Politics & Government

St. Laurent Seeks State Senate Seat

Mary E. Griffin, Walter Kolodziej and Charles E. McMahon are running but Kevin Waterhouse opts not to seek another term representing Windham in the House.

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The state candidate filing period closed June 13 and the top of the ticket features races in which Republicans are trying to unseat Democratic incumbents, from the governor's office to U.S. Senate. 

The state filing period closed at 5 p.m. Friday, but the Republican and Democratic parties have until June 18 to fill vacancies on party tickets.

Below is a look at the candidates filing for local seats, according to the Secretary of State's website updated June 13 (some last-minute filings may not be represented in the state's report just yet, and will be updated Monday; incumbents' names are in bold):

State Senate

District 19 (Jim Rausch of Derry is not running for re-election)

Democrat

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  • Kristi St. Laurent f Windham

Republican

  • Regina Birdsell of Hampstead
  • Jim Foley of Derry
  • Frank V. Sapareto of Derry 

State Representative

Rockingham District 7

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Democrat

  • Stephen Mavrellis of Windham

Republican (Kevin Waterhouse is not running for re-election)

  • Mary E. Griffin of Windham 
  • Walter Kolodziej of Windham
  • Michelle Levell of Windham
  • Charles E. McMahon of Windham 
  • Mark Samsel of Windham
Waterhouse is running for County Commissioner, District 3 – as is Kevin Coyle of Derry.

Rockingham County Attorney

Democrat
  • Joe Plaia of Portsmouth
Republican (Jim Reams is not running for re-election)
  • Jason Grosky of Atkinson
  • Michael F. DiCroce of Fremont 
  • Michael Zaino of Hampton 
  • Patricia Conway of Salem

Governor

Democrats

Republicans

  • Daniel J. Greene of Pittsfield 
  • Walt Havenstein of Alton
  • Andrew Hemingway of Bristol 
  • Jonathan Smolin of Alton 

2nd Congressional District

Democrat:
  • Annie Kuster of Hopkinton, the incumbent
Republicans: 

U.S. Senate

Democrat
  • Jeanne Shaheen of Madbury
Republicans
  • Gerard Beloin of Colebrook
  • Scott P. Brown of Rye
  • Robert D'Arcy of Keene 
  • Miro Dziedzic of Windham
  • Mark W. Farnham of Lebanon
  • Bob Heghmann of Wolfeboro
  • Walter W. Kelly of Lancaster 
  • Andy Martin of Manchester
  • Jim Rubens of Hanover 
  • Bob Smith of Tuftonboro
The state filing period closed at 5 p.m. Friday, June 13, but the Republican and Democratic parties have until June 18 to fill vacancies on party tickets.

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