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A press release came over the transom this evening outlining Bill O'Brien's Transition Team. See the list below the fold. O'Brien also plans to hold an election for Majority Leader rather than appointing one. So far Paul Mirski and Al Baldassaro are announced candidates.
We know that Bill O'Brien (R-Mont Vernon)is the GOP nominee for Speaker of the House. He won on the second ballot. But the first ballot vote count is interesting. It was 140 for O'Brien, 129 for Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett), 7 for John Reagan (R-Deerfield) and 4 for Susan Emerson(R-Rindge). That is basically a tie, because when you add up the not-O'Brien votes, they equal the number of votes for him. The Republican caucus put a good front on it, making it unanimous by acclimation, but I doubt that all are happy with the result.
Rep. O'Brien is only just beginning his third term in the House, so he does not have much experience with the institution. The number of freshman Republicans is large, and they tend to be more ideological than their multi-term colleagues. The question is how the more experienced, less ideological Republicans will handle this, and what O'Brien, who is all but certain to become Speaker, does.
Bill O'Brien beat Gene Chandler for the nomination of the Republican caucus to be the next Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives on the second ballot: 142-133.
O'Brien is the co-chair of the House Republican Alliance, whose legislative agenda includes repeal of marriage equality, a constitutional amendment to take the state out of education funding, nullifying health care reform in New Hampshire (O'Brien himself sponsored a floor amendment last spring to make it a felony for a government official to carry it out in this state), among other things.
Adding: I have since heard there are many disappointed Republicans despite the "unified" face. Looking at the numbers above, I can see why. The other thing is that O'Brien is just entering his third term. He doesn't have much experience. At all.
