New Hampshire Republican wins special election
Republican David Boutin has just been projected to win the New Hampshire District 16 State Senate seat. There have been seven special elections held since 2008 and Republicans have now won six of them.
All of these elections have been local state elections without national implications. Are these victories a sign that New Hampshire is souring on Barack Obama? His approval rating is down in New Hampshire– a state that he carried in 2008– but as I said these were all local elections so while a public down on Barack Obama may have contributed to these recent Republican election victories, I think that it only played a small part.
During the Tea Party last April many of the speakers focused on New Hampshire politics and the direction the state has taken under John Lynch, more so than the direction that the country has taken under Barack Obama. I think that these elections reflect more on the state government– and Governor John Lynch in particular. People are fed up with the out of control spending at the state level, they are tired of Governor Lynch passing budget bills with revenue projections that are inflated. When the economy was still going strong Republicans tried to warn the governor that his projections were inflated and that the income would not be met. But then the economy took a turn for the worse and Governor Lynch tried to blame the national economy even though he was warned that even in a good economy his numbers were unattainable.
Then came the governor’s solution to the budget deficit– he tried to seize the private money that New Hampshire doctors have in a malpractice insurance fund. This proposal was shot down by the state Supreme Court.
People are angry in this state, they are tired of the spending and they are tired of the tax increases. They are tired of the liberal policies and the Nanny State laws that have been passed under Governor John Lynch. The people of New Hampshire are engaged and they are not happy.
These elections have me feeling pretty good about New Hampshire’s future, we appear ready to turn a corner and get back on the road to the independent New Hampshire citizenry that we have always considered ourselves. We had lost our way over the last four years but we appear poised to regain our independent nature.
Governor Lynch, we are coming for you in November!
America's Watchtower 
Voters may be angry on a state level, but that can-and may translate to a national level as well. Many voters are angry are angry on a state as well as a national level. I know I am.
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True, the voters of New Hampshire have only had the chance to vote on a state level so far, but that anger is going to spill over in the national elections. In November I think that New Hampshire could be ready to make a splash in the House of Representatives. This anger will carry over.
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Steve, Thanks for this blog…I turned on WMUR(lamestream NH media outlet Channel 9)to find out result of election. Of course, they didn’t even mention the election as news. They did scroll across the bottom quickly saying “David Boutin won election”. I had to watch the entire scroll three times to catch the result. I should know better than expect anything of importance from them. Thanks again.
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Yeah, I had to find it online. It was in the Union Leader today, Boutin won by a margin of 58-42, it wasn’t even close.
You are welcome!
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Its nice to be on the winning side! I know you must be happy about the turn in NH. I wonder if this is a trend in state elections across the nation. I would like to see the numbers. Of course down here in deep red country its hard to see any changes.
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I am really beginning to get excited about the direction New Hampshire is turning. Now all we need is a good candidate for governor. John Lynch still has good approval ratings but with a good opponent I think that he can be taken out.
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