New Hampshire is definitely not “solidly blue”, it’s very purple. While the entire Federal delegation may be Democrats, the state government has been completely controlled by Republicans since the last election.

As far as the current election, seems hard to say. Hassan is a pretty ho-hum senator with less popularity than Jeanne Shaheen, but Bolduc may have hurt his chances with the large independent block by taking a fairly hard pro-Trump line during the primaries then trying to walk it back at the start of the general election.

Honestly it was probably come down to who pisses off fewer people with their constant and inescapable political ads….

Edit: Grammar

Excellent job!

It’s refreshing to find good journalism these days.

He was also trying to flee the country, so I’m sure that played a part in the timing of the arrest.

Get everybody rakes for the true New England fall experience! 😂

Doubt there will be much left in another two weeks.

Northbound is bad at the beginning of the weekend, southbound is bad at the end.

I-93 to Exit 23, Route 104 through New Hampton/Meredith, then Route 25 through Center Harbor/Moultonborough/Tamworth to Route 16 north to Conway is a nice scenic ride with a good mix of lakes and mountains.