PORTSMOUTH — Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to speak to supporters at Throwback Brewery in North Hampton Wednesday, a campaign official confirmed, bringing her 2024 presidential campaign to New Hampshire for the first time.
The campaign official said the time of the event was not yet being made public. The event is ticketed and at capacity.
Harris is expected to propose a tax break intended to help entrepreneurs offset the costs of starting a small business. She also plans to outline how she intends to pay for the proposal.
Harris is coming to New Hampshire after a Labor Day weekend campaign blitz visiting toss-up states like Pennsylvania and Michigan.
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It is her first visit to the Granite State since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, as well as her first since April 2021, when she came to promote bipartisan jobs and infrastructure legislation. Her husband, Douglas Emhoff, visited the state on July 31 to take part in a rally promoting reproductive freedom.
Harris last visited the Seacoast in February 2019, drawing an overflow crowd to Portsmouth’s South Church as a candidate in the New Hampshire presidential primary. That year, her early popularity faded and she dropped out of the contest in December.
Now, she returns as the favorite to win the state, leading former president Donald Trump by seven points in the two latest New Hampshire polls. The state’s four electoral college votes could be important in what is expected to be a tight election in November.
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Trump weighs in ahead of Harris visit to NH
Trump responded to Harris’ planned visit to the state on Truth Social, posting Harris “sees there are problems for her campaign in New Hampshire because of the fact that they disrespected it in their primary and never showed up.” Neither Harris nor Biden visited the state prior to the January presidential primary due to a dispute between New Hampshire and the Democratic National Committee regarding the state’s place in the presidential primary calendar.
“I protected New Hampshire’s First-In-The-Nation Primary and ALWAYS will!” Trump stated.
Trump last visited the state in January before the presidential primary. However, the Boston Globe reported this week Trump’s campaign is shifting its attention elsewhere because it no longer views New Hampshire as a battleground state.
Uncertainty surrounds federal child care subsidies for New Hampshire following a Trump administration announcement that has frozen funding nationwide. On Dec. 30, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill announced on X that the Administration of Children and Families will now “require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence” before it […]
A prelicensed therapist who had been practicing in Bow, N.H., was arrested Monday based on an allegation that he sexually assaulted a patient during an in-office visit, police said.
Daniel Thibeault, who faces two counts of felonious sexual assault and one count of aggravated felonious sexual assault, is being held at the Merrimack County jail pending his arraignment, according to a statement from the Bow Police Department.
Daniel Thibeault, a New Hampshire therapist arrested for alleged sexual assault of a patient.Courtesy of Bow Police Department
Thibeault had been a candidate for licensure who was subject to a supervisory agreement since May 2024, according to state records. His arrest comes after the presiding officer of the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice suspended his privileges to practice in the state in late December, citing the alleged assault.
Bow police had notified the state’s Office of Professional Licensure and Certification in early December that Thibeault was accused of sexually assaulting the patient despite her “audible demands to stop,” according to an order signed by an administrative law judge.
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The incident was reported to Bow police in August, prompting an investigation by Detective Sergeant Tyler Coady that led to a warrant being issued for Thibeault‘s arrest, police said.
Efforts to reach Thibeault for comment were unsuccessful Monday. It was not immediately clear whether he has an attorney.
Police said the investigation is considered active and ongoing. Anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact Coady at 603-223-3956 or tcoady@bownhpd.gov.
Steven Porter can be reached at steven.porter@globe.com. Follow him @reporterporter.
