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Sam Oliker-Friedland

NH elections work; state shouldn’t require proof of citizenship to vote

Two bad-faith bills are a partisan ploy to undermine trust in the state’s secure elections.

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COMMENTARY | Senator David Watters and Andrea LaMoreaux

Cyanobacteria threatens New Hampshire’s iconic lakes. Two bills could help address the problem.

The president of NH Lakes and and a N.H. state senator say warmer winters show the need for New Hampshire’s business and tourism leadership to start advocating for solutions on climate change.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Republicans against Trump can banish him with one trip to the ballot box

If there was ever a moment to really put country over party, it’s now: by voting, just once, for Biden.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

New Hampshire showed us some important things about Trump

The idea of a Trump alternative in the GOP race, for those who wished for one, was just that: wishful thinking. But it doesn’t mean that the GOP primaries haven’t taught us anything.

COMMENTARY | DAN MCKEE
Governor McKee: Why I attended President Biden’s Valley Forge address
The stakes for our nation and our democracy have been at risk many times over the course of our history, the governor of Rhode Island writes, but never more so than this year.

Q&A | Prof. Marcus Board Jr.
The overwhelming Whiteness of the early primaries
Iowa and New Hampshire have all but sealed a Trump-Biden rematch — with nearly zero input from Black voters. A social-movement scholar on what that means for democracy.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR
Deepfake political messaging is light-years ahead of the law. It’s past time to change that.
While the law struggles to catch up, candidates and prosecutors must use existing law to try to curb AI-generated disinformation.

SCOT LEHIGH
Trump goes full grump in N.H. primary victory speech
An angry Trump is an unhinged Trump. And to his credit, even Trump himself seemed to realize there was something unorthodox about his primary night approach.

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LEHIGH, VENNOCHI, AND HAJJAR

Was N.H. the end of the road for Nikki Haley?

Three columnists weigh in on whether Haley should continue the fight.

ADRIAN WALKER

New Hampshire is poised to tell us what we already knew — the GOP isn’t a party, it’s a cult

If the New Hampshire primary was supposed to be democracy’s last stand, it has hardly played out that way.

SCOT LEHIGH

When it comes to Trump and Biden, Nikki Haley and Dean Phillips test the politics of cognitive decline

If the New Hampshire of today still bears a strong resemblance to the independent-minded Granite State of old, expect a primary result that jump-starts the intra-party process.

James Pindell | ANALYSIS

Haley hopes to pull off a McCain-like upset in N.H. Here, by the numbers, is why it’s not happening.

Nearly 24 years ago, a town hall in Peterborough was the sign that then-Senator John McCain’s momentum was building.

David Shribman

Searching for the N.H. primary and coming up empty

Where were the candidates? Scarcer than an empty chairlift at Loon Mountain on a sunshine morning during President’s Day weekend. It’s enough to make someone actually miss Vivek Ramaswamy.

CARINE HAJJAR

Fanatics or just fans? Inside a New Hampshire Trump rally.

Part rock concert, part mega-church service, part UFC match, Donald Trump’s latest rally in New Hampshire vividly displayed the devotion of his supporters.

EDITORIAL

If you can, pick a GOP ballot in New Hampshire — and use it to stop Donald Trump

Independents can vote in the New Hampshire GOP primary. On Tuesday, they should help anti-Trump Republicans defeat the former president as he seeks the nomination again.

CARINE HAJJAR

Who’s a RINO? (Hint: Not Nikki Haley.)

Haley is getting hammered by Donald Trump for being a “Republican in name only.” But she may be the most conservative candidate in the race.