New Hampshire Republican Wins Special Election

  My former United States representative, Republican Jeb Bradley, won a special election yesterday for the district three state senate seat, and it was a runaway– 61-39%. (Contrary to media reports that this was going to be a close race and that we wouldn’t know the results for quite some time.)

  While this victory doesn’t change the make up of the state senate and it is a seat that is traditionally held by Republicans, with the current Democrat trends in New Hampshire we have to wonder if the tide is beginning to turn.

  Republicans have won fewer and fewer elections over the last four years in the state as the state becomes more and more Democrat controlled in all branches of the state government. So it is big news when any Republican wins here.

  The state Democrat chairman is writing this victory off as name recognition and, as I wrote, this being a seat traditionally held by Republicans, but I have to wonder if there is more to it than that. With New Hampshire’s recent political climate, no Republican has been safe in this state recently, so could this be the beginning of the end for Governor John Lynch and his out of control spending? Have New Hampshire residents finally said enough is enough?

  Thousands of New Hampshire residents showed up last week to protest the state and federal government’s overspending and over taxing. Governor Lynch’s latest budget proposal increased spending another 11%, this after his last budget increased spending 17.5% and has nearly bankrupted the state. Naturally he had to increase all sorts of different taxes to pay for these increases and now that the economy is in recession people in New Hampshire may be starting to take a second look at the governor’s tax and spend policies.

  I certainly hope so, this could be the beginning…..