John DiStaso
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Manchester, NH, United States
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NH Primary Source: Leavitt raises $250K in fourth quarter of 2021
Republican 1st Congressional District U.S. House candidate Karoline Leavitt has registered another strong fundraising quarter → Read More
Morse decides to run for US Senate
State Senate President Chuck Morse has decided to become a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2022 and plans to file a statement of organization creating a campaign committee with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, Morse and his recently hired consultant confirmed Sunday. → Read More
Hassan continues to set fundraising records in her reelection bid
Democratic U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan continued her string of consecutive record-setting fundraising quarters in the final three months of 2021. → Read More
Republican Kevin Smith edging toward U.S. Senate run
2022 is finally here, and the big race for the U.S. Senate is beginning to take shape. → Read More
NHDP hires Colorado expert to lead its communications effort
The New Hampshire Democratic Party has grown its communications staff with the hiring of a former top Colorado Democratic Party official. → Read More
Mowers unveils top campaign staff for 2022 bid for US House
Matt Mowers has organized his campaign team for his 2022 bid for the 1st Congressional District seat. → Read More
Fair Maps Coalition analyzes NH Senate GOP redistricting plan
The Republican majority on the state Senate Special Committee on Redistricting has released a proposed Senate districts map for the next 10 years that would – on paper at least -- solidify the GOP hold on the majority, according to a progressive coalition’s analysis. → Read More
GOP activist Sickels endorses Cozzens’s bid for NH-02 seat
Republican Jeff Cozzens has picked up an endorsement from a former leader of former President Donald Trump’s campaign in the Granite State. → Read More
GOP congressional candidate Baxter has raised $500K in campaign
State Rep. Tim Baxter of Seabrook has become the first of six Republican candidates for the 1st Congressional District U.S. House seat to disclose fourth quarter fundraising totals. → Read More
‘Gardner the guardian’ has weathered many threats to primary’s first-in-nation status
After 45 years as New Hampshire’s chief election official, Secretary of State William “Bill” Gardner announced his retirement Monday, saying only that it is the right time for a smooth transition to his longtime deputy. → Read More
Former US Rep. Dana Rohrabacher endorses Baxter in NH01
A controversial former member of the U.S. House is making an endorsement in the crowded Republican field for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District seat. → Read More
New UNH poll shows Sununu’s job approval rating declines
Amid a surge in the COVID-19 pandemic, new polling by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center shows more Granite Staters than ever disapprove of the job Gov. Chris Sununu is doing. → Read More
Democrats take aim at GOP-backed abortion ban, ultrasound requirement
A battle is shaping up in the 2022 New Hampshire Legislature over abortion and reproductive rights. → Read More
Giffords PAC endorses Hassan for reelection
Giffords PAC is endorsing Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan for reelection, calling her a strong proponent of “commonsense measures” to address the issue. → Read More
Kevin Smith meets with NRSC Chair Sen. Rick Scott as he weighs US Senate bid
Republican Kevin Smith appears to be moving closer to a run for the U.S. Senate. → Read More
Study for ACLU-NH says GOP trying to ‘pack-and-crack’ congressional map
ACLU-New Hampshire on Wednesday released a detailed analysis concluding that House Republicans heavily gerrymandered the state’s congressional districts map for the next decade to advance their chances of winning one of the two U.S. House seats. → Read More
NH-02 Republican challengers state their positions on abortion issue
With the U.S. Supreme Court now deliberating on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban and on the fate of the court’s 1973 landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, the two Republican challengers to Democratic U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster have given us their positions on the issue. → Read More
Taub backs Mowers in NH-01; Currier endorses Cozzens in NH-02
Republican congressional candidates Matt Mowers and Jeff Cozzens are adding community leaders to their early endorsement lists. → Read More
: US Senate confirms Samantha Elliott to federal court bench
In these of days of partisan divisiveness, Concord attorney Samantha Elliott not only survived, but thrived. → Read More
NH Senate commikttee recommends panel to study ‘born alive infant’ issue
The state Senate Judiciary Committee this week watered down a controversial bill called the “Born Alive Infant Protection Act,” which was passed last spring by the House during a chaotic session in which Democrats walked out before the vote was taken. → Read More