Matt Mayberry

Dover Republican activist Matt Mayberry has been hired to help with grassroots organizing for Bob Clegg's congressional campaign.

During the New Hampshire primary, Mayberry served as Strafford County chairman of U.S. Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign. Mayberry is also running for the state House from Dover.

New Hampshire Republicans are reacting to the news that Joel Maiola is leaving his position with Senator Judd Gregg.

Maiola announced today that he starting a consulting company called Granite Edge.

Republicans agree that Maiola has left a lasting impact on Granite State politics.

Kate Whitman and Craig Annis met in New Hampshire during the 2002 campaignNew Jersey congressional candidate Kate Whitman only lived in New Hampshire for about eight months, but she met the love of her life there.

In 2002, the then-24-year-old Whitman – the daughter of former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and scion of a political dynasty going back a century -- came to New Hampshire to cut her political teeth on the Republican primary campaign of Craig Benson.

“The primary was very, very contentious. It was very close,” said Whitman, who worked a spokesperson. “I was thrown into the fire, and I think that was a great way to learn.”

Craig Annis, then 27, was already a veteran political operative. The New Hampshire native served as Chief of Staff for former Manchester Mayor Ray Wieczorek, and at the time was working as chief-of-staff to state Sen. Ted Gatsas.

What better place for two young, politically active people to form a lasting romance than The Granite State?