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| Do
Endorsements Matter?
Whether or not endorsements make any difference on Primary Night is debatable, but they are important in the pre-primary period when developing campaigns strive to build credibility. Campaigns go to considerable effort to round up endorsements. The first targets are prominent party leaders including elected officials, former officials, erstwhile candidates, and party activists. New Hampshire, with a 400-member House of Representatives (the fourth largest legislative body in the English-speaking world), presents a wealth of opportunities. In addition, campaigns seek support of community activists and business and civic leaders; Democratic candidates also woo labor support. Finally, newspaper endorsements are highly prized. The timing and format of endorsement announcements can be significant. A mass endorsement, with elected officials lined up behind the candidate, can draw significant attention. Alternatively, rolling out a steady stream of endorsements over a period of time can bolster the impression of a growing campaign. Picking up a prominent supporter who had formerly been with another campaign is regarded as a coup, worthy of a press release or press conference. Those that have endorsements trumpet them; those that don't argue that endorsements really don't matter and that anyhow they are pursuing a grassroots strategy. Texas Gov. George W. Bush, receiving the endorsements of a majority of Iowa's Republican state legislators on September 1, 1999, stated, "These legislators bring credibility, on-the-ground leadership and support to my campaign..." Almost by definition "establishment candidates" are able to rack up endorsements from large numbers of elected officials. For others in the field, even a few elected official endorsements can help with credibility. An endorser may play an active role in the campaign, serving as a surrogate, appearing with the candidate, making calls and rallying up support, or he or she may do nothing more than allow his or her name to be listed on the campaign's leadership team or steering committee. The process of building support and endorsements among specific groups, such as farmers or educators, is known as coalitions, and is an area of the campaign unto itself. In sum, endorsements, like fundraising prowess and campaign organization, are an element that contributes to credibility. Ultimately, however, voters' decisions are based on their views of a candidate's experience, ideas and values. |
| Key Endorsements by Candidate | updated Feb. 4, 2000. |
THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
Gary Bauer
State
Representatives:
Bob
Boyce (Alton Bay) Belknap/5
David
C. Corbin (Stratham) Rockingham/25
Gary
Torressen (Moultonborough) Carroll/10
Mike
Gillman (Littleton) Grafton/1
George W. Bush
U.S.
Sen. Judd Gregg
U.S.
Rep. Charlie Bass (R-2nd District)
Executive
Councilors: Ruth L. Griffin, Raymond S. Burton (fmrly
Alexander), Tom Colantuono and Bernie Streeter
(fmrly
Alexander)
State Senators: none
announced
| State
Representatives:
61 legislative endorsements ("the first wave") formally announced on 11/18/99 John R.M. Alger (Rumney) Grafton/9 Peter F. Bergin (Amherst) Hillsborough/16 Thomas J. Boriso (Meredith) Belknap/1 Jeb E. Bradley (Wolfeboro) Carroll/8 Julie M. Brown (Rochester) Strafford/17 Leon Calawa Jr. (Litchfield) Hillsborough/17 -fmrly Alexander Gene Chandler, House Majority Leader (Bartlett) Carroll/1 -fmrly Alexander John S. Cobb (Woodsville) Grafton/5 Patricia L. Cote (Danville) Rockingham/9 Pamela D. Coughlin (Mont Vernon) Hillsborough/12 -fmrly Alexander Russell N. Cox (New Castle) Rockingham/24 Griffin T. Dalianis (Nashua) Hillsborough/35 -fmrly Alexander Perley E. Davis (Colebrook) Coos/1 William J. Desrosiers (Manchester) Hillsborough/45 Larry Emerton (Goffstown) Hillsborough/7 Dennis H. Fields (Merrimack) Hillsborough/18 Natalie S. Flanagan (Atkinson) Rockingham/14 David A. Flanders (Exeter) Rockingham/20 John W. Flanders, Sr., Assistant Majoirty Whip (Kingston) Rockingham/18 -fmrly Alexander Sheila T. Francouer (Hampton) Rockingham/22 Eugene L. Gagnon (Manchester) Hillsborough/48 Warren Henderson (Exeter) Rockingham/20 Keith Herman (Milford) Hillsborough/13 -fmrly Dole Robert G. Holbrook (Laconia) Belknap/7 Lynn C. Horton (Lancaster) Coos/3 Bruce F. Hunter (Goffstown) Hillsborough/7 -fmrly Alexander Robert A. Johnson (Northwood) Rockingham/1 George N. Katsakiores (Derry) Rockingham/13 Phyllis M. Katsakiores (Derry) Rockingham/13 Rudolph J. Kobel (Candia) Rockingham/6 Neal M. Kurk (Weare) Hillsborough/5 Allen K. MacNeil (Plymouth) Grafton/7 Norman L. Major (Plaistow) Rockingham/16 Winston H. McCarty (Manchester) Hillsborough/38 Tim McGough (Merrimack) Hillsborough/18 Robert H. Milligan (Merrimack) Hillsborough/18 Henry P. Mock (Jackson) Carroll/3 Charles Morse (Salem) Rockingham/28 William E. Mosher (Nashua) Hillsborough/30 George T. Musler (Barrington) Strafford/6 Dawn C. Nolan-Piteri (Nashua) Hillsborough/34 Jane E. O’Hearn (Nashua) Hillsborough/26 Sherman A. Packard (Londonderry) Rockingham/29 -fmrly Alexander Donald R. Philbrick (Eaton) Carroll/4 Neil J. Reardon (Hampstead) Rockingham/15 Sandra Reeves (Manchester) Hillsborough/37 H. Charles Royce (Jaffrey) Cheshire/9 Edwin O. Smith (Hinsdale) Cheshire/6 Barbara L. Spear (Farmington) Strafford/3 -fmrly Alexander Joan C. Tate (Hudson) Hillsborough/23 -fmrly Dole John E. Tholl Jr. (Whitefield) Coos/5 O. Alan Thulander (Francestown) Hillsborough/6 Franklin Torr (Dover) Strafford/12 William Tsiros (Farmington) Strafford/3 J. Arthur Tufts (Exeter) Rockingham/20 Brien L. Ward (Littleton) Grafton/1 David A. Welch, Assistant Majority Leader (Kingston) Rockingham/18 -fmrly Alexander Kenneth L. Weyler (Kingston) Rockingham/18 Michael Whalley, Majority Whip (Bow) Merrimack/5 David S. Woodward (Milan) Coos/7 William R. Zolla (Derry) Rockingham/13 |
Newspapers:
The
Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence, MA)--1/23/00
Foster's
Daily Democrat (Dover, paid circ. daily 25,027, Sun. 30,417)--1/13/00
The
Citizen (Laconia, paid circ. daily 9,848, Sun. 30,417)--1/13/00
Steve Forbes
State Senators:
Mary Brown (District 17-Chichester)
Pat Krueger (District 16-Manchester)
State Representatives:
Ronald Belanger (Salem)
Rockingham/26
Stephanie Eaton (Littleton)
Grafton/1
Richard "Stretch" Kennedy
(Contoocook) Merrimack/7
Gerard Lavoie (Allenstown)
Merrimack/12
Betsy McKinney (Londonderry)
Rockingham/29
Karen McRae (Goffstown)
Hillsborough/7
Bernie Raynowska (North
Salem) Rockingham/26
Tom Rice (Laconia) Belknap/7
-fmrly
Smith
Walter Ruffner (Stratham)
Rockingham/25
Maxwell Sargent, Assistant
Majority Whip (Hillsboro) Hillsborough/3
Nancy Stickney (Salem) Rockingham/26
Nancy Wall (Hollis) Hillsborough/22
Newspapers:
Weirs
Times (Lake Winnipesaukee, weekly, 30,000 issues)--10/7/99
Union
Leader (Manchester, paid circ. daily 63,438, Sun. 85,414)--12/3/99
Alan Keyes
Paul Mirski (Enfield) Grafton/12
Phil Weber (Grafton) Grafton/11
John McCain
Executive
Councilor: Peter Spaulding chairman
of NH campaign
State
Senators: Leo Fraser (District 4-Pittsfield), Fred King (District 1-Colebrook),
Jim Squires (District 12-Hollis)
State Representatives:
Kathy Flora (Bedford) Hillsborough/15
vice
chairman of NH campaign
David Young (Langdon) Sullivan/6
vice
chairman of NH campaign
Stephen Avery (Dublin) Cheshire/8
-fmrly
Alexander
David Babson (Ossipee) Carroll/5
Roland Beaupre (Manchester)
Hillsborough/44
Franklin Bishop (Raymond)
Rockingham/12
Richard Brewster (Andover)
Merrimack/1
Russell
D. Bridle (Hampton) Rockingham/22
-fmrly Bush
Richard
Brothers (Campton) Grafton/6
Peg
Case (Nottingham) Rockingham/2 -fmrly
Alexander
Vivian
Clark (Hampstead) Rockingham/17 -fmrly
Alexander
Robert
Clegg (Hudson) Hillsborough/23 -fmrly
Alexander
Richard
Cooney (Salem) Rockingham/26
Larry
Cossette (Rochester) Strafford/19
Stanley Czech (Alton) Belknap/5-fmrly
Alexander
Janeen Dalrymple (Salem)
Rockingham/26
Francis Davis (Pembroke)
Merrimack/12
Vivian Desmarais (Manchester)
Hillsborough/43
Howard Dickinson (Center
Conway) Carroll/2 -fmrly
Bush
Cynthia Dokmo (Amherst)
Hillsborough/14
Teri
Dudley (West Lebanon) Grafton/14 -fmrly
Alexander
Susan
Durham (Hollis) Hillsborough/22 -fmrly
Alexander
Jim
Fenton (Pelham) Hillsborough/24
Martin
Feuerstein (Franklin) Merrimack/13
Gordon
Flint (Newport) Sullivan/4
John
Gallus (Berlin) Coos/7
John Gleason (Derry) Rockingham/13
-fmrly
Alexander
Ken Grant (Atkinson) Rockingham/17
Lawrence Guay (Gorham) Coos/6
Elizabeth Hager (Concord)
Merrimack/18
Herb Hansen (Hillsborough)
Hillsborough/2
Hoby Harmon (Bristol) Grafton/8
Hap Hinman (Plymouth) Grafton/7-fmrly
Kasich
Elizabeth
Hoadley (Concord) Merrimack/24
Karen
Hutchinson (Londonderry) Rockingham/29
Alf
Jacobson (New London) Merrimack/2
Constance
Jones (Grantham) Sullivan/3
Sandra
Keans (Rochester) Strafford/16
William
Kelley (Raymond) Rockingham/12
Joseph
Kenney (Sanbornville) Carroll/6
Richard
LaRose (Nashua) Hillsborough/27
Jane
Langley (Rye Beach) Rockingham/24
Peter
Leishman (Milford) Hillsborough/13
Richard
Leone (Sunapee) Sullivan/2
Rudy
Lessard (Hudson) Hillsborough/23
Joseph
Manning (Jaffrey) Cheshire/9
Gene
Marshall (Lisbon) Grafton/2
Roy
Maxfield (Loudon) Merrimack/9
Irene
M. Messier (Manchester) Hillsborough/46
-fmrly
Dole
Edward
Moran (Bedford) Hillsborough/15
Tim
O'Connell (Milford) Hilsborough/13
Dean
Ouellette (Manchester) Hillsborough/42
Leo
Pepino (Manchester) Hillsborough/40
-fmrly
Bush
Paul
Perkins (Weare) Hillsborough/5
Andy
Peterson (Peterborough) Hillsborough/8
William
Phinney (Bristol) Grafton/8
Al
Picconi (Lebanon) Grafton/14
David
Poulin (Penacook) Merrimack/14
Ralph
Rosen (Laconia) Belknap/7
Robert
Rowe (Amherst) Hillsborough/14
George
Rubin (Stratham) Rockingham/25
Norma
Sabella (Derry) Rockingham/13
Frank
Sapareto (Derry) Rockingham/13
David
Scanlan (Canaan) Grafton/11
Joseph
Stone (Deerfield) Rockingham/7
Donald
Stritch (Auburn) Rockingham/5
Tom
Varrell (Danville) Rockingham/9
Everett
Weare (Seabrook) Rockingham/21
Don
White (Hudson) Hillsborough/25
Jim
Whittemore (Franklin) Merrimack/13
John
Whittier (Kingston) Rockingham/18
D.J.
Withee (Bedford) Hillsborough/15
Newspapers:
The
Conway Daily Sun (Mount Washington Valley, free Mon.-Sat., circ.
15,000)--1/31/00
Derry
News (published
Tues. and Fri. paid circ. just over 10,000)--1/28/00
Boston Herald--1/28/00
The
Mountain Ear (Conway,
published Thurs., 12,000 issues)--1/27/00
The
Berlin Reporter (paid
circ. Mon.-Sat. around 5,000)--1/23/00
The
Telegraph (Nashua,
paid circ. 28,061, Sun. 33,898))--1/23/00
Concord
Monitor (paid
circ. daily 21,310, Sun. 23,150)--1/23/00
The
Valley News (Lebanon/Hanover, paid circ. daily 17,618, Sun. 17,519))--1/24/00
Eagle-Times
(Claremont, paid circ. daily 8,263, Sun. 9,308)--1/20/00
Boston
Globe--1/16/00
Littleton
Courier
Granite
State News, Carroll County Independent, Meredith News, Plymouth Record
Enterprise, Rochester & Dover Times (weeklies)--1/12/00
Portsmouth
Herald (Portsmouth;
paid circ. daily 14,389, Sun. 19,476)--1/11/00 also, same ownership,
the Hampton Union and the News-Letter (Exeter)
Orrin Hatch
Before he withdrew (1/26/00)
Hatch had garnered endorsements of:
none
known
Elizabeth Dole
Before she withdrew Dole
had garnered endorsements of:
State Representatives:
Pamela D. Coughlin (Mont
Vernon) Hillsborough/12
Suzan L.R. Franks (Nashua)
Hillsborough/26
Keith R. Herman (Milford)
Hillsbourough
/13
Karen K. Hutchinson (Londonerry)
Rockingham/29
Irene M. Messier (Manchester)
Hillsborough/46
Dave G. Poulin (Penacook)
Merrimack/14
Marie N. Rabideau (Plaistow)
Rockingham/16
Joan C. Tate (Huston) Hillsborough/23
Dan Quayle
Before he withdrew Quayle
had garnered endorsements of:
State Senator: Art
Klemm (District 22-Windham)
State Representatives:
Bob Chabot (Manchester)
Hillsborough/48
Bob Clegg (Hudson) Hillsborough/23
Mary Griffin (Windham) Rockingham/27
Walt Mikowlski (Londonderry)
Rockingham/29
Mary Lou Nowe (Epping) Rockingham/3
Ron Nowe (Epping) Rockingham/4
Nancy Wall (Hollis) Hillsborough/22
Fran Wendelboe (New Hampton)
Belknap/2-fmrly
Dole
John Kasich
Kasich's exploratory
effort had the backing of:
State Rep. Hap Hinman (Plymouth)
Grafton/7
State Sen. Carl Johnson
(District 3-Meredith), the Senate Republican leader
Lamar Alexander
Before he withdrew Alexander
had garnered endorsements of:
Executive
Councilors: Bernard A. Streeter, Raymond S. Burton
State Senator: Leo
Fraser (District 4-Pittsfield)
State Representatives:
David Alukonis (Hudson)
Hillsborough/23
Frederick Andrews (Nashua)
Hillsborough/34
Steve Avery (Dublin) Cheshire/8
Leon Calawa, Jr. (Litchfield)
Hillsborough/17
Peg Case (Nottingham) Rockingham/2
Gene Chandler (Bartlett)
Carroll/1
Vivian Clark (Hampstead)
Rockingham/17
Robert Clegg Jr. (Hudson)
Hillsborough/23
Pamela Coughlin (Mont Vernon)
Hillsborough/12
Stanley
Czech (Alton) Belknap/5
Griffin
Dalianis (Nashua) Hillsborough/35
Richard
Dolan (Raymond) Rockingham/12
Patricia
Dowling (Derry) Rockingham/13
Terri
Dudley (Lebanon) Grafton/14
Susan
Durham (Hollis) Hillsborough/22
Merton
Dyer (Peterborough) Hillsborough/8
Dennis
Fields (Merrimack) Hillsborough/18
John
Flanders, Sr. (Kingston) Rockingham/18
John
Gleason (Derry) Rockingham/13
Bonnie
Ham (Woodstock) Grafton/4
Bruce
F. Hunter (Goffstown) Hillsborough/7
Bob
Letourneau (Derry) Rockingham/13
Randy
Lyman (Ossipee) Carroll/5
Ken
MacDonald (Wolfeboro) Carroll/7
Sherman
Packard (Londonderry) Rockingham/29
Ed
Putnam II (Hampstead) Rockingham/15
Barbara
Spear (Farmington) Strafford/3
Albert
Weare (Seabrook) Rockingham/21
David
Welch (Kingston) Rockingham/18
Bob Smith
Before he withdrew Smith
had garnered the endorsement of:
Tom Rice (Laconia) Belknap/7
Neutral
State Rep. Fran Wendelboe
(New Hampton) Belknap/2 -initially
with Dole, then with Quayle
Mary Lou Nowe (Epping) Rockingham/3
Ron
Nowe (Epping) Rockingham/4 -initially
with Quayle; sheperded Sen. Orrin Hatch around at a number of events but
did not formally endorse him
THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
Bill Bradley
State Senators: Mark
Fernald (District 11-Sharon), Clifton Below (District 5-Lebanon)
State Representatives:
| Dennis Abbott (Newmarket)
-fmrly
Gore
David Allison (Cornish) Susan Almy (Lebanon) Frank Callaghan (Rochester) Jim Curran (Hancock) Tom Donovan (Claremont) Marilyn Fraser (Concord) Gary Gilmore (Dover) Ruth Ginsburg (Nashua) Rebecca Hutchinson (Deerfield) Jane Kelley (Hampton) Peter Leonard (Manchester) Don Lent (Durham) -fmrly Gore Paul McGuirk (North Walpole) Harold Melcher (Wilton) Carol Moore (Concord) Patricia O'Keefe (Seabrook) Arthur Pelletier (Dover) James Phiziny (Acworth) Barbara Richardson (Richmond) Tom Roberston (Keene) Beth Rodd (Bradford) Judith Spang (Durham) Kathleen Taylor (Dover) Charles Vaughn (Portsmouth) |
Rockingham/19
Sullivan/10 Grafton/14 Strafford/15 Hillsborough/9 Sullivan/11 Merrimack/21 Strafford/11 Hillsborough/26 Rockingham/8 Rockingham/22 Hillsborough/39 Strafford/8 Cheshire/1 Hillsborough/11 Merrimack/19 Rockingham/21 Strafford/12 Sullivan/7 Cheshire/12 Cheshire/18 Merrimack/3 Strafford/8 Strafford/11 Rockingham/35 |
Newspapers:
The
Conway Daily Sun (Mount Washington Valley)--1/31/00
Derry
News (published
Tues. and Fri. paid circ. just over 10,000)--1/28/00
Boston Herald (MA)--1/27/00
Caledonian Record (Northeast
Vermont and the North Country of NH)--1/25/00
Foster's
Daily Democrat (Dover, paid circ. daily 25,027, Sun. 30,417)--1/25/00
The
Citizen (Laconia, paid circ. daily 9,848, Sun. 30,417)--1/25/00
The
Berlin Reporter (paid
circ. Mon.-Sat. around 5,000)--1/23/00
The
Telegraph (Nashua,
paid circ. 28,061, Sun. 33,898))--1/23/00
The
Valley News (Lebanon/Hanover, paid circ. daily 17,618, Sun. 17,519))--1/23/00
The
Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence, MA)--1/23/00
Littleton Courier--1/18/00
Granite
State News, Carroll County Independent, Meredith News, Plymouth Record
Enterprise, Rochester & Dover Times (weeklies)--1/12/00
Al Gore
Governor: Jeanne
Shaheen
| State
Senators: (the 10 endorsed Gore 6/3/99)
Sylvia Larsen (District 15-Concord) Burt Cohen, Democratic Leader (District 24-New Castle) Lou D'Allesandro (District 20-Manchester) George Disnard (District 8-Claremont) John King (District 18-Manchester) Caroline McCarley (District 6-Rochester) Debora "Deb" Pignatelli (District 13-Nashua) Rick Trombly (District 7-Boscawen) Katherine "Katie" Wheeler (District 21-Durham) [Clesson "Junie" Blaisdell, Senate President (District 10-Keene) died in August] |
| Belknap
Jane Wood (Laconia) Belknap/7 Carroll Cheshire
Coos
|
Merrimack
Candace White Bouchard (Concord) Merrimack/22 Toni Crosby (Concord) Merrimack/20 Gabriel Daneault (Allenstown) Merrimack/12 Mary Stuart Gile (Concord) Merrimack/16 Tara Reardon (Concord) Merrimack/23 Gloria Seldin (concord) Merrimack/17 Carolyn Virtue (Loudon)Merrimack/9 Jean Wallin (Concord) Merrimack/15 |
| Grafton
Marion Copenhaver (Etna) Grafton/5 Sharon Nordgren (Hanover) Grafton/10 |
|
| Hillsborough
Richard Ahern (Manchester) Hillsborough/38 Rose H. Arthur (Merrimack) Hillsborough/18 Benjamin Baroody (Manchester) Hillsborough/42 Raymond Buckley, Dem. Whip (Manchester) Hillsborough/44 James Burkush (Manchester) Hillsborough/45 Jane Clemons (Nashua) Hillsborough/31 David Cote (Nashua) Peter Cote (Nashua) James Craig (Manchester) Hillsborough/38 Robert Daigle (Nashua) Theresa Drabinowicz (Nashua) Hillsborough/36 Paul Dwyer (Manchester) Hillsborough/43 Linda T. Foster (Mont Vernon) Hillsborough/10 Paul Gagnon (Manchester) Hillsborough/48 Linda L. Garrish (Manchester) Hillsborough/37 Jeff Goley (Manchester) Hillsborough/37 Mary Gorman (Nashua) Alphonse Haettenschwiller (Nashua) Robert Haley (Manchester) Hillsborough/43 Lionel Johnson (Manchester) Hillsborough/40 Harvey Keye (Nashua) Christine Konys (Nashua) Hillsborough/33 Bette Lasky (Nashua) Hillsborough/33 George LaPorte (Manchester) Hillsborough/39 Philip McColgan, Jr. (Pelham) Leslie Mendenhall (Nashua) Hillsborough/31 Mary Moriarty (Merrimack) Hillsborough/18 William J. McCarthy (Manchester) ?? Robert Murphy (Manchester) Hillsborough/42 Mary Ouellette (Nashua) Hillsborough/27 Frank Reidy (Manchester) Hillsborough/46 Anthony Simon (Manchester) Hillsborough/40 Roland Turgeon (Manchester) Hillsborough/47 Alice McDonough Wallace (Manchester) ?? John M. White (Manchester) Hillsborough/46 Carol Ann Williams (Manchester) Hillsborough/39 |
Strafford
Roger Berube (Somersworth) Strafford/14 William P. Brennan (Rochester) Strafford/16 George Brown (Rochester) Strafford/17 Marlene M. DeChane (Barrington) Strafford/6 Baldwin Domingo (Dover) Strafford/12 Anne C. Grassie (Rochester) Strafford/19 Richard Heon (Somersworth) Strafford/14 Nancy K. Johnson (Union) Strafford/5 Raymond Ludborn (Rochester) Strafford/18 Marsha Pelletier (Dover) Strafford/12 Michael Rollo (Rollinsford) Strafford/10 Marjorie Smith (Durham) Strafford/8 Joseph Twardus (Dover) Strafford/13 Francis Vincent (Somersworth) Strafford/14 Dennis Vachon (Strafford) Strafford/4 Janet Wall (Madbury) ?? Sullivan
Rockingham
|
Newspapers:
Portsmouth
Herald (paid circ. daily 14,389, Sun. 19,476)--1/14/00
Boston
Globe--1/16/00
Concord
Monitor (paid
circ. daily 21,310, Sun. 23,150)--1/24/00
The
Keene Sentinel (paid circ. daily 14,590, Sun. 13,521)--1/26/00
Notes:
The Union Leader
endorsement was made public on the evening of Dec. 2, following the WMUR-TV
debate in Manchester; when it was thought it would have maximum impact.
Forbes aides distributed copies of the endorsement in media filing center
following the debate. The endorsement was highlighted in a Forbes
TV ad > that
ran in Iowa and NH starting Dec. 7. The campaign also ran full page
ads reprinting the entire Union Leader endorsement in major Iowa
newspapers.
The Nashua Telegraph's editorial board consists of Tarrence Williams (publisher), George Geers (editor), Marty Karlon (managing editor) and Claudette Durocher (editorial page editor).
The Concord Monitor had two ed board meetings each with Bradley and McCain, and one each with Alexander, Bauer, Forbes, Hatch and Gore. The paper "asked Bush early and often, but he never came in." A meeting was finally scheduled near the end of the campaign, tentatively according to the Bush people, but he canceled it after the Monitor ran an editorial questioning his half-hearted campaign in New Hampshire ("Virtual candidate"--Jan. 14). Scheduling conflicts caused a last minute cancellation of the meeting with Keyes. The ed board consists of Tom Brown (publisher), Mark Travis (editorial page editor) and Mike Pride (editor).
The Keene Sentinel's editorial board extended invitations to all the major candidates. Gore, Bradley, McCain (twice, once in late summer 1999 and again in mid-January) and Elizabeth Dole met with the board. Keyes accepted but could not come until Jan. 27; the paper planned to endorse before that date so his campaign cancelled the meeting. The board consists of Thomas Ewing (publisher), James Rousmaniere (editor), Thomas Kearney (executive editor), Sunday features editor Katherine Cox (Sunday features editor), and Guy MacMillin (editorial page editor).
The Portsmouth Herald has an editorial board of seven people which meets weekly to talk about what the paper will editorializing about in the coming week. They are: John Tabor (publisher), Dave Solomon (managing editor), Lars Trodson (editorial page editor), Jane Murphy (city desk editor), John Brenneman (Sunday paper editor), Christine Gillette (business editor), and editor of The Hampton Union and The News-Letter (Exeter) weekly papers Jason Screiber. Screiber was not at the endorsement meeting; present instead was York, Maine bureau chief Larry Favinger. Trodson said the group had "protracted discussions about who we would endorse on both the Republican and the Democratic side, weighing all the available information."
The Eagle Times invited all candidates to meet with its editorial board; Sen. McCain and Sen. Paul Wellstone on behalf of Sen. Bradley took advantage of the opportunity. The Eagle Times ed board consists of: Harvey D. Hill (owner and president), Alan S. Grigsby (publisher), Patrick O'Grady (managing editor), Randy Holhut (editor), and Lawrence (Poody) Walsh (sports editor).
The Derry News' endorsements were written by political reporter James Buchanan, based on conversations with editor Theresa Walton and the paper's Londonderry editor.
The Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence, MA) has a New Hampshire circulation of about 16,500 out of a total circulation of 56,000. The endorsement was arrived at by consensus of the editorial board and the publisher. The ed board consists of Steve Lambert (editor), Alan White (assistant managing editor/news), Jeff McMenemy (assistant managing editor/New Hampshire), Steve Billingham (assistant managing editor/administration and operations, Sondra Longo (assistant managing editor/features) and Ken Johnson (editorial page editor); the publisher is Chip Rogers.