New Hampshire: Campaign Strategy

Thu, 09/11/2008 - 10:23

Chesley says Horn campaign focused on identifying voters

Identifying grassroots activists is how Jennifer Horn (R-Nashua) was able to win the Republican nomination in the 2nd Congressional District, her campaign manager said.

David Chesley, her manager for the past few months, said that the campaign focused on identifying their voters and making sure they showed up to the polls last Tuesday.

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Wed, 08/13/2008 - 15:31

Penn laid-out N.H. strategy in memo

Weeks before the New Hampshire primary, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's senior strategist Mark Penn wrote a campaign memo that outlined a path to victory for the former first lady.

The memo, published by The Atlantic, proposed a series of steps the campaign should take depending on how well Clinton did in the Iowa caucuses.

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Wed, 06/25/2008 - 09:22

Obama planning to compete in Granite State

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's deputy campaign manager says their campaign will have to "play hard" to win New Hampshire in November.

"We're going to have to play hard in New Hampshire - we completely recognize that," Steve Hildebrand told Politico's Ben Smith.

Hildebrand said Obama will compete in states carried by President Bush in 2004 and will also focus on New Hampshire.