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Patch: Kuster Says She’s Going to Win this Time

Post Date June 07, 2012
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Patch: Kuster Says She’s Going to Win this Time

Published on Patch.com on June 7, 2012.

Kuster Says She’s Going to Win this Time

Is the second time a charm?

That is what Attorney Ann McLane Kuster has to be wondering as she takes a second a stab at challenging U.S. Rep. Charles Bass, attempting to recapture New Hampshire’s 2nd District seat for the Democrats.

A throng of supporters were at the Statehouse on June 7 as Kuster signed up to run.

“We’re going to win this time!” she shouted to the cheers of supporters in the hallways outside …

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Roll Call: Can Any of These House Underdogs Survive?

Post Date June 07, 2012
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Roll Call: Can Any of These House Underdogs Survive?

Published on Roll Call on June 7, 2012:

Can Any of These House Underdogs Survive?

Remember their names: Reps. Charles Bass (R-N.H.), John Barrow (D-Ga.), Bobby Schilling (R-Ill.), Jim Matheson (D-Utah) and Robert Dold (R-Ill.).

If any of these five House incumbents survive, it will surprise most dispassionate observers (including some in their own parties). But upsets happen, and each of these candidates has a scenario for victory.
Moments after Bass was declared the winner in November 2010, most political insiders figured he would be doomed in 2012. But …

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Berlin Daily Sun: Kuster campaigns here in advance of official announcement

Post Date June 06, 2012
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Berlin Daily Sun: Kuster campaigns here in advance of official announcement

Published in the Berlin Daily Sun on June 6, 2012:

Kuster campaigns here in advance of official announcement

BERLIN – U.S. Congressional hopeful Ann McLane Kuster brought her Granite State Values Tour to the Androscoggin Valley yesterday and Sunday.

Kuster had breakfast Sunday morning at Tea Birds Restaurant, stopped at the Berlin Fire Station, and attended a house party. Yesterday, she met with White Mountains Community College President Kathy Eneguess, greeted patrons at Dunkin Donuts, and visited with diners at Berlin Senior Meals.

Kuster said she is in …

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Patch: NH Democrats Pledge to Move Country Forward

Post Date June 03, 2012
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Patch: NH Democrats Pledge to Move Country Forward

Published on Patch.com on June 3, 2012:

Candidates at the New Hampshire Democratic Convention said they would stop Republicans from “moving us backward.”

New Hampshire Democrats were fired up at their state party convention this afternoon as their candidates promised to move the country “forward, not back.”

Speeches at the convention, held at Manchester’s Memorial High School, focused on fighting against the “Tea Party radicals” elected to office and continuing to rebuild the economy under President Obama.

Click here to read the full article on Patch.com →

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American Federation of Teachers NH: Endorsement

Post Date May 24, 2012
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American Federation of Teachers NH: Endorsement

Released May 24, 2012:

AFT NH Endorses Annie Kuster for Congress: Kuster a Proven Leader, Will Fight for Working Families

Bow, NH—Today AFT New Hampshire announced its endorsement of Annie Kuster for election to Congress from New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District.

“NH voters have a clear choice in November—the same old tired politics or an effective leader who will fight for the Second District’s working families,” said AFT NH President Laura Hainey. “Annie Kuster would be a tireless advocate for the middle class and AFT NH is proud …

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War on Women affects us all

Post Date April 30, 2012
Category Blog, In the news
War on Women affects us all

This is an edited speech from the New Hampshire Women United rally on Saturday April 28, published on Daily Kos, Blue Hampshire, and Patch.com

Standing up for women right now could not be more important.

The Republicans here in Concord and down in Washington D.C. would have us believe that the War on Women is a phony war. Michele Bachmann and Fox News would have us believe that the whole thing is “political fiction.”

But women – and the men who love them – know that this is …

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WMUR: Kuster Has More Than $1 Million Cash On Hand

Post Date April 10, 2012
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WMUR: Kuster Has More Than $1 Million Cash On Hand

Published by WMUR on April 10, 2012:

Kuster Has More Than $1 Million Cash On Hand

Democratic Congressional candidate Annie Kuster continues to raise more money than anyone else running for any office in New Hampshire this year.

Kuster’s campaign said that during the first three months of the year they raised more than $350,000, which gives her more than a million cash on hand for her rematch against Republican Congressman Charlie Bass. In 2010, Bass beat Kuster by just a percentage point with the help of a …

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Roll Call: Ann McLane Kuster Brings In $350,000 in First Quarter

Post Date April 10, 2012
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Roll Call: Ann McLane Kuster Brings In $350,000 in First Quarter

Published in Roll Call on April 10, 2012:

Ann McLane Kuster’s campaign released her first-quarter fundraising in her race to displace Rep. Charles Bass (R).

With $350,000 in donations for the first three months of 2012, she built on last year’s fourth-quarter fundraising haul of $325,000.

In addition to the $350,000 raised, she now has more than $1 million in the bank, according to a campaign press release.

Click here to read the full article on RollCall.com →

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Union Leader: Kuster tops $1 million in cash on hand

Post Date April 10, 2012
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Union Leader: Kuster tops $1 million in cash on hand

Published in the Union Leader, April 10, 2012:

John DiStaso’s Granite Status: Kuster tops $1 million in cash on hand after a big 1st quarter in fund-raising

Democratic 2nd District U.S. House candidate Ann McLane Kuster had another big fund-raising quarter from Jan. 1 to March 31.

Kuster’s campaign told the Granite Status today she ended the first quarter with more than $1 million cash on hand after raising more than $350,000 in the first quarter.

Kuster had raised $331,301 in the fourth quarter of 2011 and ended last …

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Patch: Kuster Presses Bass on Budget

Post Date April 05, 2012
Category In the news
Patch: Kuster Presses Bass on Budget

Published on Windham Patch.com on April 5, 2012:

DEMOCRAT CHALLENGES 2ND DISTRICT REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT ON ENTITLEMENTS

Annie Kuster is one of the Democratic congressional candidates starring in this Progressive Change Campaign Committee video, which promises to hold Republicans accountable for votes on the budget and entitlement programs like Medicare.

Kuster, who narrowly lost to U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass in 2010, says in the video she dropped a petition with nearly 3,000 signatures off at the Republican incumbent’s office.

Click here to read the full article and watch the PCCC …

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