Walt Havenstein announces his candidacy for New Hampshire governor

 Walt Havenstein has officially entered the New Hampshire governors race and he will square off against Andrew Hemingway in the Republican primary in September. If he wins the nomination his biggest obstacle in defeating Maggie Hassan could quite possibly be the fact that he is a former CEO of BAE, and with the class warfare strategy sure to be used once again by the Democrats in 2014 this will be used to paint him as a rich guy who is out of touch with the American people. 

  Here is more:

Former defense industry executive Walt Havenstein on Wednesday officially launched his campaign for the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, as he was surrounded by GOP luminaries during his announcement in the Legislative Office Building.

Former GOP governors Steve Merrill and Craig Benson, the state Senate leadership and Executive Councilor Chris Sununu, R-Newfields, were on hand as the ex-CEO of BAE Systems promised to provide a “stark contrast” to Hassan if he wins the nomination.

  As you can see, he clearly has the support from the leaders of the New Hamsphire Republican party which means in all likelihood he will be the nominee. And this means I will be taking a good, hard look at Andrew Hemingway.

  Here is part of what he had to say during today’s announcement:

“This is a critical juncture for New Hampshire, and Granite Staters have a clear choice for governor this November. It’s a choice between Maggie Hassan’s good intentions and my know-how, between hoping and leading, and between rhetoric and results,” Havenstein said. “Governor Hassan is a good person, but she doesn’t know what to do to end the stagnation and get our economy moving again.”

Havenstein touted his experience at BAE, where he said he balanced a budget three times the size of the state budget, and his involvement with FIRST, the robotics competition founded by Segway creator Dean Kamen, to stimulate interest in science and engineering in young students.

  His primary opponent, Andrew Hemingway, is a 31 year old who has already started three small businesses so it is clear that both candidates know a little something about economics and job creation.

  At this point I do not know enough about either candidate, or where they stand on the issues other than the fact they oppose Maggie Hassan, to have an opinion on which candidate I can vote for, if either.