On the Trail: Defending N.H.’s first in the nation primary
Concord city worker Ed Bisson sets up the voting booths at Ward 8 at the Bektash Shrine Center on Pembroke Road in Concord on Friday morning, September 4, 2020 in anticipation of Tuesday s primary voting. GEOFF FORESTER
Published: 12/24/2020 10:56:56 AM
The 2020 presidential election isn’t completely over until a joint session of Congress on Jan. 5 formally certifies the Electoral College results, but the fight over the Democratic nominating calendar in the 2024 presidential cycle is already underway.
As it happens every four years, New Hampshire will have to defend its century-old tradition as the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state.
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But a group of Democratic leaders appear eager to tie Gov.
Chris Sununu to the outbreak that has killed almost 30 veterans.
âThe tragic and deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the Veterans Home might have been prevented, or at least mitigated, had you not vetoed House Bill 1246,â read a letter that 21 prominent New Hampshire Democrats who have served in the military plan to send to Sununu, including Rep.
Steve Shurtleff (D-Penacook), Sen.
Jeanne Shaheenâs husband,
William Shaheen. Shurtleff had planned to send the letter Thursday, but chose to delay sending it out of respect for Rep.
Dick Hinch, whose death was announced Wednesday evening.