New Hampshire state Republican chair John Dowd pointed to three factors that came together to produce this outcome: "an extraordinary collection of very high quality candidates," visits by President and Mrs. Bush and Rudy Guiliani, and "the best grassroots operation in the history of the state." Dowd pointed to record turnout in the November 5th election, some 30 percent higher than the previous mid-term high.
Asked whether he could find any silver lining in the results, Robinson
said the outcome provides an "an opportunity to rethink." He also said
he hoped the presidential primary would not gear up too soon, and that
'04 prospects would hold off serious organizing at least until March or
the Spring. "New Hampshire activists need to reconnect with their
nonpolitical lives," he said.
John Sununu (R) |
227,229
|
50.82% |
Jeanne Shaheen (D) |
207,478
|
46.40%
|
Ken Blevens (L) |
9,835
|
2.20%
|
Bob Smith |
2,396
|
0.54%
|
Scatter |
197
|
0.04%
|
Total |
447,135
|
Jeb Bradley (R) |
128,993
|
58.11% |
Martha Fuller Clark (D) |
85,426
|
38.48%
|
Dan Belforti (L) |
7,387
|
3.33%
|
Scatter |
181
|
0.08%
|
Total |
221,987
|
Charlie Bass (R) |
125,804
|
56.81% |
Katrina Swett (D) |
90,479
|
40.86%
|
Rosalie Babiarz (L) |
5,051
|
2.28%
|
Scatter |
122
|
0.06%
|
Total |
221,456
|
Craig Benson (R) |
259,663
|
58.6% |
Mark Fernald (D) |
169,277
|
38.2%
|
John Babiarz (L) |
13,028
|
2.9%
|
Scatter |
1,008
|
0.2%
|
Total |
442,976
|
Copyright © 2002 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.