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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A Jewish New Hampshire lawmaker proposed a karaoke event. Her Republican colleague responded with antisemitism.
When New Hampshire state Rep. Jess Grill (D-Manchester) sent out a bipartisan invitation to sing karaoke at a local bar after the end of last week’s house legislative session, she thought failing to find a third person to join her to sing TLC’s “No Scrubs” would be the worst case scenario. Instead, a Republican colleague…
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Ayotte took $83K from Sackler family despite opioid overdose crisis
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte spent years publicly warning about the devastation that the opioid crisis was causing in New Hampshire, but federal campaign finance records show that her campaign committee and leadership PAC accepted at least $83,049.98 from opioid manufacturers, distributors, their political action committees, employees, and members of the Sackler family tied to…
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NH electricity bills up 11% despite Trump affordability promises
New federal data show the state’s average residential electricity price rose ~11% from Dec. 2024 to Dec. 2025 — even after Trump promised energy bills would be “cut in half” within 12 months. New Hampshire Republicans have spent nearly a decade running state government, and during that time; electricity costs kept climbing. In the first…
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Ayotte hits rock bottom in UNH poll
Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s standing with New Hampshire voters has fallen to its lowest point since she took office, with a new University of New Hampshire Granite State Poll showing her net approval rating at 0%, with 47% approving and 47% disapproving, down from +5 in January. The drop comes amid a politically damaging period for…
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Memo: Trump endorsement will haunt Sununu in 2026 Senate race
A memo from the New Hampshire Democratic Party circulating among top donors and strategists argues that President Donald Trump’s endorsement of former US Sen. John E. Sununu will haunt him through his 2026 Senate campaign in New Hampshire, framing the backing as a political weight in a state where voters have shown skepticism of both…
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Records tie Merrimack ICE project to Ayotte donor
Records connect Merrimack ICE warehouse to Trammell Crow network tied to Gov. Kelly Ayotte donor Harlan Crow. The vacant warehouse property ICE has been eyeing for a planned detention-style human warehouse site in Merrimack, New Hampshire, runs through the corporate world of Trammell Crow Company. It also enters the political orbit of billionaire GOP donor…
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Sununu denies ties despite being named in Epstein files
Sununu says his name being mentioned in the Epstein files is a “fabrication” — critics say that excuse “doesn’t hold water.” A dump of over 3 million pages of files related to convicted underage sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein last week revealed a number of connections to New Hampshire elites, but perhaps none more potentially troubling …
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State House rocked after ACLU releases files detailing Ayotte admin working with ICE on Merrimack detention site
Right-to-know documents reveal site maps, photos, and proposed buildouts as NH Democrats say Gov. Kelly Ayotte can’t square her public ignorance with her administration’s paper trail. New Hampshire Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s administration is scrambling to explain how a state agency under her purview exchanged formal correspondence with federal officials about advanced plans to convert…
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Leaked Signal chat shows NH House education chair advocating whites-only schools
The group chat allegedly shows NH House Education Committee Chair Kristin Noble suggesting test scores would rise if students were split into white and non-white schools. A leaked group chat — seemingly used by Republican members of the New Hampshire House Education Committee — appears to show the committee’s chair, State Rep. Kristin Noble, suggesting…
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Gov. Ayotte’s ‘efficiency’ report reads like a Republican wish list
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s government efficiency commission lays the groundwork to shrink and slash major services across the state. Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE) claims its goal was “not about austerity; it was about efficiency” and that the report “does not seek to prescribe sweeping cuts or impose mandates.” In its…
