For years, New Hampshire’s Executive Council has been controlled by Republicans with a 4-1 majority, election after election. However, that changed Tuesday. The “blue wave” that brought Democrats big wins in Congress and the state Legislature also flowed to the Executive Council. That 4-1 Republican majority council is set to become a 5-0 Democratically controlled […]

After years of being stonewalled on state contracts by Republicans on the Executive Council, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, via its affiliated PAC, is trying to boost a slate of Democratic council candidates more sympathetic to its cause. The council, an elected body unique to New Hampshire that approves or rejects state contracts and […]