Special Election Reax, by Party

by: Dean Barker

Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 19:53:26 PM EDT

[Winner Peter] Leishman said he was hoping to be able to work with the Republican majority in the House.

"I think the elections show that people are interested in bipartisanship," Leishman said. "I've always tried to work with Republicans - we worked together on kindergarten issues. I'll reach out."

[House Speaker Bill] O'Brien said, "I congratulate David Simpson for the fine showing he made despite the organized efforts of the Democrat party apparatchiks and their union bosses and money.

O'Brien is so divorced from everyday New Hampshire life and so wrapped up in Tea Party World I'm not sure he's figured out yet that he's become an albatross. Or even capable of figuring it out.

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