Sierra Club Endorsements News Rlease

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NH Sierra Club Endorses Lynch, 122 Candidates for State Office

CONCORD, NH—The New Hampshire Chapter of the Sierra Club has released its list of endorsed candidates running for New Hampshire state offices in the 2008 elections. The endorsements include 106 NH State Representatives, 14 State Senators, 2 Executive Councilors and the incumbent Governor John Lynch. Of the total 123 endorsed candidates, fifty-two are women and 71 men. They all share the same value: to care for the environment when they vote in the State House.

“We are very please to announce today that the New Hampshire Sierra Club officially endorses for election these environmental champions of our state,” said Jerry Curran, the Political Chair for the New Hampshire Chapter.

“These candidates are our best hope for preserving clean air and clean water and protecting the wild places for the people of New Hampshire,” stated Curran. “The incumbents worked hard to protect the clean air of our state when they voted to ban the burning of Construction and Demolition debris.  They supported the Governor John Lynch’s effort to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The new candidates showed their support for key environmental issues facing the state and demonstrated creativity to solve current problems.”

“They were selected for endorsement based on responses to an in-depth questionnaire, voting record, and history of environmental involvement. Endorsement by the NH Sierra Club gives the candidates access to the Sierra Club’s New Hampshire membership list and in some cases volunteers to help with their campaigns and financial support.”

The Sierra Club has now endorsed John Lynch in all three of his gubernatorial Campaigns. The list of all of the endorsed candidates is included here and appears on the website or cut and paste http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageServer?pagename=NH_2008Endorsements&JServSessionIdr001=rspdv23rq1.app25a.

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New Hampshire Sierra Club List of Endorsed Candidates Running for State Office

New Hampshire Governor:
Incumbent Governor John Lynch

For Executive Council:
District 3 Incumbent Beverly Hollingworth
District 5: Incumbent Debora Pignatelli

For State Senate:
Dist     Candidate

2       Incumbent Deborah R. Reynolds

4       Incumbent Kathleen Sgambati

6       Incumbent "Jackie" Cilley

7       Incumbent Harold Janeway

8       "Jay" Phinizy

9       Michael Kaelin

10     Incumbent Molly Kelly

11     "Steve" Spratt

12     "Peggy" Gilmour

15     Incumbent Sylvia B. Larsen

16     "Bob" Backus

21     Amanda Merrill

23     Incumbent "Maggie" Wood Hassan

24     Incumbent Martha Fuller Clark

2008 NH SIERRA CLUB  ENDORSED CANDIDATES FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

County

Dis

District Towns

Name

Belknap

4

District 4  (Laconia Wards 1-6) (5)

Edwin Allard

4

Judith T. Reever

5

District 5 (Alton, Barnstead, Belmont, Gilford) (7)

James "Doc" Pilliod

Carroll

3

District 3 (Freedom, Ossipee, Sandwich, Tamworth) (3)

Howard N. Cunningham

3

Virginia Heard

Cheshire

2

District 2 (Alstead, Marlow, Nelson, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Walpole) (3)

Tara Sad

3

District 3 (Keene Wards 1-5) (7)

Suzanne Butcher

4

District 4 (Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Winchester) (4)

William "Bill" Butynski

4

Daniel P. Carr

4

Henry A.L. Parkhurst

5

District 5 (Fitzwilliam, Richmond) (1)

Barbara Hull Richardson

6

District 6  (Harrisville, Marlborough, Swanzey, Troy) (4)

Peter H. Allen

Coos

2

District 2 (Carroll,  Dalton,  Jefferson, Kilkenny, Lancaster,  Northumberland,  Randolph,  Stark,  Stratford,  Whitefield) (4)

Evalyn S. Merrick

2

Scott Merrick

Grafton

5

District 5 (Benton, Haverhill, Piermont, Warren) (2)

Charles W. Chandler

7

District 7 (Hebron, Plymouth) (2)

Suzanne Smith

8

District 8 (Alexandria, Ashland, Bridgewater, Bristol, Groton, Holderness) (3)

Burton W. Williams

10

District 10 (Canaan, Dorchester, Enfield, Grafton, Orange) (3)

"Chuck" Townsend

11

District 11 (Lebanon Wards 1-3) (4)

Susan W. Almy

11

Gene Andersen

11

Franklin Gould

11

"Laurie" Harding

Hillsborough

1

District 1 (Antrim, Hancock, Hillsborough, Windsor) (3)

Robert A. Fredette

1

Gilman "Gil" Shattuck

2

District 2 (Bennington, Deering, Francestown, Greenfield) (2)

Claudia A. Chase

4

District 4 (Lyndeborough, Mont Vernon, New Boston, Temple, Wilton) (4)

Mary Beth Ayvazian

4

Jennifer Daler

4

Linda T. Foster

4

Henry Mullaney

5

District 5 (Brookline, Hollis, Mason) (4)

"Art" Sweed

6

District 6 (Amherst, Milford) (8)

Nan H. Stearns

6

Peter D. Stearns

9

District 9 (Manchester Ward 2) (3)

James W. Craig

11

District 11 (Manchester Ward 4) (3)

Frank Willard Weaver

12

District 12 (Manchester Ward 5) (3)

Robert "Bob" Tarr

12

Richard N. Komi

17

District 17 (Manchester Wards 10, 11 and 12) (8)

Irene M. Messier

17

Jane Ellen Beaulieu

17

David L. Nixon

18

District 18 (Bedford) (6)

Jayne E. Spaulding

18

"Bob" Jones

19

District 19 (Merrimack) (8)

Rose H. Arthur

21

District 21 (Nashua Ward 2) (3)

Suzanne Harvey

24

District 24 (Nashua Ward 6) (3)

David B. Campbell

26

District 26 (Nashua Wards 5, 8 and 9) (10)

David K. Murotake

26

Michael O'Brien, Sr.

Merrimack

2

District 2 (Franklin Wards 1-3, Hill) (3)

Leigh A. Webb

4

District 4 (Hopkinton, Warner, Webster) (3)

Christine C. Hamm

4

Derek Owen

5

District 5 (Bradford, Henniker)  (2)

Barbara Conner French

5

"Beth" Rodd

6

District 6 (Andover, Boscawen, Canterbury, Loudon, Northfield, Salisbury) (6)

"Tim" Chrysostom

6

"Danny" Loehr

6

Frank A. Tupper

6

Deborah Wheeler

9

District 9 (Hooksett) (4)

Eileen Ehlers

10

District 10 (Concord Wards 1, 2, and 3) (4)

Mary Stuart Gile

10

"Fran" Potter

10

"Steve" Shurtleff

10

William Stetson

11

District 11 (Concord Wards 4, 8, 9, and 10) (5)

Michael Bartlett

11

John DeJoie

12

District 12 (Concord Wards 5, 6, and 7) (4)

"Rick" Watrous

Rockingham

1

District 1 (Candia, Deerfield, Northwood, Nottingham) (5)

Richard H. Snow

3

District 3 (Auburn, Londonderry) (9)

David Howard

3

Thomas M. Kennedy

5

District 5 (Derry) (11)

"Nick" Arancio

5

Brent Carney

5

Elizabeth Ives

5

Barbara A. McCarthy

5

"Dan" McKenna

5

Martin E. Poitzsch

12

District12 (Newfields, Newmarket) (3)

Dennis F. Abbott

13

District 13 (Exeter, North Hampton, Stratham) (8)

Carl G. Robertson

13

Donna Schlachman

13

John W. Henson

13

"Joe" Russell

13

John W. Sammel

14

District 14 (Hampton Falls, Kensington, Seabrook, South Hampton) (4)

James B. Webber

15

District 15 (Hampton) (5)

Robert "Renny" Cushing

15

Susan R. Kepner

16

District 16 (Newington, Portsmouth Wards 1-5) (7)

Jacqueline Cali-Pitts

16

"Rich" DiPentima

16

Paul McEachern

16

Terie Norelli

16

Laura C. Pantelakos

16

Robin P. Read, Jr.

16

James R. Splaine

17

District 17 (Greenland) (1)

Michael Marsh

18

District 18 (New Castle, Rye) (2)

David A. Borden

Strafford

1

District 1 (Rochester Wards 1-6)  (9)

Julie Brown

1

Pamela J. Hubbard

1

Sandra Balomenos Keans

1

Rose Marie Rogers

2

District 2 (Rollinsford, Somersworth Wards 1-5) (5)

Michael S. Rollo

2

Kenneth Ward

3

District 3 (Barrington, Farmington, Middleton, Milton, New Durham, Strafford)   (8)

"Larry" Brown

3

"Bob" Perry

4

District 4 (Dover Wards 1 and 2) (3)

Brendon S. Browne

5

District 5 (Dover Wards 3 and 4) (3)

Sarah Hutz

7

District 7 (Durham, Lee, Madbury) (6)

Emma Rous

7

Judith Spang

7

Janet G. Wall

Sullivan

2

District 2 (Croydon, Goshen, Newport, Springfield, Washington) (3)

Arthur G. Jillette, Jr.

4

District 4 (Claremont Wards 1-3, Lempster, Unity) (5)

John R. Cloutier

4

Larry Converse