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New Hampshire: Bill Gardner

January 31, 2009 - 05:17 pm
NEWS FEED: Blue Hampshire

A Taxonomy of Senate Appointments

By elwood

Let's move up 20,000 feet from the individual names. What are the different types of appointment that Governor Lynch could make? I come up with five categories:

  1. A frontrunning Democrat who will run in 2010. In the current environment his translates to Paul Hodes or Carol Shea Porter.
  2. A dark horse Democrat who will run in 2010. The lightest of the dark horses are the 2006 Senate candidates who stepped aside: Jay Buckey, Steve Marchand, and Katrina Swett. But there are darker horses in the stable: Senator Molly Kelly or John Hutson, for example.
  3. A Democrat who will not run in 2010. This is sometimes dismissively called a "seatwarmer" or "placeholder.

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January 31, 2009 - 03:32 pm
NEWS FEED: Blue Hampshire

Senator Bill Gardner?

By RealNRH

There's been a lot of speculation about who Governor Lynch might pick to fill Judd Gregg's seat, in the event that Gregg is picked to become Obama's Commerce Secretary. A name I haven't heard but that I think deserves more attention is Secretary of State Bill Gardner. He would fit a lot of very important criteria for the role.

First, he's popular around the state and not viewed as overly partisan. He's been supported by Democrats and Republicans alike to hold his current position, and as foremost defender of the New Hampshire Primary, he's got strong credibility as someone who will do what's right for New Hampshire.

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Mon, 12/15/2008 - 15:31

Gardner: NH primary will survive

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

CONCORD--New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner said that the recently concluded election cycle demonstrated how the Granite State was able to maintain its first-in-the-nation primary status despite threats from other states.

"I said during the past year that I wanted to make sure that we preserved our status," Gardner told PolitickerNH.com. "We've come out of this stronger and in the last primary, New Hampshire had a record number of voters in the primaries."

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Mon, 12/15/2008 - 13:05

NH electors meet to cast votes for Obama

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

CONCORD--New Hampshire's four electors met Monday to officially cast votes for President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden.

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Wed, 12/03/2008 - 13:29

Gardner elected secretary of state

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

CONCORD-- Secretary of State Bill Gardner was unanimously elected to a 17th term as secretary of state.

Gardner has been serving in the position since 1976 and is currently the longest service secretary of state in the country.

"We have all played a part and shared the memories that future generations will only be able to read about," Gardner told legislatures.

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Tue, 09/09/2008 - 19:26

Voter turnout slow in Nashua

By Jennifer DePaul

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Wed, 07/02/2008 - 08:51

Donahue named NHIOP political director

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=2265|title=Jennifer Donahue|desc=Photo Credit: Saint Anselm College|link=none|url=undefined|align=left|width=240|height=239]Granite State political analyst Jennifer Donahue has been named the political director and manager of civic education at Saint Anselm College's New Hampshire Institute of Politics.

"As NHIOP political director, she will continue her key role at the Institute, analyzing national, state and local races and serving as a resource to the NHIOP and Saint Anselm students," a press release states.

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Tue, 04/29/2008 - 09:47

Gardner to host primary forum

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner will be hosting a forum on the presidential nominating process.

The forum takes place tomorrow at Saint Anselm College's New Hampshire Institute of Politics at 1:00pm.

Gardner will be joined by Secretaries of State from Rhode Island, Iowa and Nevada.

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Fri, 03/28/2008 - 08:29

Senate passes 'Granny D bill'

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

Yesterday, the "Granny D bill" passed the New Hampshire State Senate by a voice vote.

The bill would establish a commission to study the feasibility of public financing for state elections.

Secretary of State Bill Gardner, House Speaker Terri Norelli and Senate President Sylvia Larsen would appoint commission members.

Gov. John Lynch is expected to sign the bill.

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Tue, 02/05/2008 - 14:37

61 percent voter turnout in NH Primary

By James W. Pindell, Politicker.com Editor

Turnout in last month's New Hampshire presidential primary was 61 percent, newly released numbers suggest.

New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner told the Associated Press that there was indeed record turnout and over 61,000 people registered to vote on primary day.

 

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