JENNIFER: TWO REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE NEVER RUN FOR FEDERAL OFFICE SAY THEY CAN BRING THE KIND OF REFORM THAT CONGRESS DESPERATELY NEEDS.
MATT MOWERS AND MATT MAYBERRY, BOTH RUNNING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT PRIMARY, ANSWERED OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED TERM LIMITS.
IT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I PUSH FOR WHEN I GET DOWN TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
YOU CAN’T CHANGE CONGRESS AND THE WAY IT’S HAPPENING UNLESS YOU CHANGE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE DOWN THERE.
AND SO NOW, YOU HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CREATE A CAREER OUT OF ELECTED SERVICE.
THEY ARE SITTING AROUND, LISTENING TO LOBBYISTS AND PARTY LEADERSHIP SO THEY CAN BECOME CHAIRMAN OF SOME COMMITTEE SOMEDAY.
I DON’T THINK THEY NEED THAT INCENTIVE.
THEY SHOULD WORK FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS THE WAY I WILL TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SO TERM LIMITS WILL GO A LONG WAY IN ACHIEVING THAT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TERM LIMITS, BUT NOT ONLY FOR THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, BUT FOR THEIR STAFF.
IF YOU LEAVE MANCHESTER AND GO TO WORK ON CAPITOL HILL, YOU WORK THERE FOR 12 YEARS, THEN YOU GO FIND A JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IF YOU’RE ELECTED TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CONGRESS OR A U.S. SENATOR, YOU’RE THERE FOR 12 YEARS, THEN YOU GO FIND SOMETHING ELSE.
BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT DRAIN THE SWAMP WHEN YOU’RE SKIMMING THE TOP.
YOU’VE GOT TO DRAIN IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE MUD FLAP.
ADAM: GOP VOTERS ARE ALSO CHOOSING THEIR CANDIDATE TO TAKE ON DEMOCRATIC SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN IN NOVEMBER’S GENERAL ELECTION.
POLITICAL DIRECTOR ADAM SEXTON INTRODUCES US TO REPUBLICANS DON BOLDUC AND CORKY MESSNER, VYING FOR THEIR PARTY’S NOMINATION.
ADAM: TOM, THIS RACE WAS SHAPED VERY EARLY BY THE INTEREST OF COREY LEWANDOWSKI, PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CLOSEST ALLY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHEN HE DECIDED NOT TO RUN, THE ADVANTAGE WENT TO SELF-FUNDING CANDIDATE CORKY MESSNER.
BUT GENERAL DON BOLDUC IS RUNNING A NATIVE SON CAMPAIGN, HIGHLIGHTING HIS GRANITE STATE ROOTS, AND HIS OPPONENT’S LACK THEREOF, TO APPEAL TO PRIMARY VOTERS.
WHEN DON BOLDUC, RETIRED ARMY GENERAL AND DECORATED VETERAN OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, LAUNCHED HIS BID FOR U.S.
SENATE BACK IN JUNE 2019, HE SWORE OFF NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING.
>> I WILL NOT GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
OTHERS WILL ATTACK ME.
THEY WILL SPEND MILLIONS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EVERY WHICH WAY THEY CAN COME AT ME, FINE, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THEIR BACK’S UP AGAINST THE WALL.
ADAM: BUT NOW IT WOULD APPEAR IT’S BOLDUC WHO’S FACING LONG ODDS.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ENDORSED HIS OPPONENT, CORKY MESSNER, AND THE GENERAL HAS HAD TO CHANGE STRATEGIES.
>> I’M NEW HAMPSHIRE, THROUGH AND THROUGH, HE’S NOT.
HE HAS NO ROOTS HERE.
HE IS ONE SINGLE PERSON WHO LIVES ON A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTY WITH A GATE.
ADAM: MESSNER, AN ARMY VETERAN AND HEAD OF A BIG COLORADO-BASED LAW FIRM, HAS SIDESTEPPED NEARLY EVERY ATTEMPT TO MAKE THIS PRIMARY INTO A FIGHT.
>> I’M GOING TO HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP CLEAN OUT THE SWAMP.
AND JEANNE SHAHEEN HIDES IN THE FOG OF WASHINGTON, DC.
ADAM: MESSNER IS SELF-FUNDING HIS CAMPAIGN, GIVING HIM A LEG UP IN CYCLE IN WHICH NATIONAL REPUBLICANS ARE FOCUSING RESOURCES ON DEFENDING THEIR SENATE MAJORITY IN OTHER STATES.
BUT HE’S STILL ENDURING FRONT-RUNNER SCRUTINY, BACK IN COLORADO HE’S FACING A FRAUD COMPLAINT REGARDING A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION HE ESTABLISHED FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ONLY
GAVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS TO A SINGLE STUDENT OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD.
>> JUST LIKE THEY’VE DONE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, TOTAL POLITICAL HIT JOB.
AND IT IS SAD THAT THEY’RE DOING THAT THEY ARE WRONG, QUITE FRANKLY, IN THEIR ALLEGATIONS.
ADAM: WHILE IT’S AN OPEN ISSUE, THIS PRIMARY IS GOING TO BE DECIDED BY CONSERVATIVE VOTERS LOOKING FOR A LEADER.
>> I’M A LEADER THAT EMPOWERS THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM, A LEADER THAT LISTENS.
>> IT’S MY LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE IN THE ARMY, MY LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
ADAM: ONE THING IS CLEAR, NO MATTER WHO WINS, THEY’LL FACE AN EVEN BIGGER CHALLENGE IN NOVEMBER, TAKING ON INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT JEANNE SHAHEEN.
JEN?
JENNIFER: NEWS 9 GAVE EVERY MAJOR CANDIDATE THE OPTION TO RECORD A FINAL PITCH MAKING THEIR CASE DIRECTLY TO YOU.
HERE ARE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
>> HEY.
I’M ANDRU VOLINSKY.
AMY AND I MOVED TO NEW HAMPSHIRE ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO TO RAISE OUR FAMILY, AND SO I COULD JOIN THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE.
ABOUT TEN YEARS LATER, I BECAME THE CLAREMONT SCHOOL FUNDING LAWYER, WHERE I LED A TEAM O VOLUNTEER LAWYERS WHO EXPOSED JUST HOW UNFAIR OUR SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM IS, AND HOW THE
QUALITY OF EDUCATION REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE A CHILD LIVES.
IT’S GOTTEN A LOT WORSE OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS.
I’M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE WHO WILL DEAL WITH OUR SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM, AND I PLEDGE TO REDUCE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
I’M ALSO THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE WHO REFUSES TO TAKE FOSSIL FUEL MONEY, AND WHO WILL STAND UP TO UTILITIES AND COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, I’VE STOOD UP TO CHRIS SUNUNU TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING FOR ME ON SEPTEMBER 8.
I’M ANDRU VOLINSKY.
GO TO VOLINSKYNH.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION.
>> I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE.
MY WIFE AND DAUGHTERS, TWO DOGS, I HAVE A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND FROM THE GOVERNOR.
I WAS NEVER GIFTED.
I CAME FROM A WORKING-CLASS HOUSEHOLD.
BATTLING WALL STREET BANKS, COMBATING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION, AND LEADING ON PROGRESSIVE ISSUES AND LEADING THE WAY FOR BETWEEN ENERGY.
WE HAVE TO WIN THIS RACE.
WE’RE ENDORSED IN THIS RACE BY CONGRESSWOMAN ANNIE MCLANE KUSTER, COLIN VAN OSTERN, STEVE MARCHAND, MOLLY KELLY, AND THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM ORGANIZATION AND CITIZENS
UNITED.
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