The Green Papers: New Hampshire 2009 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
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
 

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New Hampshire State and Local Government


The state legislators who will meet over the two years from 2009 through 2010 will make up the 161st Session of the NEW HAMPSHIRE GENERAL COURT. (NOTE: the numbering of New Hampshire's GENERAL COURTS dates back to the adoption of the Constitution of 1784: the General Court beginning in 1784 and ending in 1785 was the 1st; each session was thereafter numbered consecutively on an annual basis (the legislators of both houses being elected for one-year terms) through the 95th, which ended in 1878; the 96th Legislature, the first for which both chambers were elected for two-year terms, was in session from 1879 thru 1880 and every New Hampshire General Court from then on has, therefore, been numbered on such a biennial basis).

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Democratic Senator  Jeanne Shaheen
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Class 3 Republican Senator Judd A. Gregg
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 3 February 2009: Nominated by President Obama for Secretary of Commerce. Governor John Lynch announced Bonnie Newman as his choice to replace U.S. Senator Judd Gregg. Future Senator Newman has promised not to run for the seat in 2010. 12 February 2009 update: Senator Judd Gregg withdrew his name from consideration for for Secretary of Commerce due to policy differences with President Obama. Senator Gregg also announced that he would not run for re-election in 2010.
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Paul W. Hodes
Congressional Distict 2

FEC S0NH00227: $1,620,889
  Candidate Republican     Tom Alciere
  Candidate Republican     former Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte
7 July 2009: Resigned from her AG position effective 17 July in order to explore a run for U.S. Senate.

FEC S0NH00235: $613,111
  Candidate Republican     Jim Bender
FEC S0NH00243: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     William Harrison "Bill" Binnie
    Republican     Senator Judd A. Gregg - apparently not a candidate
12 February 2009: Senator Judd Gregg withdrew announced that he would not run for re-election in 2010.

FEC S2NH00025: $17,052
  Candidate Republican     Ovide M. Lamontagne
  Candidate Republican     Sean Mahoney
    Republican     Bonnie Newman - apparently not a candidate
3 February 2009: Governor John Lynch announces Bonnie Newman as his choice to replace U.S. Senator Judd Gregg, who was nominated by President Barack Obama today to be Secretary of Commerce. Future Senator Newman has promised not to run for the seat in 2010.
  Candidate Libertarian     Kenneth E. "Ken" Blevens

Governor  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors

  Democratic Governor  John Lynch
First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2006, 2008
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Jack Kimball

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democratic (1 Undetermined, 1 Open)

CD 1
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Democratic Congressman  Carol Shea-Porter
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Carol Shea-Porter
FEC H6NH01230: $391,914
  Candidate Republican     Peter Bearce
  Candidate Republican     Robert Martin "Bob" Bestani
FEC H0NH01209: $50,300
  Candidate Republican     Mike Castaldo
  Candidate Republican     Mayor of Manchester  Frank C. Guinta
FEC H0NH01217: $236,164

CD 2
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Democratic Congressman  Paul W. Hodes
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Running for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  John DeJoie
FEC H0NH02199: $19,410
    Democratic     former state Senator Mark Fernald - apparently not a candidate
Withdrew circa 5 August 2009

FEC H0NH02173: $17,400
  Candidate Democratic     Ann McLane Kuster
FEC H0NH02181: $343,470
  Candidate Democratic     Executive Councilor  Debora B. "Deb" Pignatelli
?
  Candidate Democratic     Katrina Swett
  Candidate Republican     former Congressman Charles F. "Charlie" Bass
FEC H0NH02017: $1,000
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Robert "Bob" Giuda
FEC H0NH02207: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Andrew Hemingway
  Candidate Republican     Jennifer M. Horn
FEC H8NH02192: $24,075
  Candidate Republican     Milford School Board Member Leonard D. "Len" Mannino, Jr.
FEC H0NH02165: $226

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): 4 incumbents, 6 candidates
  Republican: 1 incumbent, 16 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
  Natural Law (affiliates)
  Unity
 
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to 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
  Libertarian Party of New Hampshire
  Natural Law Party of New Hampshire
  New Hampshire Constitution Party
  The Unity 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 Television
  Newhampsire.com (The Union Leader)
  NH Insider
  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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