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Political newcomer Jennifer Horn wins the GOP primary to challenge Democratic Congressman Paul Hodes
New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District: Political newcomer Jennifer Horn wins the GOP primary to challenge Democratic Congressman Paul Hodes
She wins in an upset over longtime political Bob Clegg
By David P. Greisman
Sentinel Staff
Jennifer M. Horn defeated four other candidates Tuesday to emerge as the Republican challenger to Democratic incumbent Paul W. Hodes in the race for New Hampshire’s 2nd District congressional seat.
Horn, 44, a stay-at-home mother and former newspaper columnist and radio talk-show host, received 40 percent of the vote, with 91 percent of the state’s precincts reporting.
That put her atop the five-person race, ahead of Bob Clegg of Hudson (34 percent), Jim Steiner of Concord (14 percent), Grant Bosse of Hillsboro (9 percent) and Alfred L’Eplattenier of Rindge (2 percent).
Horn is slated to face Hodes in eight weeks in November’s general election, a challenge for which the Nashua resident said she is already preparing.
“It is our intention to move forward very aggressively right out of the gate,” Horn said late Tuesday night. “It is time for a change, to send real people to Washington. Paul Hodes’ voting record has hurt real people every day. We can do better, and the people of New Hampshire deserve better.
“Public office should be about public service, about getting out into every community and meeting as many voters as we can, asking for their faith and their trust,” she said. “It is time for a voice in Washington that has the courage to stand by her convictions. It is time for a representative who is going to fight for the people over her party, who is going to fight for what’s right.”
In Hodes, Horn is facing a Democratic incumbent who went unchallenged in Tuesday’s primary election. As of Aug. 20, Hodes’ campaign had received $1,623,770 in contributions, including $5,000 in loans from Hodes himself, and it had spent $687,965, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Horn’s campaign had pulled in $292,282 as of Aug. 20, including $192,561 in loans and donations from Horn herself. The campaign had spent $146,464.
“We look forward to a spirited campaign and a substantive debate over the issues,” Hodes said in a statement Tuesday night. “Since you have elected me to represent you in Washington, I have been proud to stand up to the insiders and business as usual in Congress.
“We are at a critical point in our nation’s history where we can’t turn back to the failed Bush politics of the past,” he said. “This election will be about the future: a new, comprehensive energy plan, affordable health care, and providing economic help to middle-class families struggling with the mortgage crisis, rising food prices and record high costs for gas and home heating oil.”
Horn was the favorite among voters in the Monadnock Region, where she received 43 percent of the 4,380 votes cast in her race, winning in 21 of 31 communities and tying for first place in two more.
Clegg came in second place with 29 percent of the area vote, winning in Acworth, Antrim, Langdon, Marlow, Rindge, Troy and Winchester, and tying for first place with Horn in Bennington and Sullivan.
Clegg, a 54-year-old state senator who also served as a state representative from 1994 to 2002, did not return calls seeking comment.
Steiner finished in third place in the region with 15 percent. He won one town, Walpole.
“The difference, in hindsight now, is that it does take more money to get the message out,” said Steiner, a 52-year-old lawyer who was the lone Republican candidate who continued to work full time while campaigning. “That is clearly a lesson I have learned for the next time. I expect there will be a next time.”
As of Aug. 20, Steiner’s campaign had received $30,696, including $2,982 in donations from Steiner himself, and it had spent $10,118. After a campaign in which he said he would not take any money from special interests, Steiner said he will keep that philosophy for any future runs.
“I will just work harder at getting individual donations,” he said. “I didn’t work at it. The donations that came to me were simply because people sent in money. I did no active fundraising, so I'm very satisfied with the funds I raised.”
Bosse, a 36-year-old former radio reporter and political staffer who had worked for U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu, R-N.H., for about five years, came in fourth place in the Monadnock Region with 9 percent.
After the results came in, Bosse said he would work to support his fellow Republicans.
“I’m looking forward to helping the entire ticket, from John McCain down to the county commissioners,” Bosse said. “I think we have the right message. I’m obviously not the messenger.
“I tried as hard as I could to get my message out to as many voters as I could,” he said. “I obviously didn’t reach as many of them as I needed to.”
L’Eplattenier ended up in fifth in area voting with 4 percent. His biggest area of support came from 78 votes in Rindge, where he lives, giving him enough for a third-place finish in that town.
L’Eplattenier did not appear at any party debates or events. Instead, his candidacy largely consisted of small blue campaign signs, many of which dotted roads around Cheshire County, and a Web site that included a brief biography and his stances on Social Security and immigration.
David Greisman can be reached at 352-1234, extension 1439, or dgreisman@keenesentinel.com
(Originally appeared in print as "Horn sails in District 2 U.S. House race")
Horn, 44, a stay-at-home mother and former newspaper columnist and radio talk-show host, received 40 percent of the vote, with 91 percent of the state’s precincts reporting.
That put her atop the five-person race, ahead of Bob Clegg of Hudson (34 percent), Jim Steiner of Concord (14 percent), Grant Bosse of Hillsboro (9 percent) and Alfred L’Eplattenier of Rindge (2 percent).
Horn is slated to face Hodes in eight weeks in November’s general election, a challenge for which the Nashua resident said she is already preparing.
“It is our intention to move forward very aggressively right out of the gate,” Horn said late Tuesday night. “It is time for a change, to send real people to Washington. Paul Hodes’ voting record has hurt real people every day. We can do better, and the people of New Hampshire deserve better.
“Public office should be about public service, about getting out into every community and meeting as many voters as we can, asking for their faith and their trust,” she said. “It is time for a voice in Washington that has the courage to stand by her convictions. It is time for a representative who is going to fight for the people over her party, who is going to fight for what’s right.”
In Hodes, Horn is facing a Democratic incumbent who went unchallenged in Tuesday’s primary election. As of Aug. 20, Hodes’ campaign had received $1,623,770 in contributions, including $5,000 in loans from Hodes himself, and it had spent $687,965, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Horn’s campaign had pulled in $292,282 as of Aug. 20, including $192,561 in loans and donations from Horn herself. The campaign had spent $146,464.
“We look forward to a spirited campaign and a substantive debate over the issues,” Hodes said in a statement Tuesday night. “Since you have elected me to represent you in Washington, I have been proud to stand up to the insiders and business as usual in Congress.
“We are at a critical point in our nation’s history where we can’t turn back to the failed Bush politics of the past,” he said. “This election will be about the future: a new, comprehensive energy plan, affordable health care, and providing economic help to middle-class families struggling with the mortgage crisis, rising food prices and record high costs for gas and home heating oil.”
Horn was the favorite among voters in the Monadnock Region, where she received 43 percent of the 4,380 votes cast in her race, winning in 21 of 31 communities and tying for first place in two more.
Clegg came in second place with 29 percent of the area vote, winning in Acworth, Antrim, Langdon, Marlow, Rindge, Troy and Winchester, and tying for first place with Horn in Bennington and Sullivan.
Clegg, a 54-year-old state senator who also served as a state representative from 1994 to 2002, did not return calls seeking comment.
Steiner finished in third place in the region with 15 percent. He won one town, Walpole.
“The difference, in hindsight now, is that it does take more money to get the message out,” said Steiner, a 52-year-old lawyer who was the lone Republican candidate who continued to work full time while campaigning. “That is clearly a lesson I have learned for the next time. I expect there will be a next time.”
As of Aug. 20, Steiner’s campaign had received $30,696, including $2,982 in donations from Steiner himself, and it had spent $10,118. After a campaign in which he said he would not take any money from special interests, Steiner said he will keep that philosophy for any future runs.
“I will just work harder at getting individual donations,” he said. “I didn’t work at it. The donations that came to me were simply because people sent in money. I did no active fundraising, so I'm very satisfied with the funds I raised.”
Bosse, a 36-year-old former radio reporter and political staffer who had worked for U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu, R-N.H., for about five years, came in fourth place in the Monadnock Region with 9 percent.
After the results came in, Bosse said he would work to support his fellow Republicans.
“I’m looking forward to helping the entire ticket, from John McCain down to the county commissioners,” Bosse said. “I think we have the right message. I’m obviously not the messenger.
“I tried as hard as I could to get my message out to as many voters as I could,” he said. “I obviously didn’t reach as many of them as I needed to.”
L’Eplattenier ended up in fifth in area voting with 4 percent. His biggest area of support came from 78 votes in Rindge, where he lives, giving him enough for a third-place finish in that town.
L’Eplattenier did not appear at any party debates or events. Instead, his candidacy largely consisted of small blue campaign signs, many of which dotted roads around Cheshire County, and a Web site that included a brief biography and his stances on Social Security and immigration.
David Greisman can be reached at 352-1234, extension 1439, or dgreisman@keenesentinel.com
(Originally appeared in print as "Horn sails in District 2 U.S. House race")
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