There are three specials elections on January 12, 2010. The NHLA board of directors has endorsed some of the candidates. We encourage you to support these pro-liberty candidates.

GENERAL ELECTION - Rockingham District 8 (Kingston, Hampstead, and Plaistow) for State Representative. Voters will choose between Democrat Norman R. Hurley of Kingston and **NHLA-endorsed Republican Kenneth L. Weyler** of Kingston to fill an empty House seat.

GENERAL ELECTION - Sullivan County District 2 (Croydon, Goshen, Newport, Springfield, and Washington) for State Representative. Voters will choose between Democrat Arthur J. Jillette, Jr. of Goshen and **NHLA-endorsed Republican “Steve” Cunningham** of Croydon who submitted the NHLA’s candidate survey and earned a perfect 100 score on our pro-liberty scale.

PRIMARY ELECTION – State Senate District 16 (Bow, Candia, Dunbarton, Hooksett, Manchester Wards 1, 2, and 12) for Ted Gatsas’ Senate seat. Voters will choose between Republicans “Terry” Pfaff of Hooksett and **NHLA-endorsed David R. Boutin** of Hooksett to see who will advance to the general election. Democrat “Jeff” Goley of Manchester is running uncontested and Independent Joseph “JR” Hoell of Dunbarton, who submitted the NHLA’s candidate survey and earned a perfect 100 score on our pro-liberty scale, still needs to finish petitioning to be on the ballot. The general election for this race is on February 16th.

There is a fourth special election in Coos County District 2. Candidates need to file this week December 21 – 28, 2009 to be eligible for the primary election on February 2nd and general election March 9th. Stay tuned to the NHLA calendar for updates in this race.

Endorsements are based on candidate surveys and/or Liberty Rating scores from previous House incumbency voting records. Surveys have been mailed to the other candidates, but not returned by the date of this newsletter. For more discussion on these elections and candidates, visit the forum board at http://forum.nhliberty.org/index.php?topic=2664.0.