NH-1: Shea-Porter (D) to retire

[KingSweden]

Well then why the hell even come back in 16?

[Strudelcutie4427]

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Shea-Porter always was too liberal for anywhere in the district outside of the Portsmouth area.
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Totally agree. Almost all of her elections were won because of UNH

[Kamala]

Regardless, I wish her a happy retirement. Thank you for your service, Ms. Shea-Porter.

[Heisenberg]

NNNOOOOOO! Ugh, my heart is pounding faster than my fingers are tying these words, and my blood is boiling just as fast. I'm almost crying, she was one of my favorite representatives. She was like, what, the only Democrat I like enough to put in my signature. Why, why, why!? This is like the worst day ever.

Yeah, I think this seat is more likely to be a D hold now that shes gone.

Shea-Porter always was too liberal for anywhere in the district outside of the Portsmouth area.

You can never be too liberal for this district.

Edit:

Regardless, I wish her a happy retirement. Thank you for your service, Ms. Shea-Porter.

This too.

[PragmaticPopulist]

NNNOOOOOO! Ugh, my heart is pounding faster than my fingers are tying these words, and my blood is boiling just as fast. I'm almost crying, she was one of my favorite representatives. She was like, what, the only Democrat I like enough to put in my signature. Why, why, why!? This is like the worst day ever.

Yeah, I think this seat is more likely to be a D hold now that shes gone.

Shea-Porter always was too liberal for anywhere in the district outside of the Portsmouth area.

You can never be too liberal for this district.

Edit:

Regardless, I wish her a happy retirement. Thank you for your service, Ms. Shea-Porter.

This too.

Do you still think NH is Titanium D and Shea-Porter will be succeeded by another Democrat?

[Figueira]

Sad to see her go, but hopefully a stronger Democrat will win her seat.

[KingSweden]

NNNOOOOOO! Ugh, my heart is pounding faster than my fingers are tying these words, and my blood is boiling just as fast. I'm almost crying, she was one of my favorite representatives. She was like, what, the only Democrat I like enough to put in my signature. Why, why, why!? This is like the worst day ever.

Yeah, I think this seat is more likely to be a D hold now that shes gone.

Shea-Porter always was too liberal for anywhere in the district outside of the Portsmouth area.

You can never be too liberal for this district.

Edit:

Regardless, I wish her a happy retirement. Thank you for your service, Ms. Shea-Porter.

This too.

Do you still think NH is Titanium D and Shea-Porter will be succeeded by another Democrat?

NH is Vibranium D. We just need an angry woman to run, 80 point landslide

[Nyvin]

I don't think dems will have too much trouble holding the seat here, the main reason 2016 was so close was because of that dumbass Shawn O’Connor.

[Strudelcutie4427]

I don't think dems will have too much trouble holding the seat here, the main reason 2016 was so close was because of that dumbass Shawn O’Connor.

And because of guintas corruption. He would've won if he was clean

[Cactus Jack]

Someone check on Treasurer. I'm worried he might actually be dying of an explosive brain hemorrhage somewhere.

[UncleSam]

This'll probably stay Dem - odd move to run again then turn around and retire, but it's hard to argue that CSH didn't help the Dems massively here. She did her job, knocked off a first-xterm incumbent in a neutral year to prevent an entrenched incumbent situation, then exited stage left once the national environment looked good enough that someone younger could take the seat and run with it indefinitely.

This'll look really dumb if Dems don't have a good replacement / lose this district, though. Trump did win this district so it definitely can't be taken for granted, even if it is one of if not the likeliest Trump CDs to swing left in 2018.

I don't think Kelly Ayotte would be a good GOP nominee given she lives in Nashua, she'd probably have a better chance of knocking off Kuster than carpet bagging to the open seat if she really wants to run for the house, to be honest. I doubt that she'll run for either, however (though I could see her running again - and probably doing as well as Feingold - in a Senate race in 4 or 6 years).

[Kingpoleon]

Jeb Bradley, Dan Innis, or Ted Gatsas would be a good nominee for this seat.

[DrScholl]

Maybe the supposedly fabulous, guaranteed winner Kelly Ayotte can run.

[Kamala]

Maybe the supposedly fabulous, guaranteed winner Kelly Ayotte can run.

Pulling a Claude Pepper.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Please don't Carol, WE LOVE YOU!!!

[MAINEiac4434]

She just sent an email to her supporters. It's official.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSz16ngdsG0

[Shadows]

Likely D. Will be Safe D by the time the poll approaches. The GOP shouldn't waste resources with this seat.

[Holmes]

Likely D. Will be Safe D by the time the poll approaches. The GOP shouldn't waste resources with this seat.

I agree. Republicans will have a hard time defending some seats next year, let alone spending money trying to pick some up.

[erſatz-york]

Mitt Romney has a home in the district.

[smoltchanov]

Likely D. Will be Safe D by the time the poll approaches. The GOP shouldn't waste resources with this seat.

I agree. Republicans will have a hard time defending some seats next year, let alone spending money trying to pick some up.

Obviously not. Republicans know that they will have tough defence in many districts, and that they must go on offence at least somewhere to compensate for that. And NH-01 is their "second chance" after MN-01. So they definitely will run as strong candidate as possible here.

[136or142]

Well then why the hell even come back in 16?

Maybe she wanted to run against Frank Guinta one more time.

[Heisenberg]

Well then why the hell even come back in 16?

Maybe she wanted to run against Frank Guinta one more time.

She probably wanted to be remembered as the one who came out victorious at the end of this back-and-forth drama.

[Cactus Jack]

Well then why the hell even come back in 16?

Maybe she wanted to run against Frank Guinta one more time.

She probably wanted to be remembered as the one who came out victorious at the end of this back-and-forth drama.

As much as I think the running New Hampshire gag going between you and Treasurer is a bit silly (I say that fondly), you're probably right on the money here. Likely the same reason Schneider came back one last time against Dold, though Schneider is much likelier to stay where he is.

[MT Treasurer]

Lol. Well, RIP FF, this is actually pretty sad news (NH-01 can definitely do A LOT worse than CSP). Democrats should still win the GE fairly easily, and I expect NH-01 to be just as Democratic-friendly as NH-02 very soon (it's trending strongly Democratic, whether people like it or not).

[PragmaticPopulist]

Lol. Well, RIP FF, this is actually pretty sad news (NH-01 can definitely do A LOT worse than CSP). Democrats should still win the GE fairly easily, and I expect NH-01 to be just as Democratic-friendly as NH-02 very soon (it's trending strongly Democratic, whether people like it or not).

>Trump wins NH-01 by nearly 2% after Obama won it easily in 2012.
>MT Treasurer: trending D