>> WE HAVE SUCH AN UNPRECEDENTED TASK AHEAD OF US.
MY STAFF HAS BEEN RIGHT-OUT STRAIGHT, EVERY DAY, EVERY MINUTE.
JENNIFER: POLL WORKERS PREPARED FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED ELECTION DAY, FROM RECORD NUMBERS OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO NEW PROCEDURES AT THE POLLS, PROTECTING VOTERS FROM COVID-19.
TOM: AND NOW WE ARE IN THE FINAL COUNTDOWN, JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY FROM THE FIRST RETURNS.
JENNIFER: GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US.
I’M JENNIFER VAUGHN.
TOM: I’M TOM GRIFFITH.
THERE’S A LOT AT STAKE ON THIS BALLOT.
THE WHITE HOUSE, THE STATE HOUSE, AND THE BALANCE OF POWER BOTH ON CAPITOL HILL AND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE’S LEGISLATURE.
JENNIFER: AND CONCERNS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS HAVE ALREADY PUSHED ABSENTEE VOTING TO A RECORD HIGH.
BUT WE KNOW THOUSANDS OF YOU WILL HEAD TO THE POLLS IN PERSON TO CAST YOUR BALLOTS TOMORRO TOM: THERE WILL BE PROCEDURES IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND EXTRA SECURITY JUST IN CASE
OF ANY PROBLEMS.
WMUR’S CHERISE LECLERC IS LIVE IN OUR STUDIO WITH A LOOK AT THE PREPARATIONS FOR ELECTION DAY.
CHERISE: THE STATE HAS PROVIDED SAFETY MATERIALS TO POLLING PLACES LIKE MASKS, HAND SANITIZER, PLEXIGLASS AND GLOVES.
THERE WILL BE OVER 6,000 NEW HAMPSHIRE POLL WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE, ACCORDING TO SECRETARY OF STATE BILL GARDNER.
MODERATORS ARE CHARGED WITH MAKING SURE THERE IS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE POLLING PLACES.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT VOTING OR ENCOUNTER ANY ISSUES AT POLLING SITES TOMORROW, YOU CAN CALL THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S HOTLINE.
THAT NUMBER IS ON YOUR SCREE IT’S 1-866-VOTER-03, OR 1-866-868-3703.
THE HOTLINE WILL BE OPEN FROM 6:00 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M.
YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL ELECTIONLAW@DOJ.NH.GOV.
>> WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE VOTERS FEEL COMFORTABLE AT THE POLLING PLACE, AND IF THERE’S ANYTHING THAT COMES UP THAT’S CONCERNING, PLEASE REPORT IT TO US.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ASSIGNED TO AN ATTORNEY AT OUR OFFICE.
WE’LL HAVE A TEAM OF ATTORNEYS THAT WILL BE ANSWERING CALLS THROUGHOUT THE DAY CHERISE: THE AG’S OFFICE SAYS IT WILL HAVE 100% COVERAGE AT POLLING PLACES BY POLL
INSPECTORS.
THEY WILL BE WEARING BADGES IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES AND YOU CAN APPROACH THEM ABOUT ANY CONCERNS.
THEY SAY THEY CARRY OUT THESE PROTOCOLS FOR EVERY ELECTION, NOT JUST THIS ONE.
REPORTING LIVE, CHERISE LECLERC, WMUR NEWS 9.
JENNIFER: CANDIDATES FOR U.S.
SENATE TRYING TO REACH AS MANY VOTERS AS THEY CAN BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
TOM: WMUR’S MONICA HERNANDEZ JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE.
MONACO: BOTH CANDIDATES SPENT THE DAY REACHING OUT TO VOTERS ACROSS THE GRANITE STATE AND MAKING THEIR FINAL PITCH.
INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN CAMPAIGNED ON THE SEACOAST, AND IN MANCHESTER TODAY, WHILE SUPPORTERS HELD A CANVASSING EVENT IN NASHUA.
AS SHE SEEKS A THIRD TERM, SHAHEEN SAYS SHE HAS SPENT HER CAREER FIGHTING FOR GRANITE STATERS, POINTING TO EFFORTS TO GET PPP MONEY TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND OPEN A JOB CORPS
CENTER IN MANCHESTER.
SHAHEEN’S REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER CORKY MESSNER CALLS HIS OPPONENT A CAREER POLITICIAN WHO IS LOYAL TO D.C. PROGRESSIVES.
HE MADE CALLS AND VISITED DINERS ACROSS THE STATE TODAY, INCLUDING THIS ONE IN NASHUA, TO TELL VOTES WHY HE BELIEVES HE IS THE BEST CHOICE.
>> WE’VE HAD AN AMAZING GROU GAME HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE BOTH WITH TRUMP VICTORY AND MY CAMPAIGN, AND WE’VE REGISTERED A LOT OF NEW VOTERS, KNOCKED ON A LOT OF DOORS, MADE A LOT OF
TELEPHONE CALLS.
WE’RE GETTING PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE.
>> I’VE BEEN DOING THIS LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THE ONLY POLL THAT MATTERS IS THE POLL ON ELECTION DAY WHEN EVERYONE GOES TO VOTE.
SO I HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL GET OUT AND MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MAKES OUR DEMOCRACY WORK.
MONACO: THERE IS ALSO A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE, JUSTIN O’DONNELL IS RUNNING AS A LIBERTARIAN.
REPORTING LIVE, MONICA HERNANDEZ, WMUR NEWS 9.
JENNIFER: IN THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACE, INCUMBENT CHRIS PAPPAS IS HOPING TO SECURE A SECOND TERM WHILE FACING MATT MAUER’S.
-- MATT MOWERS.
WMUR’S TIM CALLERY IS LIVE NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES’ FINAL PUSH FOR VOTES.
TIM THIS MAY BECOME ONE OF THE : RACES TO WATCH TOMORROW NIGHT.
CONGRESSMAN CHRIS PAPPAS IS FACING A HARD FOUGHT CHALLENGE FROM REPUBLICAN MATT MOWERS.
MOWERS OF BEDFORD IS MAKING HIS FIRST RUN AT ELECTED OFFICE, BUT HE’S NO STRANGER TO POLITIC IN THE PAST, HE HAS SERVED AS THE NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
HE HAS ALSO WORKED IN THE TRUMP STATE DEPARTMENT.
HE SECURED AN ENDORSEMENT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP.
MOWERS IS HOPING THE PRESIDENT’S SUPPORT WILL HELP HIM FLIP THE CD-1 SEAT RED.
MEANWHILE, PAPPAS IS BANKING ON HIS EXPERIENCE TO HOLD HIS SEA THE MANCHESTER NATIVE SAYS HIS RECORD IN CONGRESS PROVES HE IS THE CANDIDATE TO KEEP THIS DISTRICT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
MOVING FORWARD.
>> I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT OUR RECORD AND TO LOOK AT WHAT WE’VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR.
I WANT TO PUT HEALTH CARE AND THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF PUTTING NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRST.
I THINK IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS NEW HAMPSHIRE TO GET THE JOB DONE.
>> I LOOK FORWARD ON BEING THIS INDEPENDENT VOICE ON THE BEHALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SOMEONE WHO CAN WORK WITH GOVERNOR SUNUNU TO PROTECT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE WAY AND GET TO WORK.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I’M GOING TO DO.
WE’RE GOING TO PUT THE PARTISAN POLITICS OF DC ASIDE.
TIM: ZACHARY DUMONT IS THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE.
HE IS A MANCHESTER NATIVE AND CURRENT TOWN COUNCILOR IN NEWMARKET.
REPORTING LIVE, TIM CALLERY, WMUR NEWS 9.
TOM: IN THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, IT’S A REMATCH OF THE 2018 RACE.
ANNIE KUSTER AND STEVE NEGRON ARE VYING TO REPRESENT GRANITE -- TO FILL THE SEAT.
MIKE CRONIN HAS MORE.
MIKE: ON ELECTION EVE, CANDIDATES ARE CAMPAIGNING ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE.
REPRESENTATIVE ANNIE KUSTER JOINED DEMOCRATS TONIGHT IN MANCHESTER, HOPING TOMORROW SHE WILL BE REELECTED FOR A FIFTH TIME.
EARLIER IN CONCORD, THE INCUMBENT SAID THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION LIKE PEOPLE’S HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.
SHE FEELS SHE’S THE CANDIDATE WHO CAN BEST REPRESENT NEW HAMPSHIRE’S INTERESTS IN WASHINGTON.
HER OPPONENT, REPUBLICAN STEVE NEGRON, CAMPAIGNED IN NASHUA TODAY, SAYING AFTER 8 YEARS OF ANNIE KUSTER, IT’S TIME FOR NEW LEADERSHIP IN CONGRESS NEGRON SAYS A HIGH VOTER TURNOUT
WOULD BENEFIT HIM IN THIS RACE.
>> THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO REACH EVERYBODY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, BUT YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH PEOPLE ALREADY VOTED.
I THINK 95% OF THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE UP THEIR MINDS.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE STILL OUT THERE CALLING, TALKING TO PEOPLE BECAUSE STILL THAT 5% THAT WE CAN REACH.
>> HEALTH CARE IS ON THE BALLOT, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN ON COVID-19, I’M JUST SO DISAPPOINTED AT THE LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP.
OUR PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, MAKING SURE WE HAVE INSURANCE COVERAGE.
MIKE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE : ANDREW OLDING IS ALSO RUNNING AGAINST KUSTER AND NEGRON IN THE SECOND C.D.
JENNIFER: LET’S BRING BACK WMUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR ADAM SEXTON FOR SOME MORE ON THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
TOM: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING, WILL WE SEE A REPEAT OF 2016 HERE?
ADAM: I KEEP TALKING BACK TO CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SULLIVAN COUNTY, 5000 VOTES CAST IN 2016.
LONG A DEMOCRAT STRONGHOLD THAT VOTED FOR OBAMA BY A CONSIDERABLE MARGIN.
A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION WE WERE STARTING TO HEAR DONALD TRUMP WAS MAKING INROADS AMONG THE VOTERS.
WE SAW SO MANY SIGNS FOR DONALD TRUMP.
SIGNS HANGING FROM CRANES.
HOMEMADE SIGNS.
TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM FOR THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AND CLAREMONT FLIPPED TO TRUMP.
THIS CITY COULD BE DROPPED INTO ANY RUST BELT STATE.
IT HAS A SIMILAR VOTING PATTERN.
WHITE WORKING-CLASS THAT TRUMP CONNECTED TO WELL.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR?
WILL TRUMP CARRY THE TOWN AGAIN, OR WILL IT GO BACK TO THE DEMOCRATIC MOLD?
DEMOCRATS PAID A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE CITY.
PETE BUTTIGIEG VISITED FOUR TIMES.
KAMALA HARRIS CAMPAIGNED HERE.
IF TRUMP ERASES THE MARGIN WE SEE, HE WILL NEED TO MAKE UP GROUND AND HOLD ON TO PLACES HE WON IN 2016.
TOM: WE INVITED EVERY MAJOR CANDIDATE IN THE KEY RACES TO MAKE THEIR FINAL PITCH TO VOTERS IN ONE MINUTE OR LESS.
JENNIFER: WE CONTINUE THOSE NOW WITH THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
DAN: HEY, IT’S DAN FELTES, RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.
UNLIKE THE CURRENT GOVERNOR, I COME FROM A WORKING-CLASS FAMILY, NOT A FAMILY OF POLITICIANS.
I SERVED AS A LEGAL AID LAWYER FOR ABOUT A DECADE, REPRESENTED LOW TO MIDDLE INCOME WORKERS AND FAMILIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, GRANITE STATE SENIORS, VETERANS FIGHTING FOR VA BENEFITS THEY
EARNED, THEY’RE ENTITLED TO.
IN THE STATE SENATE FOR THREE TERMS, DELIVERING REAL RESULTS FOR WORKING PEOPLE AND FAMILIES, INCLUDING PRESCRIPTION DRUG RELIEF.
HEALTH CARE IS ON THE BALLOT IN THIS RACE FOR GOVERNOR.
CHOICE IS ON THE BALLOT.
BOTH OF WHICH ARE GOING TO BE PUNTED TO THE STATES AFTER THE NOMINATION CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE BARRETT.
I SUPPORT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND WANT TO STRENGTHEN IT.
CHRIS SUNUNU, FOR OVER A DECADE, WANTED TO REPEAL WITHOUT A REPLACEMENT.
CHRIS SUNUNU IS NOT PRO-CHOICE.
SAYS HE IS AROUND ELECTION TIME, VETOED INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES, AND SUPPORTS JUDGES THAT WOULD WORK TO MAKE ABORTION ILLEGAL.
GOING TO STAND UP FOR WORKERS AND WORKING FAMILIES IN THIS RACE.
I WOULD VETO AN INCOME TAX, HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION AND STATE TROOPERS.
WE’VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
GOVERNOR SUNUNU: HEY, IT’S GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU.
THESE PAST MONTHS HAVE BROUGHT SO MANY CHALLENGES TO ALL OF US.
BUT WE PUT TOGETHER A GREAT TEAM, AND WE PROVIDED THE LEADERSHIP NECESSARY TO GUIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
WE PROVIDED PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BY RETURNING 180 MILLION DOLLARS TO CITIES AND TOWNS TO BE USED FOR ROADS, BRIDGES, SAFER SCHOOLS.
THAT’S MORE THAN ANY ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY.
THESE PAST TWO YEARS, I TWICE VETOED INCOME TAX BILLS PASSED BY THE DEMOCRATS.
I KILLED THE NEW GAS TAX, AND I STOPPED THOSE COSTLY TOLL INCREASES.
MANY OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES, THEY STILL LIE AHEAD.
BUT I HOPE YOU’LL JOIN ME IN VOTING FOR A REPUBLICAN HOUSE, SENATE, AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SO WE CAN DEFEAT THE INCOME TAXES AND THEIR INCREASED BUSINESS TAXES ONCE AND FOR ALL.
WITH THE RIGHT TEAM, WE’LL BALANCE OUR BUDGET, WE’LL MANAGE OUR STATE FINANCES, AND WE’LL DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, WITH NO NEW TAXES.
OTHERS JUST TALK, BUT I BELIEVE IN GETTING RESULTS.
LET’S KEEP GETTING THE JOB DONE.
I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE TOMORROW.
TOM: WE’VE HEARD MANY REPORTS OF THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG AT THE POLLS TOMORROW.
JENNIFER: BUT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS ARE CONFIDENT IN THE GRANITE STATE PROCESS.
THEY’LL TELL YOU WHY, WHE