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Primary Status: Eight NH House members sign on with Newt Gingrich
UnionLeader.com ^ | 11/28/2011 | JOHN DiSTASO

Posted on 11/28/2011 2:48:03 PM PST by TBBT

MONDAY, NOV. 28, UPDATE: EIGHT FOR NEWT. Following his Sunday endorsement by the New Hampshire Union Leader, GOP presidential candidate and former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday picked up the backing of eight New Hampshire House members.

Backing Gingrich were Reps. Laurie Pettengill of Glen, who backed Mitt Romney in 2008, as well as Glen Hill of Northfield, Don McClarren of Nashua, Joe Pitre of Farmington, Kathy Lauer-Rago of Franklin, Joe Osgood of Claremont, Brandon Giuda of Chichester and Ken Sheffert of Hampton.

Pettengill said that although she backed Romney in 2008, “I have chosen to be with Newt this time because I feel he is the most conservative candidate today. He not only has the political know-how, but he will immediately put in to place actions that will renew America”.

Also on Monday, Romney's campaign announced he was endorsed by New Hampshire Sheriffs Mike Downing of Rockingham County, Craig Wiggin of Belknap County and Michael Prozzo of Sullivan County. They join Sheriffs Scott Hilliard of Merrimack County and Douglas Dutile of Grafton County.

(Excerpt) Read more at newhampshire.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gingrich; newhampshire; newt
Romney picks up a few too...
1 posted on 11/28/2011 2:48:14 PM PST by TBBT
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To: TBBT
Those liberal Yankees know birds of a feather.
2 posted on 11/28/2011 3:18:15 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Newt, Willard, Perry and his fellow supporters.)
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To: org.whodat

Ha! Ha! Newt gotcha.


3 posted on 11/28/2011 3:22:32 PM PST by Logical me
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To: TBBT

Need to keep this in perspective for those not familiar with NH’s form of direct democracy.

From Wikipedia:

The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 103 districts across the state, created from divisions of the state’s counties. On average, each legislator represents about 3,300 residents.

SO to get 8 Reps. to endorse is the State level of only like 26400 people total, of which less than a half voted, and maybe half voted for these state Reps.

IF ever in NH, I hear going to the House session is quite the ruckus, getting 200+1 ornery citizen/politicians to agree on anything is quite an amusing spectacle.


4 posted on 11/28/2011 3:24:20 PM PST by JerseyHighlander
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