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New Hampshire News by Alex Isenstadt

Wed, 10/15/2008 - 13:52

NRCC drops 400k to help Bradley

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

WASHINGTON - The National Republican Congressional Committee is leaping into New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, where U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Manchester) is trying to fight off a challenge from former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley. The committee has purchased $400,000 in the expensive Boston-New Hampshire media market.

The move comes at a time when the NRCC has reduced television advertising buys in districts across the country.  

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Thu, 10/09/2008 - 14:09

NRCC invests in Horn

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

WASHINGTON – The National Republican Congressional Committee, faced with an increasingly difficult electoral map, is making a last-ditch effort to widen the playing field.

Today the cash-strapped committee contributed a little over $80,000 in coordinated funds to help Republican U.S. House candidate Jennifer Horn run a television advertisement targeting U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord).

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Tue, 10/07/2008 - 13:55

DCCC ramps up for Shea-Porter

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

WASHINGTON - Anticipating a competitive race, national Democrats are ramping up their efforts to defend U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester).

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's independent expenditure arm has reserved more than $2 million in the expensive Boston-New Hampshire media market, a four-fold increase from its initial media buy, according to a source with knowledge of the reservation. All told, the committee plans to air seven weeks of ads targeting Shea-Porter's Republican opponent, former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley.

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Mon, 09/22/2008 - 14:44

Young Guns tap Bradley

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

WASHINGTON – The Young Guns, a House Republican-sponsored program offering support to GOP candidates around the county, have tapped Jeb Bradley as a new beneficiary.

Bradley, a former congressman, is fresh off a Sept. 9 primary victory over Republican John Stephen. He is preparing to face off against U.S. Rep. Carol Shea Porter (R-Rochester), in one of the most hotly contested House races in the country.

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Fri, 09/12/2008 - 15:39

Outside groups target Shaheen on spending

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=3577|title=Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen|desc=Campaign Photo|link=none|align=left|width=287|height=432]Two organizations are hitting the Granite State airwaves with advertisements targeting Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen on the issue of spending.

“On the economy, Jeanne Shaheen’s positions just don’t add up,” an announcer says in a 30-second television advertisement launched by the conservative Club for Growth today.

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Tue, 09/09/2008 - 23:17

NRCC ties Shea-Porter to D.C.

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

WASHINGTON -- The primaries now completed, the National Republican Congressional Committee has begun the process of taking on U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester), issuing a memo tying the Democrat to Washington, D.C.

“Bradley will face sitting Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, who has spent her two short years in Congress establishing herself as wildly out of touch with the people of her district, much to their discontent,” the committee wrote.

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Sun, 07/27/2008 - 14:47

Sierra Club defends Shea-Porter in new radio spot

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

The environmental group Sierra Club is launching a radio advertisement Monday praising several freshmen congressional Democrats who are engaged in competitive re-election races this fall for what the organization says has been their aggressive stance against oil companies. Amongst those members the Sierra Club is defending is U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester).

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Tue, 06/17/2008 - 18:29

Conservative advocacy group to launch robocalls against Hodes, Shea-Porter

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

Freedom’s Watch, the conservative advocacy organization, is launching about three dozen robocalls over the next week targeting U.S. House members across the country, including several vulnerable incumbents in New Hampshire, PolitickerNH.com has learned.

The target list for the robocalls includes New Hampshire Reps. Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes among a host of other members of Congress.

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Mon, 03/31/2008 - 09:11

Will new 'soft money' groups replace cash-strapped NRCC?

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

WASHINGTON -- When Arizonans opened the pages of the Arizona Republic on Veterans Day in November, there was a good chance they saw a full page advertisement taking aim at Democratic U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell for his vote in support of a bill that included a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. The advertisement featured a letter from injured Iraq veteran Andrew Robinson, pictured seated in a wheelchair.

"…Sadly, some in Congress seem more interested in playing politics than achieving victory," it read.

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Fri, 03/28/2008 - 18:59

This Week on PolitickerNH.com

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

Stephen fundraised.

Guinta wasn’t running.

The NRSC hit Shaheen.

WMUR had a temporary fill in for Spradling.

NH Dems had a choice.

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