Sep 9, 2008 8:40 pm US/Eastern
N.H. Primary Fuels Election Excitement
NASHUA (WBZ) ―
Despite low voter turnout in Tuesday's New Hampshire state primary, there's a lot of enthusiasm here about the presidential race in November.
New Hampshire is considered a battleground state in the race for the White House.
Sen. Joe Biden will hold a town hall meeting in Nashua on Wednesday, his first visit to the state since becoming the Democrats' vice presidential nominee.
Sen. Barack Obama will campaign in the state on Friday. His campaign said details will be announced later.
On Sunday, Sen. John McCain will make his first trip to the state since becoming the Republican presidential nominee. He will stop at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
New Hampshire's Senate race is also getting national attention. It's a rematch between Republican
Sen. John Sununu and former Democratic
Gov. Jeanne Shaheen.
Sununu easily defeated former state Rep. Tom Alciere of Hudson in Tuesday's primary. Shaheen had little trouble beating attorney Ray Stebbins of Nashua.
"We've got eight weeks to go, and I'm ready to go," Sununu told WBZ at a polling place in Bedford.
"Everyone knows Washington doesn't work very well, but even in that environment, I've been able to write and pass legislation that's important to New Hampshire," he added.
Shaheen is linking Sununu to the Bush administration, saying he has voted with the president 90 percent of the time.
"As I say to people, if you like the status quo, stagnant wages, losing jobs, engaged in a war in Iraq, you should support John Sununu, because he has supported the politics that have gotten us to this position," she said Tuesday.
"I think we need to see a change in Washington," she said. "We need to bring New Hampshire common sense to Washington, and we need to make it start working again for middle class families."
Libertarian
Ken Blevens of Bow will also be on the November ballot.
Gov. John Lynch, a Democrat, won nomination for a third term by defeating retired school teacher Kathryn "Katy" Forry.
In Novermber he'll face Republican state
Sen. Joe Kenney of Wakefield, who was unopposed for the GOP nomination, and Libertarian
Susan Newell of Winchester.
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