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I think of all the races I worry most about in a potential low turnout mid-term for the majority party, control of the state house tops the list. These under the radar races can often be won or lost on the tiniest of numbers.
So it was encouraging to read this from Pindell:
In this week after the candidate filing period both parties are trying to assess their prospects and figure out where the battleground races will be Democrats do have something to boast about: they have more House incumbents running for re-election than Republicans do.
Yes, in an election year that is being dubbed as anti-incumbent and historically rough on Democrats a 170 out of 222 Democrats or 78 percent of current Democratic House of Representatives have filed to run for re-election this year. This is better than the 130 out 178 or 73 percent of Republicans who filed.
The New Hampshire House - with its increasingly long hours, virtually no pay, and chaotic nature - has always had high turn over. Most of those who are elected serve just two or three terms. And even though there was a lot of tension in the last few months with budget deliberations nearly 4 out of 5 incumbents wanted to come back.
I know of a couple of incumbent house Dems for whom running again will be a burden, given their personal committments and responsibilities outside of Concord.
So, a big thank you to our Democrats at the bottom of the ballot who are doing such yeoman's work for so little recognition. Let's make sure we are there for them in November.
