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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Hassan makes rare primary endorsement, backing Stefany Shaheen for Congress
Sitting senators almost never pick sides in contested primaries in their own state. Hassan just did, with the Democratic race for New Hampshire’s open US House seat deadlocked and 12 days left.
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Sullivan overtakes Shaheen in back-to-back polls ahead of Sept. 8 primary
Two polls released in the past week put the Marine Corps veteran narrowly ahead of the longtime frontrunner for the first time, with both leads inside the margin of error and less than two weeks to go. For the first time since the race began, Maura Sullivan leads Stefany Shaheen in the contest for the…
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Hassan and Shaheen are leading the US Senate fight against Trump’s ICE
New Hampshire’s two US Senators have spent 2026 at the center of the congressional pushback against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), helping kill a planned detention warehouse in Merrimack and forcing the agency’s then director to admit that its shooting investigations were biased from the top.
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Ayotte co-headlines New Hampshire multimillionaire’s comeback after Epstein files scandal
The governor and the inventor hold the marquee slots at this week’s Freedom Summit in Manchester. Ayotte arrives with a fresh Epstein donor problem; Kamen returns to a big stage five months after resigning from the nonprofit he spent 37 years building. UPDATE: Gov. Kelly Ayotte cancelled her appearance at the tech conference last-minute, citing…
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Sununu campaigns with ex-cop suspended over conduct with 15-year-old high school student
The Republican Senate candidate posed for photos alongside Jon Stone, whose police disciplinary file detailed his conduct with a 15-year-old student and threats to massacre his own department, two years after Kelly Ayotte campaigned at the same Claremont gun shop.
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Trump-backed DiLorenzo runs against China. His newest endorser lobbies for it
Anthony DiLorenzo says he’ll stop China from stealing American technology and buying American land. His newest endorser is paid to lobby for a company on the Pentagon’s list of Chinese military firms.
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NH GOP dismantled Sununu Youth center oversight. Now they’re fighting a federal probe
Rep. Maggie Goodlander is asking the US Department of Justice to investigate the Sununu Youth Services Center after two watchdogs documented new abuse. The Republican officials dismissing her request have overseen the facility through decades of scandal, weakened its independent oversight, and produced state reviews that survivors and advocates say cleared the state of responsibility.
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‘Insane’: Pappas rips Trump move that could raise drug costs for 174,000 in NH
The Trump administration killed the subsidy holding down Medicare drug plan premiums. Pappas is fighting to restore it, and says likely Senate rival John Sununu stands with Big Pharma.
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Trump’s tariffs, Ayotte inaction squeeze a beloved New Hampshire farm
Touring Bohanan Farm on Friday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cinde Warmington heard what Trump’s tariffs are costing a fifth-generation Hopkinton dairy operation and pitched a state gas tax suspension for immediate relief at the pump.
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UNH poll: Trump’s slide in New Hampshire deepens. Ayotte and Sununu are running in his shadow
New Granite State Poll data puts the president at 37% approval, with the sharpest fresh erosion on his handling of the economy. President Donald Trump’s job approval in New Hampshire fell to 37% according to Granite State Poll data released Wednesday by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, with 62% of residents disapproving. His…
