New Hampshire Democratic Party
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New Hampshire Democratic Party
| New Hampshire Democratic Party | |
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| Chairman | Raymond Buckley |
| Headquarters | Concord, New Hampshire |
| Ideology | American Liberalism Progressivism Center-left Internal factions: Conservative Democrats |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Official colors | Blue |
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| www.nhdp.org | |
| Politics of the United States Political parties Elections |
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The New Hampshire Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of New Hampshire. The chair is Raymond Buckley. The vice chairs are Martha Fuller Clark and Jane Clemmons. The current governor is John Lynch who was first elected in 2005.
The New Hampshire Democratic Party has played a pivotal role in election process for the President of the United States. New Hampshire playing the part of being the first primary in the nation. Local Democrats in New Hampshire have huge power in determining the out comes of elections.
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Current elected officials
The New Hampshire Democratic Party holds the governor's office and one of the state's U.S. Senate seats.
Member of Congress
U.S. Senate
Jeanne Shaheen is the first woman in United States history to be elected to both a governorship and a US senator. She served for three terms as New Hampshire's governor between 1997-2003. In 2008 she became the first woman elected to the US Senate from New Hampshire. In the senate she chairs the Committee on Foreign Relation's Subcommittee on European Affairs as well as the Energy and Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Water and Power. [1]
Statewide office
John Lynch was first elected to the governorship of New Hampshire in 2005 he has gone on to win reelection every two years for a historic four times. [2]
Legislative
2010 party platform
New Hampshire Democratic Party platform is a pledge of support for building a stronger New Hampshire. It consists of four key areas of interest. These include building a stronger economy, supporting New Hampshire's families, strengthening the community, and providing an honest government. [3]
New Hampshire primary
New Hampshire holds the first primary in the nation to kick off an election cycle every four years. This is a part of the long process in choosing nominations for both the Democratic and Republican parties. New Hampshire plays a key role in choosing nominees due to the massive amounts of media attention it gets. Being first involves having a huge impact on the process as a whole by setting the bar for latter states.
New Hampshire has been a bellwether for politicians seeking election. A weak showing in New Hampshire has caused office seekers to drop out of the race early. In 1952 and in 1968 Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson both drop their reelection campaigns after poor showings in the New Hampshire primary. [4]
New Hampshire started holding a primary in 1916 and has held the First in the Nation primary since 1920. At first voters could only vote on delegates to send the party national conventions. It was Richard F. Upton, speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, who amended the law to allow for direct vote of presidential candidates. In 1952 New Hampshire voters started voting for the candidates. [5]
This new law inspired the voters of New Hampshire to write in Dwight D. Eisenhower name as a candidate for the 1952 Republican New Hampshire primary ballot. Eisenhower was able to beat Republican Party leader Robert Taft without Eisenhower even going to the state. He would go on to win the nomination and become President. [6]
Presidential primary winners
- 2008:Hillary Clinton
- 2004:John Kerry
- 2000:Al Gore
- 1996:Bill Clinton
- 1992:Paul Tsongas
- 1988:Michael Dukakis
- 1984:Gary Hart
- 1980:Jimmy Carter
- 1976:Jimmy Carter
- 1972:Edmund Muskie
- 1968:Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1964:Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1960:John F. Kennedy
- 1956:Estes Kefauver
- 1952:Estes Kefauver
Past elected officials
Governor
- William Badger
- John Page (New Hampshire)
- Henry Hubbard
- John Hardy Steele
- Jared Warner Williams
- Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr.
- Noah Martin
- Nathaniel Bradley Baker
- James Adams Weston
- Samuel Demeritt Felker
- Fred Herbert Brown
- John W. King
- Hugh J. Gallen
- Robert B. Monier
- WIlliam Michael Gardner
U.S. Senate
- Fred Herbert Brown
- Joseph Cilley
- John A. Durkin
- Henry French Hollis
- Thomas James McIntyre
- Moses Norris, Jr.
- Leonard Wilcox
- Levi Woodbury
U.S. House
See Also
References
- ^ Official Senator for New Hampshire, http://shaheen.senate.gov/
- ^ Official Governor of New Hampshire Website, http://www.governor.nh.gov/
- ^ New Hampshire Democratic Party, http://nhdp.org/
- ^ Primary Politics: How Presidential Candidates Have Shaped the Modern Nominating System, Elaine C. Kamarck
- ^ Primary Politics: How Presidential Candidates Have Shaped the Modern Nominating System, Elaine C. Kamarck
- ^ Primary Politics: How Presidential Candidates Have Shaped the Modern Nominating System, Elaine C. Kamarck
- ^ The Encyclopedia of the Democratic Party: Volume Three, Edited by George Thomas Kurian
- ^ The Encyclopedia of the Democratic Party: Volume Three, Edited by George Thomas Kurian
- ^ The Encyclopedia of the Democratic Party: Volume Three, Edited by George Thomas Kurian
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