Story Archives of 'Primary 2008'

We look back at some of the state’s biggest stories of the year - and forward to the coming year. We’ll look at the New Hampshire’s First in the Nation primary, the general election and the victory of New Hampshire’s first woman Senator, Jeanne Shaheen. We’ll talk about an ice storm and tornado that wreaked havoc on our state, at the first death penalty sentence in New Hampshire in almost 50 years. We’ll remember longtime Republican State Representative Mike Whalley and discuss the state’s first ever wind farm in Lempster and major changes right here on NHPR.

Guests

• Jim Van Dongen, public information officer for the Department of Emergency Management
• Kathy Marchocki, staff reporter for the New Hampshire Union Leader
• James Pindell, national managing editor of the Politicker.com websites and author of the Pindell Report, analyzing campaigns for Congress, Senate and Governor
• Josh Rogers, State House Reporter for New Hampshire Public Radio
• David Hess, Republican state representative from Hooksett
• Ed Cherion, project manager for Iberdola Renewable
• Virginia Prescott, host of NHPR’s Word of Mouth
• Jeanne Shaheen, Democratic Senator-elect and former governor of New Hampshire from Madbury

The party's over.

The New Hampshire Primary started slowly almost a year ago as guests began to arrive and it ended with a bang on Tuesday night.

And now it's clean up time.

Campaign staff are cleaning up and while some may be heading home, others are off to the next party in another state. .

NHPR's Dianne Finch reports on the day after.

When it came to Republicans, polls released before the New Hampshire Presidential Primary were pretty much on target.

They predicted John McCain would win.

When it came to predictions on Hillary Clinton’s performance, most polls were dead wrong.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman has more on why polls may have missed the impending Clinton victory.

John McCain claimed the GOP primary last night in decisive fashion, beating former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney by 5 percentage points. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee placed a distant third.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney suffered his second defeat in five days. He lost the New Hampshire Republican primary to Arizona Senator John McCain by 5 percentage points. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg has more.