Cannot speak for NH but the Long Island Dem is a virulent anti common core pro opt out of state exams. Very very big issues on LI. The area in question saw 50%+ students kept home by parents on testing days in the various school districts. That is the reason IMO for her win, as well as the GOP in the Oyster Bay part of the district being corrupt and incompetent.
Same upstate. As the truism goes: All politics is local. Will the anti-Common Core folks who voted for the anti-CC Democrat then turn around and vote for a national candidate who sucks up to the Teachers' Unions?