The Serious and the Sideshow: Two Sides of the NH Primary with Neil Levesque and David Tirrell Wysocki

For more than a century, New Hampshire's First in the Nation Primary has helped shape the nation's presidential election ballots. The contest is serious business - sometimes shattering the dreams of powerful candidates and enabling others to emerge from the pack and win the general election.
At the same time, it includes a sideshow of lesser-known candidates yearning for a moment in the spotlight even though they have no chance of victory. What do Billy Joe Clegg, Vermin Supreme, Russell Fornwalt and Caroline “The Hemp Lady” Killeen have in common with Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama and George W. Bush? They, and hundreds of others. have all been on the New Hampshire Presidential Primary ballot.
Neil Levesque, executive director of the NH Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, will tell us about the history of the NH primary and David Tirrell Wysocki, former AP reporter, will tell us about the sideshow.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
7:30 PM (Doors open at 7:00)
Free
No tickets or reservations required
All ages welcome
Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince Street
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