Rockingham County

As promised, a follow-up to last week’s post on the state primary:

As Fergus Cullen rightly noted, the three towns of Rockingham County that sit in NH 02 (Atkinson, Salem, and Windham) represent a large number of votes.  Indeed, these three towns cast more votes in the September primary than Coos County or Sullivan County. 

What's more, those three towns are heavily Republican.  Combined, they cast 3,450 GOP ballots and 1,755 Democratic ballots in the state primary. 

MINNEAPOLIS--A delegate to the Republican National Convention says her time on the platform committee was an opportunity to serve the party and a lesson in endurance.

"In 2000 there was a divide between the various factions but that's not the case this time around," Rockingham County Commissioner Maureen Barrows told PolitickerNH.com. "It's an honor and a privilege and a great opportunity. It also requires a lot of stamina because most of the days are 12 to 14 hour days."

DENVER- House Speaker Terie Norelli (D-Portsmouth) says she is "very optimistic" about the Democrats maintaining control over the House.

"I'm feeling very optimistic about making history again in November with back-to-back Democratic victories," Norelli told PolitickerNH.com.