Peggy Gilmour

NASHUA-State Senate candidate Paul LaFlamme (R-Nashua) thinks the possibility that state Rep. Betty Hall (I-Brookline) will appear on the November ballot as a competitor will make the race "close."

Hall is staging an independent bid to appear on the ballot in the district 12 state Senate race between LaFlamme and Peggy Gilmour (D-Hollis).

Betty Hall submitting ballot signatures: Photo credit: Hall campaign

Independent state Senate candidate Betty Hall has submitted the necessary number of signatures to be verified by local election officials.

Hall, of Brookline, is attempting to run for the state Senate in the 12th district, which includes parts of Nashua, Hollis, Mason and Brookline. To gain access to the November ballot she needed to submit 700 signatures for verification and now must wait for the town clerks to approve the signatures.

State Rep. Betty Hall needs another 230 signatures to gain access to the New Hampshire ballot.

Hall, of Hollis, is running as an independent for the state senate in District 12 and has until August 6th to hand-in 750 signatures.

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Inside Edge has confirmed Democratic state Rep. Betty Hall, of Brookline, is giving serious thought to running for either state Senate or Congress on nomination papers as an independent candidate.

If Hall were to run for Senate on nomination papers, she would need 750 signatures to appear on the November ballot. As of now the only announced candidates for SD-12 are Democrat Peggy Gilmour and Republican Paul LaFlamme.

Former state Rep. Paul LaFlamme (R-Nashua) has decided to run for the state senate.

LaFlamme will be competing for the seat being abandoned by state Sen. David Gottesman (D-Nashua).

Former state Rep. Paul LaFlamme says he is "seriously leaning" towards running for the state senate.

"I've been considering running for a couple of weeks now and now that Harry has made his decision I'm seriously leaning towards running," LaFlamme told PolitickerNH.com. "I've got to talk to some people and will make a decision within a day-or-two."

Citing business obligations, Harry Haytayan (R-Nashua) has decided not to run for the state senate.

Rumors were circulating that Haytayan would run for the seat now held by state Sen. David Gottesman (D-Nashua).

Nashua health care worker Peggy Gilmour (D-Nashua) has decided to run for the state senate.

Yesterday, Wally Edge reported that Gilmour was going to announce a run for the upper-chamber.

Gilmour will run for David Gottesman's seat, who has decided not to seek re-election.