Concord Monitor

A volunteer collecting signatures for the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition has been charged with assaulting a disabled senior citizen on July 28th, The Concord Monitor is reporting.

Eric Green was gathering signatures in Concord when he began arguing with a 65-year old man over taxes. According to a police report Green pushed the man over the curb and the man fell to the ground. Green then left the scene but police were able to track him down. An arrest warrant was issued for Green and when Green failed to turn himself in Concord police arrested Green at his home.

Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr is scheduled to visit Manchester on July 22.

Barr, a former U.S. Rep. from Georgia, will visit Manchester's Murphy's Taproom at 8:00pm, The Concord Monitor's Lauren Dorgan is reporting.

Editors note: This is a daily summary of news about the U.S. Senate race between U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) and former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury).

Today in the U.S. Senate race Jeanne Shaheen dominated the news cycle.

A Concord Monitor analysis finds that freshmen U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord) and U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester) share more than just the same political affiliation.

"Both have sided with House Democratic leaders on about 98 percent of votes, according to congressional voting records records," The Monitor concluded. "Those percentages put Hodes and Shea-Porter in the top fifth of House members when it comes to voting with their own party."

U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) campaign organization, or lack thereof, was the subject of two articles.

The Eagle-Tribune has Paul Collins saying the campaign will open a Manchester office, later this month.

Congratulations to Concord Monitor photographer Preston Gannoway for winning a Pulitizer Prize on her work documenting a family coping with terminal illness.

Also locally, The Boston Globe's Mark Feeney won a Pulitizer for his coverage of the arts.

The Monitor claims that it is the first Pulitzer Prize ever awarded to a New Hampshire newspaper.

The group "Stop Sununu" have ceased their operations, The Concord Monitor reports.

Since last summer, the group has been tracking U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) and is most famous for coming up with red stop signs that read "Stop Sununu."

The group's functions will be folded into the campaign efforts of the state Democratic Party.

New Hampshire has the world's third largest elected body, but towns across the state are having a difficult time finding candidates to run for various offices.

Positions ranging from town selectman to cemetery trustee are being left unfilled.

It appears that former State Senator Bruce Keough will take another pass at running for governor.

Keough (R-Dublin) told The Concord Monitor this morning that he is "unlikely" to run for governor.