Seventeen New Hampshire Democrats will be participating in the Democratic Leadership Conference meeting this weekend.

Concord City Councilor Rob Werner is organizing the trip to the DLC's "National Conversation" conference in Chicago.

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Politics Magazine, formerly Campaigns and Elections, has an annual list of top rising political stars under age 40. This year’s list has two New Hampshire Democrats.

Steve Marchand, who was elected mayor of Portsmouth at only 31 is no stranger to state democrats. Marchand has a long history of activism in campaigns in the Granite State. Also on the list was Bill Hyers. Hyers is new to the state having last worked for Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, but is now managing the campaign of Jeanne Shaheen.

The College Democrats of New Hampshire (CDNH) have elected their new Executive Board for the 2008-2009 year.

The board is as follows: President: Sean Doyle; Vice President: Courtney Merrill; Communications Director: Taylor Stevenson; Membership Director: Rachel Torman; Finance Director: Westleigh Morin; Political Affairs Director: Brittany Weaver and Legislative Affairs Director: Katelyn Kerins.

Former Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand has started a political consulting company called The Marchand Group.

"The goal of the company is to provide services to political entities, grassroots group, advocacy organizations and help them with everything from message development, grassroots organization and fundraising," Marchand, a Democrat, said.

Using an open format that allows almost anyone to post comments, the website Blue Hampshire has become a daily read for Granite State Democrats.

Founded in November 2006 by bloggers Mike Caulfield, Laura Clawson and Dean Barker the site now has 1,300 registered users and receives almost 5,000 page views per day.