2009 Local Election Results

OKAY NEWS

State Senator Betsi DeVries, who cast the deciding vote against medical marijuana in NH, is also an Alderman in Manchester. She won her Alderman race by a measly 48 votes out of nearly 2,000 cast! A real squeaker. But wait, there's more. Sources inform me that she did not want to run for office again, she's tired of the constant calls and emails! Her Party apparently twisted her arm and got her to run. And she won despite a MASSIVE effort by the Firefighters' Union, Teachers' Union, and her Party. Pro-liberty activists at the polls report busloads of people transported to the polling place to vote for her. And still she just. barely. squeaked. in. We'll get you next time, Betsi... if you're glutton for punishment enough to run!

GOOD NEWS

Anti-income-tax Teddy Gatsas defeats pro-income-tax Mark Roy to become Mayor of Manchester.

GREAT NEWS

More victories in municipal elections: Liberty activist David Murotake has been elected to Nashua's Board of Education. FSPer Cam DeJong won his race for Selectman. FSP Friend Phil Greazzo won his race for Alderman. And the SPENDING CAP PASSED!!! This "cap" was the result of much work by FSPers and other NH liberty activists. Manchester's city government has some nice new chains holding it down. Very nice.

BEST NEWS EVER:

NH Liberty Alliance-endorsed Lynne Blankenbeker defeats "big-government conservative" Jim MacKay in special election for State Representative! This is all the more amazing, given that Lynne has NEVER held any political office before -- her opponent had previously been Mayor of Concord, and had been a State Rep for some 20 years. Lynne has NOT lived in Concord all her life. Concord is the NH's capitol city, full of government employees. NH "traditional wisdom" is that only big-government candidates can win in Concord. Yet last election, FSPers helped eject a pro-income-tax Rep Liz Hager (who had been in office for 36 years) and replaced Hager with an anti-income-tax candidate. And now this year "big-government conservative" Jim MacKay is replaced by a strong supporter of fully informed juries, medical marijuana, states' rights, gun rights, and SMALLER government.

Wrap-up

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