Kelly Ayotte Defeats Ovide Lamontagne In GOP Senate Primary: New Hampshire Election Results

MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Republican winner of a nail-biter of a primary election says she'll stress fiscal responsibility in her campaign to represent New Hampshire in the Senate.

Former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte (AY'-aht) beat Manchester lawyer Ovide Lamontagne (LAH'-mohn-tayn) by about 1,600 votes. Lamontagne conceded the race Wednesday after a long night of vote-counting.

Ayotte had the backing of former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, while Lamontagne had the backing of local tea party activists. She'll face Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes (HOHDZ') in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Judd Gregg.

Ayotte told supporters at her campaign headquarters that she wants "to finish what Sen. Gregg has started" by advocating lower spending and personal responsibility.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Tea party ally Ovide Lamontagne (LAH'-mohn-tayn) has conceded New Hampshire's Republican Senate primary to former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte (AY'-aht).

He congratulated Ayotte on Wednesday and says he is disappointed but humbly accepts the result. He had the option of asking for a recount because his loss margin was within 1.5 percent of the total votes cast.

The secretary of state's office said Wednesday that Ayotte had won by 1,667 votes. She had been backed by former Alaska Gov. and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

Lamontagne is a conservative Manchester lawyer.

Comments

[elfish]

08:30 PM on 09/18/2010

The Republican Idea of a "Big Tent:"

1. H.omophobes in Montana.
2. Witches in New Hampshire. (O'Donnell)
3. Rac.ists in Arizona. (Brewer)
4. Anti-civil Righters in Kentucky. (Paul)
5. Birthers in California. (Taitz)
6. Confederate Flag Wavers in South Caronlina (McConnell)
7. Quitters in Alaska. (Palin)
8. Economy wreckers and incompetents in Texas. (Bush)
9. Lord Voldemort in Wyoming (Cheney)
10. Loons baying at the moon in Minnessota (Bachmann)

[elfish]

08:29 PM on 09/18/2010

1. H.o mo pho bes in Montana.

[elfish]

08:29 PM on 09/18/2010

1. Ho.mo.phobes in Montana.

[elfish]

08:28 PM on 09/18/2010

The Republican Idea of a "Big Tent:"

1. Ho.mo.phobes in Montana.

[elfish]

08:28 PM on 09/18/2010

2. Witches in New Hampshire. (O'Donnell)

[elfish]

08:28 PM on 09/18/2010

The Republican Idea of a "Big Tent:"

1. Homo.phobes in Montana.
2. Witches in New Hampshire. (O'Donnell)

[elfish]

08:27 PM on 09/18/2010

The Republican Idea of a "Big Tent:"

1. Homo.phobes in Montana.
2. Witches in New Hampshire. (O'Donnell)
3. Rac.ists in Arizona. (Brewer)
4. Anti-civil Righters in Kentucky. (Paul)
5. Birthers in California. (Taitz)

[elfish]

08:27 PM on 09/18/2010

The Republican Idea of a "Big Tent:"

1. Homo.phobes in Montana.
2. Witches in New Hampshire. (O'Donnell)
3. Rac.ists in Arizona. (Brewer)
4. Anti-civil Righters in Kentucky. (Paul)
5. Birthers in California. (Taitz)
6. Confederate Flag Wavers in South Caronlina (McConnell)
7. Quitters in Alaska. (Palin)
8. Economy wreckers and incompetents in Texas. (Bush)
9. Lord Voldemort in Wyoming (Cheney)
10. Loons baying at the moon in Minnessota (Bachmann)

[brainfire]

04:30 PM on 09/16/2010

SANE PEOPLE (MUST) REGISTER &VOTE...IN NOV...THE ZOOMBIES DO VOTE, unfortunately...send the Zoombies back to zoombie land...OUT NUMBER...the Damn Zoombies on election Day.

[TQQ]

08:28 PM on 09/16/2010

November can't come fast enough.

[timej31]

12:12 PM on 09/16/2010

Tea party and tea partier word count on this page is 17. Tea Bagger or just Bagger(s) 15 times. For an astroturf movement they sure got a lot of people talking about them. Go back to sleep.

[dax49]

10:52 AM on 09/16/2010

And all she had to do was give up her integrity!

[timej31]

12:14 PM on 09/16/2010

No one on either side has it so it does't matter. They only thing that the people who vote for them hear is spending cuts and tax reductions. Not tax and spend or borrow and spend. But cut.

[Whymeee]

09:12 AM on 09/16/2010

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Poll: Texas Republicans prefer Sarah Palin for president PART 3

Given a list of names and institutions to rank on a 100-point scale, Texans are stingy with good grades: Only the Tea Party, at 52, made it past the halfway mark. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White got 50. Gov. Rick Perry and the Republican Party both had mean rankings of 49 and the Republicans in Congress got a 47. From there the numbers drop significantly: Obama rated 42 on that "feeling thermometer," the Democratic Party got a 40, and Democrats in Congress got a 38.

To underline a point made in other poll answers, Texans are not happy with Washington and blame the Democrats, who are in charge there, for the trouble. Only 26 percent think the country is on the right track (43 percent say the state's on the right track), and 54 percent say the country is economically worse off than it was a year ago (compared with 42 percent who say that about the state economy). But so far, they're not attaching that to Texas pols like Perry and White.

[timej31]

12:14 PM on 09/16/2010

It's astrotuf don't worry about it. It's meaningless. pfft. tea baggers.

[Whymeee]

09:11 AM on 09/16/2010

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Poll: Texas Republicans prefer Sarah Palin for president PART 2

University of Texas government professors Daron Shaw and James Henson conducted the survey of 800 registered voters over a five-day period beginning Friday, September 3. the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46 percent. The poll's other findings indicate that a majority of Texas voters are decidedly not pleased with the job the president is doing:
Obama's job ratings are dismal here. Half of the state's voters disapprove strongly of Obama's performance and another 8 percent disapprove "somewhat." About a third approve of the job he's doing (13 percent strongly), 7 percent are neutral and only 1 percent register no opinion.

[...]

Obama's low ratings are shared by his fellow Democrats in Washington, according to the poll.
According to the survey, Texas voters rank the Tea Party movement higher than either of the two major political parties:

[Whymeee]

09:10 AM on 09/16/2010

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Poll: Texas Republicans prefer Sarah Palin for president PART 1
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Texas Republicans prefer Sarah Palin over any of her mostly likely GOP rivals for president in 2012, according to a new survey of voters in the Lone Star State by the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune:
Eighteen months before the 2012 presidential primary in Texas, 46 percent say they'll vote on the Republican side, 31 percent will vote on the Democratic side; 18 percent aren't sure, and 5 percent say they'll skip the major party primaries.

The 2012 presidential hopefuls haven't declared at this point. But in a hypothetical matchup, Democrats in that bunch would choose Obama over his former rival and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 61 percent to 32 percent.

On the Republican side, more candidate names are in the speculative hat and voters sort them this way: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, 20 percent; former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, 15 percent; former Govs. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, tied at 13 percent; U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, 8 percent; Texas Gov. Rick Perry, 7 percent; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, 3 percent; Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, 2 percent; and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, 1 percent.
19 percent of those surveyed were undecided.

[WOODSTOCKER51]

09:05 AM on 09/16/2010

.THAT BEAUTIFUL STATE I LOVE...IS BEING TAKEN OVER BY A LOONEY..!!!.....


.IS NOTHING SACRED?

[timej31]

12:17 PM on 09/16/2010

Them dang Tea Baggers are every where. What you need is a steady does of tax raises. If I were you left elites I would demand from your leaders to take the bold move to pass a tax increase now. Then just pass cap and trade all by themselves. I believe this is what will turn the corner this election cycle for the dems. They need a shot in the arm of Progressives prowess and show them you are able to run things. That is what I would do.