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d_goddard
01-01-2008, 11:37 AM
I just found this link on washingtonpost.com (http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/endorsements/candidates/ron-paul/)

New Hampshire is the only State with standing State Representatives who endorse Dr. Paul.
Two are listed but in fact they missed one: Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R - Manchester) (http://216.177.11.242/showlinks/2378.html). I've contacted them and him to see if they will update their page accordingly.

I'm also working on 1-2 other State Reps who might be willing to add their official endorsement in the next few days :)
FSP-Rebel
01-01-2008, 12:23 PM
Doesn't Rep Joel Winters (dem) support Dr. Paul as well?
d_goddard
01-01-2008, 12:29 PM
Doesn't Rep Joel Winters (dem) support Dr. Paul as well?

No.
I know Rep. Winters likes Ron Paul a lot, but we haven't sold him 100%. I think he's backing Mike Gravel or Bill Richardson (I forget which)

Even if he supported Dr. Paul, I suspect Rep. Winters would not appreciate the media attention he'd get for supporting a Republican. He gets a hell of a lot of crap from his own party members already, and I sure wouldn't want to add to that.

Winters is one of the few Good Guys fighting for Freedom in the NH Democratic party. We need a lot more people like him, in the Democratic Party, before they will feel comfortable publicly espousing their Jeffersonian-Democrat philosophy.
ItDoesNotStopWithRonPaul
01-01-2008, 12:33 PM
Mike Doherty, an Assemblyman from New Jersey, has also endorsed Ron Paul. But I guess NJ is not a battleground state.
d_goddard
01-01-2008, 01:10 PM
Mike Doherty, an Assemblyman from I guess NJ is not a battleground state.

Correct.

The first-in-the-nation primary is one of the many reasons NH was chosen as the target for the Free State Project
http://freestateproject.org/intro/nhprimary
thoughtbombing
01-01-2008, 01:14 PM
Winters is one of the few Good Guys fighting for Freedom in the NH Democratic party. We need a lot more people like him, in the Democratic Party, before they will feel comfortable publicly espousing their Jeffersonian-Democrat philosophy.

New Hampshire Dem's aren't like San Fran liberals, they are still fairly conservative in their views on taxes and guns... it's not a far leap for someone to leave their party to vote for Ron Paul. Dennis Kucinich will be :D