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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Sununu wants to end birthright citizenship—with or without the Supreme Court
Yesterday the Court refused, affirming 6-3 that nearly everyone born on U.S. soil is American—and stranding the NH GOP’s so-called moderate to the right of an increasingly extreme Supreme Court. A week ago, the two leading Republicans running for New Hampshire’s open US Senate seat stood on a debate stage and made clear they wanted…
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Pro-science group backs Warmington for New Hampshire governor
The 314 Action Fund, a national political group dedicated to electing scientists and health care professionals, endorsed Democrat Cinde Warmington for governor of New Hampshire this week, throwing its support behind her second bid for the office. Warmington, a health care attorney and the former lone Democrat on the state’s Executive Council, is running to…
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Trump’s approval hits a new low in NH. That’s a problem for Kelly Ayotte.
President Donald Trump’s popularity in New Hampshire has sunk to its lowest point in nearly a decade, and the timing could hardly be worse for the Republican who endorsed him: Gov. Kelly Ayotte. A new University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll released Monday found just 38% of New Hampshire residents approve of the job…
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New Hampshire housing prices hit another record as GOP lawmakers double down on high prices
New Hampshire Republicans are slamming state Democrats for “rooting for housing prices to drop.” The cost of buying a home in New Hampshire set another record in May, and prominent Republicans are defending the high prices, not fighting them. The statewide median sale price for a single-family home reached $576,000 last month, up 6.7% from…
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Trump ally Lewandowski shook down DHS contractors for kickbacks, Hassan alleges
US Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) is opening a congressional investigation into Corey Lewandowski—the Windham operative who managed Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign—over allegations that he solicited personal payments from government contractors while effectively running the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Hassan, a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, demanded that Lewandowski…
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One of New England’s biggest content creators just came out against data centers in New Hampshire
Zach Remi has built one of New England’s most-followed social media pages by mining the everyday absurdities of life in New England—and by his own account, he’d just as soon keep politics out of it. The man behind “New England Dad” is a native Granite Stater: he grew up in Kingston, went to Keene State,…
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Developer behind Nottingham data center donated to Kelly Ayotte
The Seacoast businessman whose data center proposal ignited a firestorm in Nottingham last month is a past campaign donor to Gov. Kelly Ayotte, federal campaign finance records show. Thomas Moulton gave $1,000 to Friends of Kelly Ayotte, Ayotte’s US Senate campaign committee, on Oct. 20, 2010, according to a Federal Election Commission filing. The filing…
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WATCH: After filing for a second term, Ayotte’s staff shouts down questions on Trump
WATCH HERE Gov. Kelly Ayotte filed for reelection at the New Hampshire State House on Thursday morning, arriving at 8:30 a.m. to a crowd of hundreds of supporters before submitting the paperwork for a second term. She then took questions from the assembled press — including a friendly opening from NH Journal, the conservative outlet…
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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…
