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Tomorrow, Monday, PolitickerNH.com will be covering John Stephen's announcement bus tour.

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Endorsements are usually worth the paper they are printed on.  They don’t typically lead to a lot votes.  At best they lead to activists who will join the campaign and do some ground work because you seem to have the horses needed to win.

If John Stephen had released a list that included former Chuck Morse, Jack Barnes, Chuck Douglas, Dick Flynn, Ruth Griffin, Wayne Semprini, Peter Batula and Carolyn Brown, that would have been impressive.  When you consider Stephen is running against an opponent in Jeb Bradley who served as the districts Congressman just two years ago, it is even more impressive.

Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Reports has the latest House ratings.  Of the races that are up for grabs only NH’s 1st CD has made the list.  Paul Hodes in CD2 appears to be safe if Rothenberg is correct.   read more »

Freshman Congresswomen Carol Shea-Porter raised $127,702 during the first quarter of 2008. Shea-Porter, who has opted out of the DCCC unified "Frontline" program ended the quarter with $545,837 on hand.

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Long-shot congressional candidate Peter Bearse (R-Fremont) ended 2007 with $10,004 cash on hand.

According to FEC documents, Bearse contributed $10,000 to his own campaign and established an exploratory committee in October.

Bearse is running in the First Congressional District's Republican primary. He is facing former Congressman Jeb Bradley and former Health and Human Services Secretary John Stephen.

Bearse did not respond to a phone call or email.