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U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) presidential campaign is requesting that New Hampshire families send in pictures of their homes and describing how many houses they own in an attempt to take advantage of a misstep by Obama's opponent.

The effort comes in response to Wednesday's statement by U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that he does not know how many houses he owns. "I think - I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told a reporter from Politico during an interview."It's condominiums where - I'll have them get to you." The quote served as fuel for the Obama campaign, which released a TV ad calling the Republican out on the statement.

Republican debate: Photo credit: PolitickerNH.comNASHUA-The rivalry between Grant Bosse (R-Hillsboro) and Jennifer Horn (R-Nashua) took center stage in a Republican debate at Nashua's City Hall.

Discussing gun rights, Bosse used a quote from Politico to criticize Horn. In the article Horn was quoted as saying she favored "common-sense restrictions to protect kids from guns," a quote that Horn says is wrong.

Editors note: This is a daily summary of news about the U.S. Senate race between U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) and former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury).

Today in the Senate race the Politico asked if Sununu is running on empty, the New Hampshire Hospital Association comes to Sununu's defense and tomorrow Shaheen will be endorsed by the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire.

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's deputy campaign manager says their campaign will have to "play hard" to win New Hampshire in November.

"We're going to have to play hard in New Hampshire - we completely recognize that," Steve Hildebrand told Politico's Ben Smith.

New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Fergus Cullen says that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) should hold a joint town hall forum in the Granite State.

"The town hall meeting format featuring unscreened questions from non-handpicked audiences is a great test for a presidential candidate," Cullen wrote in an e-mail to the Politico.

Editors note: This is a daily post that aims to provide a round-up of daily events surrounding the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire.

The National Journal examines the new ad Citizens United is running in New Hampshire. The ad sparked Alex Reese, press secretary for the NHDP's Coordinate Campaign, to issue a statement that said "Sununu's position is that he thinks outside groups shouldn't be involved in this campaign even when they have thousands of New Hampshire members, but if a D.C.-based, pro-Bush group is supporting him, he's got no complaints."

Environmental groups are attempting to garner the support of U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley), for two bills the Senate is considering.

One bill would divert oil subsidies to fund renewable energy sources and another bill would introduce a cap-and-trade emission system.