NH-SD01: Senate District 1 candidates make their case to champion the North Country

Both candidates for New Hampshire Senate District 1 – a massive chunk of land in the northern third of the state – say the region is often forgotten in Concord. At the crux of their campaigns, then, is this question: Who will make the North Country heard?

Republican Rep. David Rochefort of Littleton and Democratic newcomer Rusty Talbot of Sugar Hill each said they’ve knocked on roughly a thousand doors to make their pitch to voters. They talk about many of the same issues, such as housing, education, child care, and the influx of out-of-state trash.

A thousand doors is no small feat in a sparsely populated region that is more than twice the size of Rhode Island. Just under 56,000 people live in the roughly 2,300-square-mile district. It makes up most of Coos County – the poorest area of the state – and a chunk of Grafton County.

Whoever wins the election on Nov. 5 will replace Sen. Carrie Gendreau, a Littleton Republican who did not seek reelection after her two-year term. As a Littleton selectwoman, she ignited criticism over her opposition to LGBTQ art in town and told the Boston Globe that “homosexuality is an abomination.” In the Senate, she signed onto a failed bill that would ban abortion, except in medical emergencies, after 15 days and another that would give parents access to their children’s library records. All six bills she was the prime sponsor of – on topics including metal detecting, lumber, and studying automobile insurance – failed to pass.




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