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By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Lily Tang Williams keeps a bulky, dated photo album at her house in Weare. It creaks when she opens it – the sticky plastic protectors holding the photos to the pages don’t do their job well anymore. Inside are dozens upon dozens of black-and-white...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Two new polls this week in New Hampshire, home to the only competitive gubernatorial election this year, indicate a close race in the battle to succeed popular Republican Gov. Chris Sununu.And the surveys suggest that former President Donald Trump’s...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Ashley Miller loves to tell visitors about Marilla Ricker when they walk into the State Archives. Years before women had the right to vote, Ricker demanded her name be on New Hampshire ballots.She was the first female lawyer in the state and demanded...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

For those who voted in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire’s next governor this week, it probably wasn’t for Jon Kiper.Most people have never heard of him, much less know his policy positions. He was the underdog: Kiper received just under 10% of...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

John Stephen emerged as the Republican nominee to represent District 4 on the Executive Council in Tuesday’s primary following a contested race with six candidates vying for the win. In November, Stephen will face off against Democrat Jim O’Connell,...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Democrat Karen Liot Hill edged out Mike Liberty, while Republican Kim Strathdee beat Mary Rose Deak for their respective District 2 Executive Council nominations.The final results, which were not called until around 12:30 a.m., saw Hill clinch the win...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY, SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN and JEREMY MARGOLIS

The race between Nashua native Maggie Goodlander and fellow Democrat Colin Van Ostern for the second congressional district nomination was never close.Even in Van Ostern’s hometown of Concord, Goodlander beat him in all 10 city wards with 63% of the...

By ALEXANDER RAPP, RACHEL WACHMANand MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Dennis Martin heard “Don’t Mass Up New Hampshire” and he was sold. The U.S. Coast Guard veteran moved to Londonderry 24 years ago from the “People's Republic of communism, Massachusetts.” He hasn’t looked back. “This was the best slogan I’ve heard in...

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Some voters in Allenstown wound up at the wrong voting location after the town switched from St. John the Baptist Church to Allenstown Elementary School, which is now unoccupied.Allenstown town moderator Judy Silva said the town made sure to publicize...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Dennis Jakubowski put on his washed green hat, stitched with a white peace sign, and headed to the Loudon polls Tuesday morning. Jakubowski, 70, hoped he could sway his neighbors to vote down ballot Democrat. In a narrowly divided legislature, every...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Paige Beauchemin showed up at Ledge Street Elementary School in Nashua at 5:45 a.m. on Election Day came with a mission.The state representative for the city’s fourth ward said she’ll be camped out by the polling place throughout the day and plans to...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After casting his ballot at the Hopkinton Middle High School on Tuesday, Mark Winzeler didn’t hold back.“It’s the ugliest campaign I’ve ever witnessed,” said the 70-year-old. “All the political advertisements with shots against each other, I’m just...

By ALEXANDER RAPP and RACHEL WACHMAN

Democratic gubernatorial candidates Cinde Warmington and Joyce Craig began their days early by casting their votes and greeting voters in their home cities.In their final push to win the Democratic nomination, the candidates intend to spend their days...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With contested races at the top of the ballot, voter turnout in Tuesday’s state primary election is expected to exceed 250,000, a number somewhat on par with previous years.Secretary of State David Scanlan predicted 147,500 Republicans and 103,500...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Colin Van Ostern and Maggie Goodlander exchanged a blitz of accusations about their backgrounds, funding and past political work, all of which have been prominent themes in their tense race for New Hampshire’s second congressional district.During a...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

As the Sept. 10 state primary election draws ever closer, candidates are going full-throttle with attack ads. Last week, the attack-du-jour was between Democratic candidates for governor, Joyce Craig and Cinde Warmington.Warmington, an executive...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

A massive crowd of New Englanders rallied in New Hampshire’s Seacoast region, as pump-up music by artists ranging from Aretha Franklin to Taylor Swift to Olivia Rodrigo blasted through the speakers and they sampled the event’s signature drink: the...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Former governor John Lynch and Gary Hirshberg, Colin Van Ostern’s former boss, flipped their endorsement away from the Concord Democrat in favor of Maggie Goodlander in the primary for New Hampshire’s second congressional district.Lynch, who served as...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In sharp contrast to Gov. Chris Sununu, the Republican candidates running to replace him have vowed to veto any future efforts to legalize cannabis.Sununu, who’s stepping down at the end of his term, has been cautious but receptive to marijuana...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker heads to New Hampshire this holiday weekend, to campaign on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris, her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as well as down-ballot Democrats running in this year’s elections.Pritzker on...