Former Congressman Jeb Bradley, R-NH, recently got some welcome news as he seeks to avenge his 2006 defeat to Democrat Carol Shea-Porter.
After plenty of prodding, the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee is financially weighing in on Bradley’s behalf, helping to finance part of an $84,000 advertising buy on WMUR-TV in the coming week.
Now, the ex-two term Republican has got a long way to go since we first reported last month the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had blocked off $1 million worth of time and reportedly most of it dedicated to this targeted, First District race.
But Bradley’s designs on getting back the seat rested in part with getting a national, GOP lifeline to this race and the first donation of any general election campaign is always the toughest to get.
It’s not unusual for both major parties to do a mass mailing to the faithful, giving them instructions on how they could vote by absentee ballot if they choose to.
The new wrinkle with the NH Republican State Committee was turning the public service into a hit mail piece.
“Vote to protect your family from [...]
Republican congressional candidate Jeb Bradley altered his attack ad against primary rival John Stephen, striking from it that Stephen was “under investigation” over a critical, elderly services audit while Stephen was state health and human services commissioner.
A chorus of Stephen supporters from The Union-Leader of New Hampshire and ex-Gov. Craig Benson to Manchester Mayor Frank [...]
Republican congressional candidate Robert Clegg of Hudson accepted an invitation to speak today to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN at a conference on obesity.
Clegg lost more than 100 pounds after having weight-loss surgery in Boston a year ago and convinced the Legislature this spring to mandate health insurance companies cover [...]
Republican congressional candidate Grant Bosse has a smaller war chest than two main primary rivals but begins a “targeted” radio ad buy today.
The 60-second commercial makes the case this former congressional and state legislative staffer from Hillsborough offered the most comprehensive, detailed plans to cut wasteful spending and make the US more energy [...]
Republican congressional candidate Robert Clegg of Hudson picked up a major, conservative endorsement today from Gale Thomson, the widow of former Gov. Meldrim Thomson.
“Low taxes are the result of low spending. That was my husband’s mantra. Bob Clegg has worked for the last 20 years at the local and state level with exactly [...]
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is not the only one who’s using the new media to leak out big news.
According to numerous media reports, Obama will disclose his choice for vice president via a mega-text message exclusively to her supporters.
NH Democratic Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter got into that act Monday by giving readers [...]
CONCORD [-] Republican congressional candidate John Stephen fires the first attack ad on television of the First District primary on the spending and energy policies of former Congressman Jeb Bradley.
The 30-second, TV commercial begins airing Tuesday on WMUR and New Hampshire cable channels.
In it, Stephen claims Bradley supported $100 billion in wasteful [...]
CONCORD [-] An Atkinson business owner and past supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton became the two millionth donor to Democrat Barack Obama’s presidential campaign over the weekend.
Edward Prouty, 63, said the economic slump business is worse than at any other time in the 25 years that he’s owned E.M, Prouty Heating and Air [...]
The Service Employees International Union announced the US Senate race in NH is one of only seven it will target for an extensive effort to influence the outcome this fall.
Colorado’s Senate race is the only other one in the nation to get this attention along with five House races in Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, [...]
