Hillary Clinton

In 2008, Granite Staters saw a presidential candidate cry on television, the defeat of an incumbent United States senator and Democrats become the majority party in a state that was once considered a bedrock of Republicanism.

All of these stories and more help make up PolitickerNH.com's top ten political stories of 2008.

Two days after he said he is "seriously considering" running for the U.S. Senate in 2010, U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord) has announced that he will be visiting an endangered call center outside of his congressional district.

Hodes' congressional office announced on Wednesday that Hodes will visit the AT&T call center in Dover on Thursday. AT&T announced last week that it will close the call center because the State Department has not renewed a contract with AT&T and the company will now have to lay off the center's 300 employees.

For Immediate Release

December 3, 2008

Contact:        Mark Bergman

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Congressman Paul Hodes Urges Secretary of State Rice to Reconsider Closing Dover Call Center

Washington, DC---- Congressman Paul Hodes today joined Governor John Lynch and Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter to urge Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to reconsider their decision to close the AT&T Call Center in Dover, which employees over 300 Granite Staters. A similar letter was sent to Senator Hillary Clinton, President-elect Obama’s Secretary of State Nominee. The full text of the letter is below.

Kathy Sullivan and U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord) are praising President-elect Barack Obama for naming U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-N.Y.) his nominee for secretary of state.

"It is a great appointment," Sullivan, Clinton's former New Hampshire co-chair, said Monday in an e-mail to PolitickerNH.com. "Hillary Clinton is smart, experienced and well liked and respected around the world.  It is a tough job, especially given the number of crises facing us today, but she certainly is up to the challenge."

MANCHESTER--Former Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton told voters that ex-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) would bring "commonsense" experience to Washington.

Shaheen is running against current U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) in a rematch of their 2002 race.

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October 28, 2008

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SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGNS WITH JEANNE SHAHEEN AT RALLY FOR A NEW DIRECTION IN DOVER

Clinton: It's time for a new direction – it's time to elect Jeanne Shaheen to the Senate

(Manchester, NH) — With a week to go before the election, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton joined former Governor and current U.S. Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen at a rally in Dover to make the case for why New Hampshire needs a new Senator and a new direction in Washington.

MANCHESTER--Speaking at a campaign rally for Barack Obama, state Sen. Betsi DeVries (D-Manchester) told the crowd to look toward the next four years when voting next week.  

"The question in this election is not are you better off than we were four years ago, I think we all know the answer to that question, the question is will this country be better off four years from now," DeVries said a rally featuring Hillary Clinton.

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On the eve of Hillary Clinton's trip to New Hampshire, her former state chairwoman said Clinton will help convince undecided voters to vote for the Democratic ticket.

The U.S. Senator from New York is scheduled to hold rallies in Dover, Manchester and Pelham. This will be her first visit to the state since the unity rally with Barack Obama in June.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will campaign for former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) on Tuesday in Dover.

Clinton is scheduled to participate in a "Rally for a New Direction" with Shaheen at Dover's McConnell Center.

HENNIKER--U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) is scheduled to campaign in New Hampshire next week on behalf of the Democratic presidential ticket.

Clinton made the announcement on a conference call with Barack Obama volunteers who were calling voters in New Hampshire.