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Former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley's name recognition and last minute advertisements were too much for John Stephen to overcome in the 1st Congressional District Republican primary Tuesday, Stephen's campaign manager told PolitickerNH.com.

Bradley defeated Stephen by 1,793 votes. Bradley will now face Democratic U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter in a rematch of their 2006 race.

"Jeb Bradley, as a former congressman, is well known and certainly familiar to the Republican base and in addition to that he really beat us up in the last couple of days," Stephen's Campaign Manager Greg Moore said. "He really ramped up his TV ads the last few days and he just cranked out a couple of harsh ads."

Jeb Bradley with state reps and county commissioners: Photo Credit: PolitickerNH.com

CONCORD-- Flanked by state reps and county commissioners former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) alleged that his primary opponent raised property taxes.

Bradley says that while he was head of Health and Human Services John Stephen (R-Manchester) shifted the cost of operation nursing homes onto counties which resulted in higher taxes for property owners. Stephen's campaign manager denies the charge by saying "facts are troubling things."