Democratic primary candidates line up behind election winners

MANCHESTER - After a contentious primary, Democratic candidates for governor and Congress engaged in a display of solidarity at their unity breakfast on Thursday, pledging to work together for victory in November.

“On Tuesday, voters came out in full force to make their voices heard, and now it's time for us to come together and unite as a party across the Granite State,” state party chair Ray Buckley told a packed room at the Derryfield Country Club.

Unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Marchand, a former mayor of Portsmouth, pledged his support to former state Sen. Molly Kelly, who had beaten him handily in Tuesday's election.

After receiving a long standing ovation from the crowd, Marchand said the differences between Democratic candidates in the primary were “inches compared to the chasm that New Hampshire voters face between candidates in November. We are making decisions now that will impact the next 20 to 40 years of the state we love.”

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