     Grant Bosse
• FEC H8NH02218: $14,471
  Candidate Republican     Robert E. Clegg, Jr.
• FEC H8NH02200: $119,950
  Candidate Republican     Jennifer M. Horn
• FEC H8NH02192: $71,368
  Candidate Republican     R. James "Jim" Steiner
• FEC H8NH02184: $14,104
  Candidate Libertarian     Chester L. Lapointe
Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 3 incumbents, 3 candidates
 • Republican: 2 incumbents, 11 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Libertarian: 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
 • Natural Law (affiliates)
 • Right to Life
Independents
 • Independent: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.state.nh.us/constitution/constitution.html
Election Authority
 • New Hampshire Secretary of State
 • Secretary of State's Election Division
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • New Hampshire General Court
Democratic
 • New Hampshire Democratic Party
Republican
 • New Hampshire Republican State Committee
Third Party
 • Citizens for Life
 • Libertarian Party of New Hampshire
 • Natural Law Party of New Hampshire
Media & others
 • Concord Monitor
 • DC's Political Report - New Hampshire
 • Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover
 • Granite State News
 • New Hampshire Business Review
 • New Hampshire Gazette
 • New Hampshire Public Radio
 • New Hampshire Public Television
 • Newhampsire.com (The Union Leader)
 • NH Insider
 • NHPrimary.com
 • Politicker NH
 • Politics1.com - New Hampshire
 • PoliticsNH.com
 • Seacoastonline.com - Seacoast Newspapers
 • The Cabinet Press - Bedford - Hollis - Merrimack - Milford
 • The Citizen - Laconia
 • The Conway Daily Sun - North Conway
 • The Dartmouth Free Press
 • The Keene Sentinel
 • The New Hampshire Political Library
 • The Telegraph - Nashua
 • The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News
 • WMUR TV - ABC - Manchester - Portsmouth
 

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