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Date:        5/14/08

Calling all Republican Men and Women!
$75 per person provides: Campaign School Manual and Lunch.
 
What are the workshops being offered?

• Management
• Media
• Strategy
• Get-out-the-vote techniques
• Opposition Research
• Fundraising

Register Now! or call Christine Peters (673-0959)

(Note: the link given to me is broken - looks like their site is messed up)

National Campaign Consultants join NFRW and NHFRW to sponsor this campaign school

CALLING ALL CANDIDATES

The filing period for state, federal, and county offices opens six weeks from tomorrow and runs June 4 – 13. The political environment for NH Republicans is much-improved compared to 2006. John McCain is going to run strong at the top of the NH ticket, guaranteeing that our state candidates will be evaluated on their own merits this year. Republicans will see a net gain in seats this year. The only question is how many will we win back – and will you be among the winners? If you are interested in running for office this year or want more information about what offices are available and what it takes to run, to win, and to serve, please contact Mike Hamilton at 225-9341 or email

STAFFING UPDATES

Here at NH GOP headquarters, our staff are Mike Hamilton, Executive Director, Pete Flynn, Finance Director, Tom DeRosa, Political Director. We expect to add more staff soon as the coordinated Victory effort takes shape. Stay tuned.

120 CLUB

Join the NH GOP 120 Club and help us make New Hampshire a solid Red State. For $10 a month you can help fund our candidate recruitment and our “Get Out The Vote” effort in November. Your contribution can make a big difference. Please click here for more information.

JEANNE SHAHEEN, FLIP-FLOP QUEEN (this week’s example)

Last fall Shaheen Proposed Rolling Back The 2001 Tax Cuts. “‘Nationally, we've got to do something, not just about costs, but about the 47 million who are uninsured and underinsured,’ said Shaheen adding that rolling back the bush tax cuts of those who earn more that $200,000 per year would pay for about half of that expense.” (Gail Ober, “In Laconia: Shaheen Meets With Leaders,” The Laconia Citizen , November 30, 2007) However, earlier Shaheen Said She Would Have Voted In Favor Of The Tax Cuts If She Had Been In The Senate. Shaheen: “One is on the Bush tax cut, where I said that I would have voted for the Bush tax cut had I been in the Senate.” (Harry R. Weber, “Leadership, Abortion, Taxes, Independence, Education,” Associated Press , October 26, 2002)

NH POLITICAL LIBRARY

The NH Political Library’s annual Awards Dinner is Wednesday, April 30 at 5:00 p.m. at the Center of NH Radisson in Manchester. Honorees are former US Senator Bill Bradley, former Governor Mitt Romney, CNN’s Candy Crowley, and former Governor Walter Peterson. Tickets are $150. For more info, call Celina Hurley at 225-4617 x11 or register online.

EVENT HONORING SENATOR WARREN RUDMAN

On May 13, Americans for Campaign Reform is holding a fundraising dinner honoring former U.S. Senator Warren Rudman. Keynote speakers are former Senators Howard Baker and Nancy Kassebaum Baker. The event is at 6:00 p.m. at CR Sparks in Bedford. Tickets are $50 each. For more info, call 227-0626.

CAMPAIGN SCHOOL

The National Federation of Republican Women is holding an all-day campaign school on May 17 in Nashua. The school is open to men as well as women! For more info, contact NH NFRW Chairwoman Christine Peters at 673-0959 and go check it out

Once again, the  County Republicans will be commandeering the M/S Mount Washington cruise ship.  Leaving from its dock in scenic Weirs Beach (Laconia, NH), we'll be water-borne for a few hours of meet-and-greet, conversations, speakers, and good food.

Start planning for it now!

Greetings,

Welcome to the Belknap County Republican Website. This has been established to provide an additional source of information and a tool to assist all of us in communicating our important message, that we have work to do to restore the Republican legacy of The New Hampshire Advantage.

 
You've all seen the dreadful results of the 2006 election on the national level with the Reid/Pelosi Congress. Less publicized has been that occurring in New Hampshire with the Democrat control of both houses of the legislature and the Governor's Office. Among their first "accomplishments" was a 17.5% budget increase ($475,000,000)  in conjunction with totally unrealistic revenue projections (so that it appears to be a "balanced" budget on paper). Their game plan was to defer various deadlines and hope that the impact of this will not be seen until after the 2008 election. Whether or not they can hide the magnitude of this deficit that long, the ramifications on the New Hampshire way of life is alarming.

Please visit this site often and take heed from what you find here. Please participate in adding to the critical information that needs to be communicated, not just to Belknap County Repubicans, but to all in the County. And I invite you to participate in the work necessary to restore The New Hampshire Advantage!  

Warm regards,

Frank Tilton, Chairman Belknap County GOP Committee
(603) 528 8466
franktilton@gmail.com

CANCELED!

 

Due to the weather, tonight's meeting has been canceled.  As soon as we have a date and time, it will be posted here.  Come back often!

 

We got a little boost from the Citizen today - we thank them very much.  If you are visiting because of the article, let us know (FrankTilton@gmail.com, Belknap County Republican Chair).

Here are some excerpts:

Politics in New Hampshire are on fire in the wake of the Jan. 8 presidential primary and Republicans in Gilford and the rest of the Lakes Region are taking a technological approach to kick-start their party.

Gilford Republican Chair Skip Murphy recently created two websites to meet this goal.

"We just want to try and drag Republicans into the 21st century," said Murphy.

As Murphy pointed out, most people today seek out their information through the Internet, which includes information about their local political parties.

"At our last meeting we finally agreed to bite the bullet and get (the website) established," said Rep. Frank Tilton, R-Laconia, chair of the Belknap County Republicans.

The Gilford Republicans' site, GilfordGOP.org, and the Belknap County Republicans' site, BelknapCountyRepublicans.org [This one! -Skip], have been in operation for a few weeks and are now really starting to pick up some steam.

Murphy, who is the webmaster behind these two technological creations, hopes to build the sites into powerhouses that are home to everything from meeting information to news about the republican party and videos of party speakers and other events.

More than that, Tilton said what the websites do is really provide a way to bring some local attention to serious state issues.

One of those issues that Tilton says could use some daylight is the state spending. With a 17.5 percent increase, Tilton said it is time for people to get involved statewide.

"It's one more forum (we can use)," said Tilton.

With local elections coming up in March and state elections following in November, these new sites will play a particularly important role.

Murphy says he hopes to have the sites set up in such a way that, while not endorsing a candidate specifically, they would let people know about each candidate and who is running for what, both at the state and local levels.

The other benefit the party is hoping to attain is increased participation within the localized party. Tilton explained that about 10 years ago the local town committees for the party really went dormant

"We are making an effort to really activate town committees (again)," said Tilton.

Murphy said that at the last Gilford Republicans meeting only six people attended.

"Now we have to do more of a push to get more people active. I see (the sites) as a way to boost Republicanism," said Murphy. "We have good ideas, we just need to get them out there."

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This Thursday the Gilford Republicans will hold a meeting at the Gilford Town Hall. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and feature guest speaker Fergus Cullen, chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party.

Er, not so much....that was our LAST meeting - it has already happened!!.  To see what did transpire, click here and see!
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The New Hampshire Republican Party also has a website, www.nhgop.org.

Please excuse our appearance as this site is still under construction.  Soon, we will be filling up with information concerning the local town Republican Committees, activities of other Republicans across the State, and from the National Headquarters.

Stay tuned - good things are coming!