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Senator Gatsas Faces a Tougher Challenger This Year

By Debra Daigle on Tuesday, October 24, 2006.

Republican Senate President Ted Gatsas is facing a stronger challenger this year in the race for the 16th District.

The district includes the northern three wards of Manchester as well as Bow, Candia, Dunbarton and Hooksett.

Two years ago, a confident Senator Gatsas won with 61% of the vote.

Four years ago, he took 63%.

But in this year's race, the three term incumbent may be keeping an eye on who's trailing.

NHPR Correspondent Debra Daigle reports.

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District 1 John Gallus (Republican) Norman Jackman (Democratic)
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District 2 Carl Johnson (Republican) Deborah Reynolds (Democratic)
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District 3 Joseph Kenney (Republican) George Cleveland (Democratic)
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District 4 Jim Fitzgerald (Republican) Kathleen Sgambati (Democratic)
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District 5 Peter Burling (Democratic) Rosalie Babiarz (Republican)
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District 6 Jim McLin (Republican) Jacalyn Cilley (Democratic)
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District 7 Bob Flanders (Republican) Harold Janeway (Democratic)
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District 8 Bob Odell (Republican) Carroll "Dave" French (Democratic)
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District 9 Sheila Roberge (Republican) Peter Flood (Democratic)
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District 10 Tom Eaton (Republican) Molly Kelly (Democratic)
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District 11 Peter Bragdon (Republican)
Howard Morse (Democratic)
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District 12 Dave Gottesman (Democratic) Nancy Wall (Republican)
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District 13 Joseph Foster (Democratic) Dennis Hogan (Republican)
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District 14 Bob Clegg (Republican) Barbara Lowery (Democratic)
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District 15 Sylvia Larsen (Democratic) Kristie McNeil (Republican)
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District 16 Ted Gatsas (Republican) Bob Backus (Democratic)
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District 17 Jack Barnes (Republican) Corey Corbin (Democratic)
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District 18 Andy Martel (Republican) Betsy DeVries (Democratic)
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District 19 Bob Letourneau (Republican)  
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District 20 Lou D'Allesandro (Democratic) Bob Wheeler (Republican)
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District 21 Iris Estabrook (Democratic)  
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District 22 Beth Roth (Democratic) Mike Downing (Republican)
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District 23 Maggie Wood Hassan (Democratic) Natalie Healy (Republican)
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District 24 Martha Fuller Clark (Democratic) Dan Hughes (Republican)
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Sarah Chayes on Afghanistan

By Liz Bulkley on Tuesday, October 24, 2006.

Former NPR reporter Sarah Chayes once described events in Afghanistan as an outside chronicler. She now calls Kandahar home and details her experiences of how life unfolded after the Taliban came to power in her new book The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban. We'll talk with the Massachusetts native about the complicated politics inside the country, and the depth of her personal interest in making an impact there.

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Congressional Candidate Carol Shea-Porter

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, October 24, 2006.

Democrat Carol Shea-Porter ran a grassroots primary election campaign for Congressional District One that netted her a suprise victory over her opponent Jim Craig for the party nomination. Now she sets her sights on the Republican incumbent, Jeb Bradley. But she faces an uphill battle, with less money and less name recognition than the congressman. On the campaign trail she has been challenging Bradley on many issues, especially on the war in Iraq and what she calls the failed policies of the Bush Administration. We'll talk with her about the issues, about her opponent and how she sees the next few weeks until election day playing out.

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