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Except for the days of his 1980 Primary challenge to then sitting President Jimmy Carter, Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy didn't spend much time in New Hampshire.

But over the his nearly five decades in the Senate, Kennedy excited many of the state's Democratic grassroots activists.

And despite his liberal pedigree, he even gained the respect of some of New Hampshire's more fervent Republicans.

New Hampshire Public Radios' Dan Gorenstein spoke with a handful of Granite Staters who crossed paths with the Massachusetts Senator.