Results thread for Ron Paul supporting candidates & others in 9/11 NH Primary

[muzzled dogg]

omg the suspenseeeeee

[TCE]

Updating the original list:

Robert Kingsbury won.
Jonathan Maltz lost.
Donna Mauro lost.
Keith Murphy won.
Laurence Rappaport won.
Norman Tregenza won.

EDIT: Robert Burns also won the primary for the Executive Council seat. We now have two candidates there.

[Keith and stuff]

The 1st thread was updated with the results from all of the Ron Paul endorsing incumbents seeking reelection.

33 New Hampshire legislators endorsed Ron Paul. 26 of them ran for reelection. 24 of them made it through the New Hampshire Republican Primary. That is a 92% success rate for Ron Paul endorsing incumbent legislators, so far.

Ron Paul endorsing incumbents running for reelection:
(won/lost, position, name, other information)
won Andy Sanborn (he was a state senator when he endorsed Ron Paul) 61%
won State Representative Anne Cartwright Uncontested
won State Representative Jenn Coffey Uncontested
won State Representative Tim Comerford Uncontested
won State Representative Guy Comtois 60%
won State Representative Phil Greazzo (candidate for senate) Uncontested
won State Representative J.R. Hoell Uncontested
won State Representative Paul Ingbretson Uncontested
won State Representative Laura Jones ?
won State Representative Robert Kingsbury 19% in a 5 way race, top 4 make it
won State Representative George Lambert Uncontested
won State Representative Fred Leonard Uncontested
lost State Representative Jonathan Maltz
lost State Representative Donna Mauro
won State Representative Paul Mirski Uncontested
won State Representative Keith Murphy 13%, 4th place in a 9 way race, top 6 make it
won State Representative Laurence Rappaport 43% in 3 way race, top 2 make it
won State Representative Kevin Reichard 8%, 6th place out of 11, top 10 make it
won State Representative Brian Seaworth Uncontested
won State Representative Lisa Scontsas Uncontested
won State Representative Tammy Simmons Uncontested
won State Representative Kathleen Souza Uncontested
won State Representative Kyle Tasker Uncontested
won State Representative Norman Tregenza ?
won State Representative Steve Vaillancourt 32% top 2 make it
won State Representative Mark Warden Uncontested

[Keith and stuff]

Here is the main place I'll be looking for results.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/e...CTION=POLITICS

Another good and in some ways better place to check for results.
http://www.unionleader.com/section/news0608

[Keith and stuff]

The 1st thread was updated. I still don't have results for some of the races, yet. Here is an article about 1 of the Ron Paulers in Manchester, NH. She won both primary races she was in on Tuesday.

September 11. 2012 11:27PM
Sandblade, Gamache up for Ward 11 alderman job
By TED SIEFER
http://www.unionleader.com/article/2...WS06/709129967

MANCHESTER — Emily Sandblade and Normand Gamache will face off in November for the Ward 11 alderman seat vacated by Russell Ouellette.

They were the top vote-getters in the primary election on Tuesday, beating the other two candidates, Eric Fischer and Armand Forest.

Gamache received 330 votes, Sandblade 247, Fischer 201 and Forest 107.
...
Sandblade and Gamache will offer voters in November a stark contrast.
...
Sandblade is known as a small-government Republican and strong backer of the city's tax cap. Gamache is a retired city fire chief, part of a family with four generations that have served in the fire department.
...
Sandblade ran for the Ward 11 seat in 2011, and was the runner up behind Ouellette. Fischer also ran in that race.

The special election for the seat was called after Ouellette resigned in July. He later pleaded guilty to assault charges stemming from a late-night encounter with a woman.

Here is an article about the Andy Sanborn victory.

Home » News » Politics

September 11. 2012 10:59PM
Sanborn gets District 9 GOP win over Hawkins
By GARRY RAYNO
http://www.unionleader.com/article/2...WS06/709129985

The article seems a little slanted against Sanborn. However, check out the 1st comment. It is awesome

[WilliamShrugged]

loving the news! Keep it up

[One Last Battle!]

So how many NHLA senators and congresspeople are there now compared to previously (or rather, how many won their primaries and have the potential to win the general compared to previously)?

[Bastiat's The Law]

Show us how its done New Hampshire!!

[Bastiat's The Law]

Updating the original list:

Robert Kingsbury won.
Jonathan Maltz lost.
Donna Mauro lost.
Keith Murphy won.
Laurence Rappaport won.
Norman Tregenza won.

EDIT: Robert Burns also won the primary for the Executive Council seat. We now have two candidates there.

What's the Executive Council?

[TCE]

What's the Executive Council?

According to New Hampshire's website, it is essentially an arm of the Governor but since it is another entity entirely, it serves as a sort of check on Executive power.

http://www.nh.gov/council/history.html - Reading this is very, very cool, I must say. It sounds as if the Free State Project themselves could have penned it.

[TCE]

So how many NHLA senators and congresspeople are there now compared to previously (or rather, how many won their primaries and have the potential to win the general compared to previously)?

It looks as if we only lost a few races, so our incumbents had a success rate in the 90th percentile or higher. The most important races we did well in. The problem with the U.S. House seat challenges were the same problems that we continually face in all Federal races: Our success rate primarying incumbents is very, very low. Only Mike Lee and Kerry Bentivolio have had success. The former, however, had a ton of help and the latter only succeeded because of the fraud perpetuated by Thaddeus McCotter. Essentially: Attempting to primary an incumbent at the federal level is very, very difficult.

With the newly drawn districts, it is hard to say what the PVI is of each district, but it looks like we made modest gains. Hopefully Keith and stuff can expand upon that.

[Keith and stuff]

I will turn the primary recommendations page into a general recommendations page. I assume the NHLA and RLCNH, and possibility other pro-liberty groups, will come out with their own lists of candidate on the general election ballot. I'll make sure those lists are posted to the forum.

[sailingaway]

It looks as if we only lost a few races, so our incumbents had a success rate in the 90th percentile or higher. The most important races we did well in. The problem with the U.S. House seat challenges were the same problems that we continually face in all Federal races: Our success rate primarying incumbents is very, very low. Only Mike Lee and Kerry Bentivolio have had success. The former, however, had a ton of help and the latter only succeeded because of the fraud perpetuated by Thaddeus McCotter. Essentially: Attempting to primary an incumbent at the federal level is very, very difficult.

With the newly drawn districts, it is hard to say what the PVI is of each district, but it looks like we made modest gains. Hopefully Keith and stuff can expand upon that.

Ron ran against two incumbants and won. Some seats aren't in our range though, we need to get both stellar candidates and have them in areas we can reasonably expect to win.

[TCE]

Ron ran against two incumbants and won. Some seats aren't in our range though, we need to get both stellar candidates and have them in areas we can reasonably expect to win.

And Mike Lee was an Assistant U.S. Attorney as well as working for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. A LOT has to happen for us to primary an incumbent. Open seats are where it's at.

[Keith and stuff]

RLCNH endorsed or recommended candidates were successful in the primary
September 13, 2012
http://nhfreedom.wordpress.com/2012/...n-the-primary/

124 out of 145 of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire endorsed or recommended candidates successfully advanced past the September 11th New Hampshire Republican Primary.

That means 86% of the RLCNH endorsed or recommended candidates were nominated as Republican candidates and will appear on a general election ballot on November 6th. The 124 candidates include 116 are candidates for state representative, 6 candidates for state senator and 2 candidates for executive councilor.

The list includes many people who endorsed Ron Paul such as co-chair of the 2012 New Hampshire Ron Paul Campaign - Sen. Andy Sanborn, Rep. Mark Warden, Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, Rep. Guy Comtois and Rep. George Lambert.

“As an organization that is trying to push the envelope in the Republican Party to bring liberty and prosperity to New Hampshire by electing liberty-minded, conservative legislators, these consistent results indicate that our efforts so far have been successful,” said Carolyn McKinney, chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire.

Read more about this success story on the RLCNH website.

[ItsTime]

Heads up on Grafton County Sheriff race. Joshua Dickey ran a write in campaign for the DEMOCRAT ballot. The dems did not have anyone running. Still waiting on the results of that write in campaign.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joshua...51262471574640

[KMX]

Very nice New Hampshire.

[muzzled dogg]

So how many NHLA senators and congresspeople are there now compared to previously (or rather, how many won their primaries and have the potential to win the general compared to previously)?

rumor is that NHLA endorsed candidates won 90.3% of their races

i dont know if this is more or less than previous years but i know that they've raised their standard of who they endorse and make donations to

[Keith and stuff]

List of recommended candidates in Democratic primary. Note, these candidates are not liberty candidates. They were the least bad candidates in contested races in the Democratic primary in the 4 counties where recommendations were made.

won Governor – Maggie Hassan
lost Executive Council District 2 – Shawn Mickelonis
won State Representative Hillsborough District 12 – Tim O’Flaherty

[Keith and stuff]

Heads up on Grafton County Sheriff race. Joshua Dickey ran a write in campaign for the DEMOCRAT ballot. The dems did not have anyone running. Still waiting on the results of that write in campaign.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joshua...51262471574640

He lost by 20 votes.

A pro-liberty candidates did win with a write-in campaigns, though. Another recommended candidate also won that way. Both candidates were trying to be includes on the 11/6/12 ballot as Republicans.
Pro-liberty candidate
State Representative -
won Belknap District 6 - Michael J. Sylvia

Recommended candidate
State Representative -
won Coos District 3 - Eric S. Catman

[Keith and stuff]

The OP has been updated with results for all of the candidates.

7 of the 10 pro-liberty candidates for NH State Senate made it through the primary.

Approximate total pro-liberty State House candidates 137
114 made it to the general election ballot 83%
23 will not be on the general election ballot 17%

Approximate total legislative candidates 147
121 made it to the general election ballot 82%
26 will not be on the general election ballot 18%

Candidates for other offices 13
8 made it to the general election ballot 62%
5 will not be on the general election ballot 38%

Approximate total of pro-liberty candidates on the 11/6/12 ballot 129
81% (129 candidates on the general election ballot out of 160 pro-liberty candidates running to be on the ballot)

Candidates not pro-liberty but identified as better than primary opponent(s) 10
3 made it to the general election ballot 30%
7 will not be on the general election ballot 70%

There may have been additional pro-liberty candidates on the ballot. It is hard to identify all of the pro-liberty candidates in a state.

[parocks]

And Mike Lee was an Assistant U.S. Attorney as well as working for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. A LOT has to happen for us to primary an incumbent. Open seats are where it's at.

Joe Miller beat Lisa Murkowski in 2010.

Wasn't Lugar primaried out this year?

It's easier to primary out someone who the Conservatives really hate. Snowe dropped out of the race in Maine before the Primary. She probably would've won, but if there was a strong challenger, not so.

[libertybrewcity]

Thanks Keith and stuff!