Politics
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Write-in win shows huge enthusiasm for Biden in NH as Trump wraps up primary
Democrats celebrated a major win for incumbent President Joe Biden in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary while Republicans effectively ended their party’s contest Tuesday night amid one of the most unusual election contests ever seen in the Granite State. In total, Biden won nearly 70% of the vote in the state. President Biden weighed in on…
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Biden vows to ‘restore’ nationwide abortion rights in second term
During Tuesday’s event, the president and vice president highlighted several new measures the administration is taking to strengthen reproductive health care access, criticized extreme abortion bans, and highlighted the stakes of the 2024 election for reproductive rights.
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VIDEO: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on the impact of Biden infrastructure projects on labor and housing in New Hampshire
Recently we caught up with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on recent infrastructure spending in the state by the Biden administration and it’s downstream impact on both housing and labor here in New Hampshire. @granitepost Recently we caught up with @senatorshaheen on recent infrastructure spending in the state by the Biden administration and it's downstream impact on…
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Meet the Dartmouth College students supporting Biden’s write-in campaign
Herzog got the cards from Claremont resident Stephanie Harris, who designed them herself with a local printer. One side shows a copy of a blank ballot and the other side gives step-by-step instructions on how to write in Biden’s name. Harris is part of a grassroots campaign of hundreds of people organizing a write-in campaign…
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Op-ed: Join me, Write in Joe Biden
In a matter of hours, our first-in-the-nation primary will be over. The ads on TV, in newspapers, and our mailboxes will stop. How will you celebrate the First-in-the-Nation Primary on Tuesday? Like many Granite Staters, I will be going to the polls on Tuesday, January 23. I will be fulfilling my civic responsibility and exercising…
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Op-ed: Young People Cannot Afford to Sit this Election Out
For much of our voting lives it has seemed that every election our democracy itself has been on the ballot. In 2016, we saw what happened when too many people stayed home and Donald Trump was elected President; in 2020, we saw that when young people mobilize and turn out to vote, we can build…
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Op-ed: Post Roe v. Wade, Together We Fight On
For years, the month of January meant three constants in my life: a new year with new priorities, the beginning of the next legislative session, and the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the case that, up until June 2022, guaranteed access to safe and legal abortion across the country. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe…
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Biden Write-In sees swell of enthusiasm in final days before first-in-the-nation primary
Enthusiasm for the campaign to write in President Joe Biden on the ballot seems to be surging in New Hampshire ahead of the Jan. 23 primary with big names and big events.
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Everything you need to know to vote in the 2024 New Hampshire primary
New Hampshire residents will have the opportunity to vote in the primary on Tuesday, Jan. 23, for who they want to see on the ballot for president come November. The primaries help states and political parties choose presidential nominees before the general election, and this year promises to be an interesting one. Have questions about…
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Op-ed: Writing-in Our History in New Hampshire
When the books on the 2024 election are written, there should be a chapter devoted to the efforts of the grassroots volunteers of the Granite State Write-In project. The tale of how a community of volunteers ran a campaign in a primary their national political party did not want. President Joe Biden surprised New Hampshire…
