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At the End of the Day, Former NHYD Prez to Run for Gov

by: Dean Barker

Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 21:10:11 PM EST
No, really, it was literally at the end of the day*:
John Stephen to run for governor

CONCORD - Updated, 7:53 p.m. Confirming earlier reports in the New Hampshire Union Leader and on UnionLeader.com, the lifelong Manchester resident and former state health and human services commissioner said he'll become a candidate next week

Governor Hummer may have driven off into the sunset without paying for his gubernatorial portrait, but his proteges continue to haunt the Granite State.

Someday, I hope that yet another former NHYD President will run for governor, too.  But I strongly suspect that if Garth or Jim runs, they'll do it as Democrats.

*Adding: lolz- actually earlier in the day for WMUR, who actually broke the news.
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Break out the defibrillator (4.00 / 4)
I nearly had a heart attack when this headline popped-up on my RSS feed!

Thanks Dean and no worries - my agent and I signed a lifetime contract with the Blue Team.

This Former NHYD President Won't Vote For Stephen (4.00 / 3)
Well, this is one fellow former NHYD President who won't be voting for John Stephen.  
That's what happens. (4.00 / 1)
That's what happens when running the government is confused with running the ball and by thinking one team is as good as another.

Government is not stick-ball.

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Haha. (0.00 / 0)
I forgot!  I am adding to the post!

birch, finch, beech
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If he couldn't beat Jeb Bradley. . . (4.00 / 1)
Hah!  Good luck against John Lynch -- perhaps Stephen can dent the governor's puny 42% margin in the last election.
NHDP Chairman (0.00 / 0)
Ray Buckley on former NHYD President and Caig Benson protege John Stephen's decision to run for Governor:
Statement from Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley
on John Stephen's Announcement That He Plans to Run for Governor

Concord -- "The voters will reject John Stephen for the third time because they know he can't be trusted, he can't get things done, and because he puts his political needs ahead of the needs of the people of New Hampshire," Buckley said.

"In announcing his plans to run for Governor, Stephen claimed he was running as a fiscal conservative. But his record tells another story," Buckley said.  

"John Stephen claims he is a fiscal conservative, but that's not his record," Buckley said. "He asked for astronomical budget increases; he repeatedly demonstrated fiscal incompetence and put his political ambitions ahead of the people of New Hampshire."

Buckley pointed to just two examples of Stephen's fiscal irresponsibility. In 2004, as Health and Human Services, Stephen asked for an 11 percent increase in his budget. In 2006, he asked for a 13 percent -- or half-a-billion dollar increase.



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