Headquarters New Hampshire

Photo Report--late-September 1999, revised and updated late-October.

Photos Copyright 1999 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action. All rights reserved.

Republican Candidates
Sept. Report
June Report

(late Oct.)

(late Oct.)

A number of changes occurred in the Republican field since the September report. Following Dan Quayle's exit, Elizabeth Dole pulled out of the race. Pat Buchanan switched to the Reform Party, but maintained his New Hampshire office. Alan Keyes opened a New Hampshire campaign office in the former Quayle location and Orrin Hatch opened his campaign office on Pleasant Street in Concord, just off Main Street.

**Democratic Candidates**
Bradley
	State Headquarters--Concord (late Oct.)

	New Headquarters--Manchester

Gore
	State Headquarters--Manchester
	Concord	Dover

	Nashua	Portsmouth

	Hanover (late Oct.)	Keene (late Oct.)

After Labor Day, the Gore campaign began opening satellite offices around the state, some of which are shown above. By the end of September these offices were in various stages of setting up. Meanwhile, toward the end of September Bill Bradley opened a new office in Manchester in addition to his original space in Concord.

**More Candidates**

Choosing a Headquarters Space
There are two basic campaign headquarters philosophies: the storefront and the office tucked away an office building. A high visibility, storefront headquarters can powerfully reinforce the campaign's message, in effect serving as a living billboard or ambassador. Strategically, therefore, a campaign may choose to locate the headquarters in an area with large numbers of persuable voters. The downside of a storefront headquarters is that walk-in traffic can at times be distracting to the staff.

Campaign headquarters have some unique requirements beyond the normal concerns of rent and location. Examples include adequate parking for volunteers and the ability to accomodate a large influx of people in the closing weeks of the primary, when the office may serve as a base for busloads of supporters. If the campaign's office is not expandable it may opt to open a second office in the month or two before the primary to handle the volunteers and increased activity (for example the Quayle campaign had planned to open a storefront in January). If the funds are available and the campaign wants to go retail in a big way, it may decide to have a number of offices around the state for a longer period of time. In New Hampshire both Democratic campaigns seem to be pursuing this strategy, particularly the Gore campaign, while the Republican campaigns have thus far kept to a single headquarters.