New Hampshire: New Hampshire Primary

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."

MANCHESTER-- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani credited John McCain with helping to rally Republican support for the financial bailout legislation that failed in the House of Representatives.

Giuliani made the comments while campaigning in New Hampshire for Executive Councilor Ray Wieczorek (R-Manchester).

MINNEAPOLIS-- Rules that solidify New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary were approved Tuesday at the Republican National Convention.

Republicans voted for a rule that says New Hampshire cannot hold the primary before the third Tuesday in January. The rule, which will go into effect for the 2012 primary, was approved by the entire convention during their Monday session.

DENVER-- State Sen. Joe Foster (D-Nashua) told PolitickerNH.com that a resolution passed this past weekend will not affect the New Hampshire primary.

Foster served on the Democratic National Committee's rules committee which passed a resolution that will examine the Democratic primary process.

"I thought the resolution was fine it focused on improving the caucus system, the role of the super delegates and the primary calendar," Foster said. "I was comfortable with it because it preserved New Hampshire's status."