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Former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) is blaming a national Democratic tide for his defeat to U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester).

It was Bradley's second lost to Shea-Porter. In 2006, Shea-Porter pulled off a close upset against Bradley and this time around she beat him by over 20,000 votes.

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Granite State Progress Issues Request for Palin Town Hall in the First-in-the-Nation Primary State

New Hampshire’s long history of testing political candidates warrants an in-depth Q & A session with the cloistered Republican Vice Presidential Candidate 

Concord – Today, Granite State Progress issued a request to the McCain campaign for vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin to host a town hall in the First-in-the-Nation Primary state.

Susan Scott, the candidate who New Hampshire Democrats hoped would defeat state Rep. Jim Ryan (D-Franklin) says she would fill his place on the ballot if asked.

Facing charges relating to a forgery case Ryan has resigned his seat and will not be on the November ballot. Under state law the Democratic Party can fill his slot with a replacement. Last week, the party recruited Scott (D-Franklin) to stage a write-in campaign in an attempt to knock Ryan off the ballot. However, Scott was unable to finish ahead of Ryan in the primary and Ryan's name would still appear on the ballot if he had not resigned.

IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger at a rally for Jeanne Shaheen: Photo Credit: PolitickerNH.com

MANCHESTER-- The head of the International Association of Fire Fighters say the group's endorsement of U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) during the primary did not affect the group's reputation.

"Our reputation is based on loyalty, we don't treat our endorsement like a race track," IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger said in an interview with PolitickerNH.com. "We take a look at the issues and see which horses have stood with us on the issues."

The group announced its endorsement of Dodd in the same location where the group today endorsed former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's (D-Madbury) senatorial campaign.

Former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley's name recognition and last minute advertisements were too much for John Stephen to overcome in the 1st Congressional District Republican primary Tuesday, Stephen's campaign manager told PolitickerNH.com.

Bradley defeated Stephen by 1,793 votes. Bradley will now face Democratic U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter in a rematch of their 2006 race.

"Jeb Bradley, as a former congressman, is well known and certainly familiar to the Republican base and in addition to that he really beat us up in the last couple of days," Stephen's Campaign Manager Greg Moore said. "He really ramped up his TV ads the last few days and he just cranked out a couple of harsh ads."

Hillsborough County Commissioner Carol Holden (R-Amherst) was able to hold off a primary challenge from state Rep. Pam Manney (R-Goffstown).

Holden defeated Manney 4,160 votes to 2,324 votes.

Grant Bosse said that he thought he had been able to spread his conservative message beyond the traditional Republican base in this year's Republican primary.

The Hillsboro Republican finished fourth in a five-way race in the 2nd Congressional District that saw Jennifer Horn (R-Nashua) capture the nomination.

Long time state Rep. Liz Hager (R-Concord) finished last in a five-way primary, which resulted in her failing to make it onto the ballot for the general election.

Her four opponents said they "banded together" to coordinate their election efforts and help oust Hager, who described herself as "proudly pro-choice, proudly pro-government."

MANCHESTER--Former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) told PolitickerNH.com that running in a competitive primary will make him a better candidate in the general election.

Bradley defeated former Health and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen (R-Manchester) Tuesday.

RESULTS:

1st District Republican Primary
Numbers: Bradley 51%, Stephen 47%, Michael 2%, Jarvis 1%

The bottom line: Bradley wins despite low turnout primary and momentum that favored Stephen

• Bradley says primary will help in November

• Stephen: ‘This is not a defeat’
• Dems prepare for general
  
• NRCC ties Shea-Porter to D.C.
• Stephen concedes defeat to Bradley

• NH-1: Stephen wins North Hampton
• Stephen wins Manchester by a 2 to 1 margin
• Londonderry having light voting day
• Manchester politicians deployed to voting locations
• Low-turnout across Manchester

2nd District Republican Primary
Numbers: Horn 40%, Clegg 34%, Steiner 14%, Bosse 9%
The bottom line: Horn has convincing win district-wide and greatly aided by her hometown of Nashua

• Horn wins family style

• Clegg does last minute campaigning at Ward 2
• Voter turnout slow in Nashua
• Slow day at Concord polling stations

State Senate
Numbers. Dist. 2: Tobin 79%, Dinghman, 21. District 3: Denley 47, Babson 34, Cataldo 18%. District 7: Sanborn 58 percent, Elliot 42%.

The bottom line: Of the three primary winners Denley has probably the only shot at becoming a state senator.

• Sanborn looking forward to a positive, substantive general election race

• Sanborn projected to win SD-7 GOP primary

• Tobin sees philosophical different with Reynolds after primary win

• Tobin bests Dingman in SD-2
  
• Denley looking forward to highlighting educational funding issue
• Denley takes SD-3 GOP primary

Governor's race

• Kenney to Lynch: ‘I'm a New Hampshire guy and I'm going to take you on
• National Dems congratulate Lynch

Executive Council race

• St. Hilaire easily wins Executive Council primary

ANALYSIS:

James Pindell

• Nine questions for primary night

Dante Scala

• NH-1: Where it stands
• What we know about NH-1 so far
• NH-1: Bradley has early lead in Dover, Somersworth
• Manchester’s low turnout is striking
• NH-1: Watch the Seacoast
• NH-1: Looking at Bradley's base