Based in Manchester, Colin Booth is Granite Post’s political correspondent. A Granite State native and veteran political professional with a deep background in journalism, he’s worked on campaigns and programs in battleground states across the country, ranging from New Hampshire, Texas, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C.
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Ayotte ghosts RFK Jr. as Trump’s NH poll numbers crater
As polls show dismal support for Donald Trump in New Hampshire, Kelly Ayotte did nothing to acknowledge the visit of one of the most senior members of his administration Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte was nowhere to be seen during Friday’s visit to the New Hampshire State House by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s controversial…
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Lawyer who defended NH GOP election tampering is Ayotte’s pick for top state election board
It’s the second time Ayotte has elevated a former NH GOP lawyer to a position with power over state legal disputes—and it comes as Trump moves to seize control of state election systems. Gov. Kelly Ayotte has tapped a longtime Republican operative with a documented history of defending election interference to help decide New Hampshire’s…
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Sununu, Ayotte silent as Trump creates $1.8 billion ‘slush fund’ for Jan. 6 rioters, allies
Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s office declined to weigh in on a federal program that may compensate people convicted of attacking Capitol Police—and that quietly bars the IRS from ever auditing the president’s past tax filings. Top New Hampshire Republicans again find themselves in a familiar role this week, answering for President Donald Trump’s blatant corruption with…
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NH Senate Republicans vote to shove guns into NH classrooms—over objections from campus police
With New Hampshire families struggling under housing prices, energy costs, and a youth mental health crisis, Senate Republicans chose to spend Thursday prioritizing putting guns into NH classrooms. Senate Republicans on Thursday passed an amended version of HB 1793 on a 14-8 party-line vote, guaranteeing faculty at New Hampshire’s public and private universities the right…
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Sununu’s stock portfolio looks a lot like his donor list
Pharma, big tech, oil, and insurance lobbyists are bankrolling John E. Sununu’s Senate comeback—and his financial disclosure shows he owns stock in nearly all of them Former US Senator John E. Sununu (R) is mounting a Senate comeback with a stock portfolio worth as much as $2 million spread across pharmaceutical, big tech, oil and…
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‘Kelly Ayotte couldn’t even keep 15 kids safe’: Warmington blasts governor over new YDC abuse
Democratic candidate for governor Cinde Warmington argues Gov. Kelly Ayotte has spent her first year in office creating “another generation of victims.” New Hampshire Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cinde Warmington on Wednesday accused Gov. Kelly Ayotte of allowing a new generation of abuse to take root at the Sununu Youth Services Center, charging that her budget…
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NH GOP lawmaker walks out of disciplinary hearing before Jewish colleague he targeted spoke
State lawmaker Travis Corcoran posted to X calling for a final solution when his Jewish colleague sent out a karaoke invitation. Here’s how his hearing went. Rep. Travis Corcoran told the House Legislative Administration Committee on Monday that his March 10 social media post calling for a “final solution for theater kids in politics” was…
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Ayotte tried to fire New Hampshire’s child advocate. She just uncovered a massive abuse scandal.
When the Office of the Child Advocate released a damning report last week alleging minors at the Sununu Youth Services Center were being subjected to punitive, jail-like conditions — including an illegal restraint that broke a child’s bone — it was the work of Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez. Sanchez and her team visited the facility,…
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NH GOP to probe youth detention abuse with lawmaker who threatened to defund oversight office
The same Republican lawmakers that tried to eliminate the child advocate’s office, slashed victim payouts, and gave the GOP attorney general veto power over settlements now wants the public to trust its investigation. For more than a year, New Hampshire Republicans have systematically dismantled the independent process meant to deliver justice to survivors of sexual…
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Ayotte signs bills stripping NH students of voting rights
New Hampshire’s new law creates one of the most restrictive voter ID regimes in the country. Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed House Bill 323 into law late Friday afternoon eliminating student IDs as an accepted form of voter identification and establishing one of the most restrictive voter ID requirements in the nation. New Hampshire law…
