Media coverage of New Hampshire political races in The Nashua Telegraph


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Budget & Economy     Paul Hodes: $800B stimulus was an emergency investment.

Corporations     Kelly Ayotte: No tax increases on any business, including overseas jobs.

Environment     Annie Kuster: Bipartisan support for making animal cruelty a federal crime.     Chris Pappas: Bipartisan support for making animal cruelty a federal crime.     Jeanne Shaheen: Bipartisan support for making animal cruelty a federal crime.     Jeanne Shaheen: Coastal New Hampshire at risk from climate change.     Jeanne Shaheen: Coastal New Hampshire at risk from climate change.     Kelly Ayotte: Highway spending priority over commuter rail.     Maggie Hassan: Bipartisan support for making animal cruelty a federal crime.     Paul Hodes: Extend Boston commuter rail to Nashua & Concord.

Families & Children     Dan Feltes: Public-private partnership for paid family and medical leave.     Dan Feltes: Hire more DCYF caseworkers for family services.

Free Trade     Elizabeth Dole: China: Expand trade, but linked to human rights.

Government Reform     Kelly Ayotte: Ban earmarks; Hodes voted for 9,000 of them.     Kelly Ayotte: Make Congressional pay "performance-based".     Paul Hodes: Cut Congressional pay by 10% during recession.

Health Care     Karen Testerman: ObamaCare is ideologically flawed & politically damaging.

Jobs     Kelly Ayotte: No minimum wage increase; no card-check; no mandatory leave.     Paul Hodes: Raise minimum wage & index to cost-of-living.

Principles & Values     Chris Sununu: Served three terms on the Executive Council.

Social Security     Kelly Ayotte: Open to raising the retirement age for younger workers.     Lisa Johnston: No privately managed retirement accounts.     Paul Hodes: Grid header.

Tax Reform     Dan Feltes: Property tax relief for working families.     Elizabeth Dole: Flat tax "a disaster" for charitable groups.     Elizabeth Dole: End marriage penalty; more R&D credit; no new taxes.     Kelly Ayotte: Keep zero federal estate tax; don't return to 50%.     Paul Hodes: Estate tax of 35% after first $5 million.     Paul Hodes: Irresponsible to give $700B in tax cuts to wealthiest 2%.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Annie Kuster Democrat U.S. Rep New Hampshire-2 Chris Pappas Democratic Challenger New Hampshire Chris Sununu New Hampshire Republican Governor Dan Feltes New Hampshire Democratic candidate for governor Elizabeth Dole North Carolina Former Cabinet Member (Labor Sec'y) and Senator Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire Former Democratic Governor (1997-2000); elected Senator 2008 Karen Testerman New Hampshire Republican Gubernatorial Challenger Kelly Ayotte New Hampshire Republican Challenger Lisa Johnston 2010 Democratic Challenger Kansas Maggie Hassan New Hampshire Democratic Governor Paul Hodes 2010 Democratic Senate Challenger; currently US Rep. New Hampshire