Hillary Clinton to campaign in New Hampshire for Shaheen, Hassan
CONCORD Potential Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is returning to New Hampshire Nov. 2 to campaign for U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Gov. Maggie Hassan, according to a Democratic source.
Clinton won the 2008 New Hampshire Presidential primary over Barack Obama, who had won the Iowa caucuses the week before and polls indicated he would win New Hampshire.
Details of Clintons visit are expected to be released in the coming weeks.
Democrats said they are glad to have Clinton come to the state and campaign with them.There is so much at stake for New Hampshire in this election and I couldnt be more grateful to have Secretary Clintons support, said Shaheen. Shes someone Im proud to call a friend, and I cant wait to welcome her back to New Hampshire.
State Sen. Lou DAllesandro, D-Manchester, whose Washington, D.C., fundraiser with Clinton was canceled last week because of the birth of Clintons grandchild, said Im excited to hear shes coming. Its good for the Democratic Party and its good for New Hampshire.
But Republicans had a different view saying its payback for Shaheens husbands work on Clintons 2008 campaign for President against Obama.
Hillary Clinton still owes the Shaheens a political favor for their efforts to smear Barack Obama as a drug dealer during the 2008 New Hampshire Primary, said GOP spokesman Lauren Zelt. Its obvious that Secretary Clintons efforts to prop up Senator Shaheens flailing campaign is an effort to repay her and her husband for their role in this sordid chapter in New Hampshire political history.
State Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley said Clintons visit will energize Democrats and help the partys candidates up and down the ticket.
We could not be more excited to welcome Secretary Clinton back to our state, Buckley said. We have a long and special relationship to the Clintons going back decades.
Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have maintained strong ties to New Hampshire since he first campaigned for President in the Granite State in 1991. Although he finished second in the primary to Paul Tsongas, Clinton dubbed himself the comeback kid and went on to win his partys nomination and defeat then-President George H.W. Bush.
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Hillary Clinton to campaign in New Hampshire for Shaheen, Hassan