Politics
‘She’s not Trump’: In Franklin, Haley makes her final case at veteran’s post
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
With less than 24 hours until the New Hampshire presidential primary, Lester Reed put on his Nikki Haley shirt, his Nikki Haley baseball hat with his “NH loves NH” pin and lined up outside the Franklin VFW Post to see his favorite candidate in his...
Some very important (well, maybe not all that important) primary details to keep in mind
By DAVID BROOKS
Amid all the important items you’re keeping in mind as you vote today, things like the future of democracy in America, there are some not-quite-as-important items to also consider. Here are a fewVoting machinesIf your polling place uses a...
Haley hopes to stop Trump’s march to nomination in NH
By STEVE PEOPLES, MICHELLE L. PRICE, HOLLY RAMER, and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
MANCHESTER, N.H. — As the last major challenger in Donald Trump ‘s way to the Republican nomination, Nikki Haley is hoping New Hampshire voters feel so strongly about keeping the former president away from the White House that they turn out to support...
With Trump closing in on nomination, the audition to become his vice president is underway
By JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE
As she addressed a crushing crowd of volunteers and media at Donald Trump’s New Hampshire headquarters on Saturday, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik received a welcome chant.“VP! VP! VP!” one man shouted across the room.While vice presidential candidates...
Major shakeup ahead of NH primary: DeSantis out, endorses Trump
By STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign on Sunday, ending his 2024 White House bid just before the New Hampshire primary while endorsing his bitter rival Donald Trump.The decision leaves Trump and...
Explainer: Preparing to vote in New Hampshire
By MIKE DUNBAR
Reviewing the candidates and where they stand on important issues is a prerequisite to voting in the New Hampshire Primary. Voters can find out who will be on your ballot by looking at a sample ballot on the Secretary of State’s website or checking...
Without Biden in New Hampshire, Williamson and Phillips make final push
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Lucille Ketchum had never heard of Marianne Williamson. But as a registered Democrat looking for an alternative to President Joe Biden, she may have found her candidate at the Puritan Backroom in Manchester while having lunch with her husband on...
Outside of Concord event, Trump fans remain loyal to their man
By RAY DUCKLER
The line snaked from the Grappone Conference Center entrance into the parking lot, forming a giant ‘S’ of Donald Trump supporters exhaling frosty plumes, pinching their shoulders and smiling.The frigid temperatures Friday night didn’t stand a chance...
Haley’s new ad features mom of North Korean prisoner
By MEG KINNARD
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is making part of her closing argument to New Hampshire before Tuesday’s primary with supportive words from the mother of Otto Warmbier, the American college student who died in 2017 after being imprisoned...
On the trail: Top GOP rallying around Trump, Haley keeps pushing
By PAUL STEINHAUSER
Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina – endorsing Donald Trump at Concord’s Grappone Center – was the latest sign of a Republican Party that’s closing ranks around the former president’s 2024 bid.“We need a president who doesn’t see black or...
NH girl, 10, can’t vote, but she’s all in for Nikki Haley
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Granite Staters are notoriously choosy about which primary candidate will win their support. Even though she won’t be able to vote, 10-year-old Hannah Kesselring is no different.Impressed by former UN Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki...
Tim Scott endorses Donald Trump ahead of New Hampshire Republican primary
By MEG KINNARD, JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN J. COOPER
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina endorsed Donald Trump Friday ahead of next week’s New Hampshire primary, the latest sign the Republican party is rallying around the former president’s candidacy after his historic Iowa win.The decision marks a major...
Towns preparing for strong voter turnout on election day
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
With New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan predicting a statewide voter turnout of 873,357 for Tuesday’s presidential primary, former Bow select board member Eric Anderson is nervous the number of ballots provided to the town may be...
Analysis: Nikki Haley’s campaign message and the struggle of challenging Trump
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
Donald Trump, Nikki Haley frequently says, was the right person at the right time. Now, it’s time for a change.“Rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him,” she said of Trump during a CNN town hall at New England College in Henniker Thursday night ahead of...
Signs of discord: Political placard for Haley gets fouled by one for Trump
By RAY DUCKLER
At the corner of Murray Hill Road and Route 3A in the town of Hill, a campaign sign for Nikki Haley now stands for Donald Trump.In the Merrimack County town of about 1,000 residents, someone stopped at a sign that read “Independents for Nikki,” and...
Analysis: NH’s shifting population could shake up primary
By OLIVIA RICHARDSON
New research from the University of New Hampshire has found that the state’s voting population doesn’t look the same as it did in 2020.Kenneth Johnson, who led the study, said when people think of New Hampshire they might think of an aging population...
AP decision notes: What to expect in the NH primaries
By ROBERT YOON
WASHINGTON — The race for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations will converge in New Hampshire on Tuesday in the first primary election of the season — though on the Democratic side, the contest may count only for bragging rights.The...
As primary faces uncertain times, NH political leaders say there’s nothing else like it
By DAVID BROOKS
If you’re going to hold a love-fest for the New Hampshire presidential primary, you couldn’t do much better than Wednesday night’s session at St. Anselm College.For 90 minutes John Lynch, a Democrat, and John Sununu Sr., a Republican, who between them...
NH’s aging ballot scanners pose challenges. Problems could prompt conspiracy theories
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
New Hampshire’s aging ballot scanners pose challenges. Problems could prompt conspiracy theoriesWhen New Hampshire voters cast their ballots in Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation primary, many will do so using scanners that are at least 15 years old — with...
Democratic drama, Biden write-ins promise a NH primary to remember
By ROBERT YOON
WASHINGTON — Is a New Hampshire primary without the frontrunner on the ballot and no delegates up for grabs still a New Hampshire primary? Depends on who you ask.On Tuesday, voters in the Granite State will once again help kick off the presidential...
