New Hampshire
Post-primary reckoning for New Hampshire Democrats
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LEBANON, N.H. (WCAX) – A day after the winners of New Hampshire’s primary elections were announced, Democrats are now tasked with coming back together after a divisive primary.
“I’m excited about what we are going to do over the next eight weeks,” said Democrat Karen Liot Hill, who coasted to her primary win for Executive Council.
But it was the race for governor between Cinde Warmington and Joyce Craig, and New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District between Maggie Goodlander and Colin Van Ostern that raised some eyebrows.
“We are going to be able to put the negativity behind us because we know that Democrats are united in trying to build a better future,” Liot Hill said.
Warmington and Craig both traded blows in TV ads over their connections to the pharmaceutical industry and the opioid crisis. Craig ended up securing the nomination. She will now face Republican Kelly Ayotte in November.
Outgoing Democratic Congresswoman Annie Kuster fired shots at Goodlander over the airwaves in that race, claiming Goodlander did not have strong roots in the Granite State.
Goodlander ended up easily winning the party’s nomination and will now face Republican Lily Tang Williams.
“This is why the late primary is a problem to overcome the bruises,” said Linda Fowler, a politics professor at Dartmouth College.
Fowler says going negative is often how the game is played.
Kuster has already started to make amends releasing a statement that reads, in part: “When I first ran for Congress, I emerged from a spirited primary and it made me a stronger candidate and helped prepare me to win and hold this seat. I know the same will be true for Maggie.”
“It’s a crack but one that I think, particularly given the enthusiasm in the state among Democrats for Kamala Harris, I just don’t think they are going to get mired down in, you know, well my guy didn’t win,” Fowler said.
“There is some great momentum that is going to move us into November up and down the ballot,” Liot Hill said.
Democrats will be holding a unity breakfast in Concord, New Hampshire, on Thursday morning. The first step at coming back together now that the general election is less than two months away.
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New Hampshire
Potential threat triggers protective measures in NH school district
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NEWPORT, N.H. (WCAX) – A potential threat led to a school scare in Newport, New Hampshire, on Wednesday.
Police say they were notified Wednesday morning of a potential online threat to students and staff in the Newport School District.
The district placed all schools in a secure campus protective measure.
Police later determined the threat was not specifically directed toward the district and there was no concern for public safety.
Following the incident, school officials say they will now send out notifications to families with safety alerts.
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New Hampshire
Man charged with assaulting 5-year-old child in Manchester, NH
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A Manchester, New Hampshire, man has been charged with assaulting a 5-year-old child, according to police.
Manchester police said they arrested 27-year-old Domingo Pacheco on Monday and charged him with second degree assault.
hey said they were notified by the state Department of Children, Youth and Families on Aug. 23 of a child who had an injury to his face. The anonymous person who reported the injury said they suspected child abuse.
As a result of their investigation, police learned that the child was in Pacheco’s care at the time of the assault.
Pacheco has been placed on preventative detention. No further information about bail or court information was released.
New Hampshire
Prescott to face Pappas in 1st Congressional District • New Hampshire Bulletin
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Former Executive Councilor Russell Prescott will challenge U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas in November after winning the Republican primary for the 1st Congressional District.
Prescott, of Kingston, was a state senator for five terms from 2010 to 2016 and later represented Executive Council District 3 from 2017 to 2021.
He emerged ahead of a crowded field of Republican contenders Tuesday with 26 percent of the vote, beating out Hollie Noveletsky (23 percent) and Joe Kelly Lavasseur (22 percent), with 94 percent of votes counted.
A former engineer, Prescott founded a business, R.E. Prescott Company, that manufactures water treatment systems.
He will face Pappas, who was first elected in 2018, on Nov. 5.
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