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-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on the morning and early afternoon of January 9, 2004. He visited voters over breakfast at Golden Egg restaurant in Portsmouth; did a countdown to victory at Great Falls Grill in Somersworth; did a countdown to victory at Pleasant View Retirement Community in Concord; and visited voters over lunch at Blake's Restaurant in Manchester. (He then headed to Iowa). -Chrissy Gephardt visited NH
on January 3-4, 2003.
2003: 17 visits, 25 days
-Chrissy Gephardt visited NH
on December 22-23, 2003.
-Matt Gephardt visited NH
on December 21-23, 2003.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on December 20, 2003.
He met voters at a town hall meeting at New Hope Baptist Church in Portsmouth;
thanked supporters at a Strafford County canvass kickoff at the Rochester
Community Center in Rochester; delivered a "major policy address" at New
England College in Henniker; and met voters at a town hall meeting at MacNeil's
(on 2nd Street) in Manchester.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on December 9-10,
2003. Starting late on the afternoon of December 9 he
and wife Jane went shopping for a Families in Transition adopted family
at City and Country in Portsmouth; he participated in the debate at UNH
in Durham; and he greeted supporters at a post-debate party at Libby's
Bar and Grill in Durham. On the morning of December 10 he
held a town hall meeting at N.H. Technical College in Berlin.
-Jane Gephardt visited NH
on December 8-9, 2003. Starting at mid-day on December
8 she greeted senior citizens at Lebanon Senior Center in Lebanon;
addressed senior citizens at Maplewood Assisted Living Center in Westmoreland;
and attended a Women for Gephardt house party hosted by Clair Helfman in
Hollis. On December 9 she addressed senior citizens at Ledges
Senior Center in Wolfeboro; held a roundtable discussion with health care
workers at Community Health and Hospice, Inc. in Laconia; and joined her
husband holiday shopping for a Families In Transition adopted family starting
at Breaking New Grounds Café in Portsmouth.
-Gephardt's daughter Chrissy
visited NH on December 4-5, 2003. On
December 4
she addressed students at John Stark High School in Weare; addressed students
at West High School in Manchester; addressed students at Pembroke Academy
in Pembroke; addressed the Plymouth State Alternative Lifestyle Organization
(ALSO) in the Hartman Union Building in Plymouth; and attended a Women
for Gephardt house party hosted by Kate Miller in New Hampton. On
December
5 she addressed students at Kennett High School in Conway; did retail
campaigning at Tea Birds Restaurant in Berlin; addressed senior citizens
at Coos County Senior Home in Berlin; and attended Light up Durham events
at Memorial Park in Durham.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on November 18, 2003.
He participated in an economic roundtable with local workers at the Rochester
College of Lifelong Learning; and participated in the AARP forum at Wayfarer
Inn in Bedford.
-Gephardt's daughter Chrissy
visited NH on November 11-12, 2003. On
November
11 she addressed LGBT students and supporters at Dartmouth College
in Hanover. On November 12 she addressed students at Winnacunnet
High School in Hampton; and at New Hampshire Community Technical College
in Stratham, before proceeding to Massachusetts.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on November 3, 2003.
He addressed seniors at Langdon Place Senior Center in Exeter; addressed
the Every Child Matters Forum at Huddleston Hall at UNH in Durham; address
supporters and local voters at Green Street Community Theater in Concord;
at 12:45 p.m. became the first major candidate to file to run in the Democratic
primary
at Department of State's office in the Statehouse building in Concord;
and joined Nashua Democratic mayoral candidate Steve Bolton and campaigned
with him downtown on Main St in Nashua. [He then headed to events
in Mass.]
-Gephardt's daughter Chrissy
visited NH on October 22-25, 2003.
-Jane Gephardt visited NH
on October 18-19, 2003. On October 18 she met senior citizens
at Pariseau Senior High Rise in Manchester; met senior citizens at Heritage
Heights in Concord; and met senior citizens at Kendal at Hanover Retirement
Community in Hanover. On October 19 she attended Services at Middle
St. Baptist Church in Portsmouth; attended house party hosted by Anita
Freedman in Portsmouth; and met voters and toured the orchard at Mac's
Apples in Londonderry.
-Gephardt's daughter Chrissy
visited NH on October 8-9, 2003. On October 8, after
arriving late because of a fog delay, she appeared at Saint Anselm College
in Manchester; met with the Phillips Exeter Academy Gay/Straight Alliance
in Exeter; addressed students studying social work at UNH in Durham; and
attended a house party hosted by Dr. Vincent Greco in Pembroke. On
October 9 she did meet and greet with students at Dartmouth College; and
met voters at Wheelock Terrace senior center in Hanover.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on
September
28-29, 2003. On September 28 he addressed seniors and local voters
at Robert F. Shaw Community Hall in Manchester; attended a house party
hosted by Bev Hollingworth and Bill Gilligan in Hampton; and attended house
party hosted by Bruce and Ann May in Rochester. On September 29 he
addressed seniors and local voters at Arel Manor Community in Nashua.
-Gephardt's daughter Chrissy
visited NH on September 18, 2003. (She had planned
to address the NARAL-NH Recipes for Choice Presidential Forum in Manchester
on the evening of September 17 but missed her flight). On September
18 she met with Million Mom March organizers in Manchester; addressed seniors
at O'Malley Senior Complex in Manchester; met voters at an AARP forum
at Plymouth Regional Senior Center in Plymouth; went to the kickoff of
the Highland Games in Hopkinton; and attended Marcie Zingo and Beth Bellevue's
house party in Derry.
-Gephardt's son Matt visited
NH
on September 13-14, 2003. On September 13 he greeted Gephardt
volunteer canvassers and open the Portsmouth office at 37 Vaugh Mall; canvassed
a local neighborhood in Dover; and attended the Glendi Greek Festival at
St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Manchester. On September 14
he greeted Gephardt volunteer canvassers and opened the Concord office
at 40 North Main St.; and attended a Hampton Democrats picnic at Pitlochry
Farm in Hampton Falls.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on September 1-2,
2003. On September 1 he spoke at the New Hampshire AFL-CIO Labor
Day breakfast at Chateau Restaurant in Manchester; participated in an economic
roundtable at the campaign's office on Water Street in Nashua; marched
in the Milford Labor Day parade in Milford; met voters at the New Hampshire
for Health Care/SEIU picnic at Veterans Park in Manchester; and attended
a house party hosted by John Kacavas in Manchester. On September
2 he greeted Manchester teachers attending orientation at Memorial High
School in Manchester; and spoke at "Politics and Eggs" at the Bedford Village
Inn in Bedford.
-Rep. Gephardt visited
NH on August 24,
2003. He began with a couple of diner visits in Manchester--Belmont
Hall and Restaurant on Grove Street and Julien's Corner on Bridge Street;
met voters at Assumption Greek Church Festival in Manchester; met local
voters at the “Race Against Leukemia” at New Hampshire International Speedway
in Loudon; attended the International Federation of Professional and Technical
Engineers' Lobster Bake at Portsmouth Naval Yard; and attended a barbecue
for supporters and local voters at Bob and Pat Demers' Hob Nob Farm in
Dover. (Gephardt overnighted in NH and left early the next morning for
Chicago).
-Gephardt's daughter Chrissy
visited NH on August 15-16, 2003. On August 15
she participated in a roundtable discussion on the economy and housing
at Families in Transition in Manchester. On August 16 she met voters
at the Old Home Days Festival in Hudson; met voters at the Latino Festival
at Veteran’s Park in Manchester; represented the Gephardt Campaign at the
Merrimack County Democrats Pig Roast in Bow; met voters at Family Fun Day
in Rollinsford; and did meet and greet before the Ani DiFranco concert
at Meadowbrook Arts Center in Gilford.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on August 8-11,
2003. On August 8 he participated in a roundtable on the
economy with local workers and business owners at Old Ferry Landing in
Portsmouth; participated in another roundtable at Joe King's Shoes in Concord;
met with SEIU NH leadership at the State Employees Association office in
Concord; and did meet and greet with local Democrats at Claremont Elks
Lodge in Claremont. Gephardt overnighted in NH. On August
9 he did a Teamsters endorsement tour, rallying in Detroit, MI and
Des Moines, IA, before returning to Manchester, NH for a Teamsters endorsement
rally and multi-union barbecue with Teamsters General President James P.
Hoffa and rank and file members at JFK Coliseum in Manchester in the early
evening. On August 10 and 11 in Portsmouth he filmed scenes
for television advertising as well as doing some in-state interviews and
informally meeting with voters.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on July 19-20,
2003.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on July 3, 2003.
He participated in a live interview on NHPR's "The Exchange" in NHPR studios
in Concord; held a press conference to discuss the Corporate Subsidy Reform
Commission Act at New Hampshire State Political Library in Concord; toured
the Moffatt-Ladd house in Portsmouth; and attended a house party at Oar
House Restaurant in Portsmouth.
-Gephardt's son Matt Gephardt
visited
NH on
June 28, 2003. He attend the Nashua
Relay for Life (American Cancer Society) at Pennichuck Junior High School;
visited with voters at Lindy’s Diner in Keene; attended the grand opening
of the campaign's New Hampshire office on Elm Street in Manchester; and
attended a house party hosted by Deb Crapo in Rye.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on
June 13,
2003. He attended a health care roundtable with teachers and
school board officials at Parkside Middle School in Manchester; taped WMUR’s
“Conversation with the Candidate” in Manchester; attended a health care
roundtable with city officials and firefighters at Portsmouth Fire Station
#1 in Portsmouth; and attended a town hall meeting at Fisher Scientific
International, Inc. in Hampton.
From a June 10, 2003 Press Release:
"Rep. Dick Gephardt announced today that he has agreed to a bet with New
Hampshire House Democratic Leader Peter Burling on the three-game interleague
series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox, which begins
tonight at Fenway Park. If the Red Sox win the series Gephardt owes Burling
and the New Hampshire House Democratic Caucus bags of Gus's pretzels and
a case of custard, and if the Cardinals are victorious Burling owes Gephardt
a New Hampshire lobster dinner."
-Rep. Gephardt cancelled
a planned May 10, 2003 visit to NH due to the illness of
his mother.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on April 13-14,
2003. Starting in the early afternoon on April 13 he attended
a house party hosted by Sen. Lou D'Allesandro in Manchester; attended a
house party hosted by Rep. Terie Norelli in Portsmouth; and attended a
house party hosted by Democratic State Committee Member Jennifer Brown
in Dover. Starting early in the morning of April 14 he attended
a house party hosted by School Board Member Edward Philpot in Laconia;
in the afternoon he participated in a roundtable discussion with business
owners and health care employees at GT Equipment Technologies in Nashua;
and attended a house party in Nashua hosted by former State Sen. Deborah
Pignatelli and her husband Mike.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on the afternoon and
evening of March 15, 2003. He attended a house party hosted
by
Ed and Leslee Stewart in Manchester (Leslee is vice chair of the Manchester
School Board); did an event highlighting his health care plan at D McLeod
Florist in Concord; attended a house party hosted by Katherine Rogers and
Michael Bartlett in Concord (Katherine is a Merrimack County Commissioner
and Concord City Council member); attended a house party hosted by Peter
and Carol Blaisdell in Keene; and attended a house party hosted by House
Democratic Leader Peter Burling in Cornish.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on
February 20, 2003,
the second day of his announcement tour. (He arrived in NH from Iowa
late on the night of February 19). He spoke at a reception at St.
Anselm College in Goffstown and toured and did a health care roundtable
at Keystone Press, Inc. in Manchester.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on January 25-26,
2003. On January 25 he spoke to New Hampshire State Democratic
Committee members at the party's meeting at Conant School in Concord and
attended a Superbowl eve/62nd birthday party at T.R. Brennan's restaurant
in Manchester. On January 26 he did various private meetings.
2002: 4 visits, 6 days
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on
September
16-17, 2002. On September 16 he campaigned with state Senate
candidate Maggie Wood Hassan (District 23), walking through downtown Exeter
and speaking at a luncheon at the American Independence Museum in Exeter;
went to Rochester for a "Standing Up For New Hampshire Families"event with
Martha Fuller Clark at the Rochester Community Center; visited with local
leaders in Manchester; and stopped in at the coordinated campaign office
in Manchester. On September 17, he campaigned with state Sen. George
Disnard (District 8) in Claremont; attended a reception for state Senate
candidate Joe Foster (District 13) at the Hamblett and Kerrigan law firm
in Nashua; and did a Social Security forum with Katrina Swett at Aynsley
Place in Nashua.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on May 6-7,
2002. On May 6 in Portsmouth he met with Martha Fuller Clark
and local seniors at Parrott Avenue Place Senior Citizen Center; in Concord
he walked to and helped open the Katrina Swett for Congress headquarters;
in Hanover he met with students at Dartmouth College; in Lebanon he participated
in a fundraiser for Upper Valley Democrats; in Keene he participated in
a fundraiser for Cheshire County Democrats. On May 7 in Nashua he
did a breakfast with Nashua Democrats at the Nashua Country Club; finally,
in Manchester he delivered the keynote speech at the Professional Firefighters
of New Hampshire Convention.
-Rep. Gephardt visited NH on
March 8,
2002; he did a breakfast fundraiser with Executive Council candidate
John Kacavas at Devine, Millimet & Branch in Manchester and a jersey-swapping
with House Dem. Leader Peter Burling at the Legislative Office Building
in Concord (following on a bet they made over the Super Bowl).
2001: 2 visits, 3 days
-Rep. Gephardt made a trip to NH on behalf
of state Democrats on June 8-9, 2001. On June 8 he was the
featured speaker at the annual Cheshire County Democratic dinner in Keene.
On June 9 he appeared, with Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, at a Rockingham/Strafford
County continental breakfast in Portsmouth; the Merrimack County Democrats'
Annual Pig Roast & Pot Luck Picnic at the home of Beth Walz and Harry
Judd in Bow (again w/ Shaheen); and the Manchester City Democrats' Flag
Day Celebration at the Manchester Millyard Museum.
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