2008 NH Sierra Club Endorsements

Federal - State Senate - State Representative

The New Hampshire Chapter of the Sierra Club list of endorsed candidates in the 2008 elections include Sen. Barack Obama for President, Jeanne Shaheen for US Senate, Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter for New Hampshire's First District and Congressman Pau Hodes for New Hampshire's Second District.

On the state level, the incumbent Governor John Lynch, 2 Executive Councilors, 14 State Senators and 106 NH State Representatives recieved the Chapter endorsement. Of the total 123 endorsed state candidates, fifty-two are women and 71 men. They all share the same value: to care for the environment when they vote in the State House.

"We are very please to announce today that the New Hampshire Sierra Club officially endorses for election these environmental champions of our state," said Jerry Curran the Political Chair for the New Hampshire Chapter.

"They were selected for endorsement based on responses to an in-depth questionnaire, voting record, and history of environmental involvement. Endorsement by the NH Sierra Club gives the candidates access to the Sierra Club’s New Hampshire membership list and in some cases volunteers to help with their campaigns and financial support."

The Sierra Club has now endorsed John Lynch in all three of his gubernatorial Campaigns.

*these are candidates who are current NH Sierra Club Members and supporters.


Federal Candidates
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President - Barack Obama

Senate - Jeanne Shaheen

Congressional District 1 - Carol Shea-Porter

Congressional District 2 - Paul Hodes
 
Governor and Executive Council - Governor John Lynch

Executive Councilor

Debora Pignatelli*
District 3 (Amherst, Brookline, Dunbarton, Fitzwilliam, Goffstown, Greenville, Hinsdale, Hollis, Jaffrey, Keene, Lyndeborough, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Boston, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Richmond, Rindge, Sharon, Swanzey, Temple, Troy, Wilton, and Winchester)

Beverly Hollingworth
District 5 (Atkinson, Barrington, Brentwood, Chester, Danville, Dover, Durham, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, Lee, Madbury, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Nottingham, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham, and Windham)

State Senate
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SENATE DISTRICT NO. 2
Deborah Reynolds

Belknap County
Center Harbor
Meredith
New Hampton
Sanbornton
Grafton County
Alexandria
Ashland
Bath
Benton
Bridgewater
Bristol
Campton
Canaan
Dorchester
Easton
Ellsworth
Groton
Haverhill
Hebron
Holderness
Landaff
Lyme
Monroe
Orange
Orford
Piermont
Plymouth
Rumney
Thornton
Warren
Wentworth
Woodstock

SENATE DISTRICT NO.3
'Bud' Martin

Carroll County
Brookfield
Chatham
Conway
Eaton
Effingham
Freedom
Madison
Moultonborough
Ossipee
Sandwich
Tamworth
Tuftonboro
Wakefield
Wolfeboro
 
Strafford County
Farmington
Middleton
Milton

SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 4
Kathleen Sgambati
 
Belknap County
Alton
Barnstead
Belmont
Gilford
Gilmanton
Laconia
Tilton
Strafford County
New Durham
Strafford

SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 6
Jackie Cilley
 
Rockingham County
Nottingham
Strafford County
Barrington
Madbury
Rochester
Somersworth

SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 7
Harold Janeway

Cheshire County
Harrisville
Nelson
Hillsborough County
Antrim
Bennington
Deering
Francestown
Hancock
Hillsborough
Weare
Windsor
Merrimack County
Bradford
Boscawen
Canterbury
Henniker
Loudon
Northfield
Salisbury
Warner
Webster




 

SENATE DISTRICT NO.7
Harold Janeway

Cheshire County
Harrisville
Nelson
Hillsborough County
Antrim
Bennington
Deering
Francestown
Hancock
Hillsborough
Weare
Windsor
Merrimack County
Bradford
Boscawen
Canterbury
Henniker
Loudon
Northfield
Salisbury
Warner
Webster

SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 8
Jay Phinizy
 
Cheshire County
Alstead
Gilsum
Marlow
Roxbury
Stoddard
Sullivan
Walpole
Westmoreland
Merrimack County
Newbury
New London
Sutton
Sullivan County
Acworth
Charlestown
Claremont
Goshen
Langdon
Lempster
Newport
Sunapee
Unity
Washington

SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 9
Michael Kaelin
 
Hillsborough County
Bedford
Greenfield
Lyndeborough
Merrimack
Mont Vernon
New Boston


SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 10
Molly Kelly

Cheshire County
Chesterfield
Dublin
Fitzwilliam
Hinsdale
Keene
Marlborough
Richmond
Surry
Swanzey
Troy
Winchester

SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 11
Steve Spratt
 
Cheshire County
Jaffrey
Rindge
Hillsborough County
Amherst
Greenville
Milford
New Ipswich
Peterborough
Sharon
Temple
Wilton

SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 11
Steve Spratt
 
Cheshire County
Jaffrey
Rindge
Hillsborough County
Amherst
Greenville
Milford
New Ipswich
Peterborough
Sharon
Temple
Wilton
 
SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 12
Peggy Gilmore
 
Hillsborough County
Brookline
Hollis
Mason
Nashua Wards 1,2,5,9
 
SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 15
Sylvia Larsen
 
Merrimack County
Concord
Hopkinton
Pembroke

SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 16
Bob Backus
 
Hillsborough County
Manchester Wds 1,2,12
Merrimack County
Bow
Dunbarton
Hooksett
Rockingham County
Candia

SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 21
Amanda Merrill
 
Rockingham County
Epping
Strafford County
Dover
Durham
Lee
Rollinsford


SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 23
Maggie Wood Hassan

Rockingham County
East Kingston
Exeter
Kensington
Kingston
Newfields
Newmarket
Newton
Seabrook
South Hampton
Stratham
 
SENATE DISTRICT
NO. 24
Martha Fuller Clark*

Rockingham County
Greenland
Hampton
Hampton Falls
New Castle
Newington
North Hampton
Portsmouth
Rye

State Representative By County
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Belknap

District  4     (Laconia Wards 1-6)
Edwin Allard
Judith T. Reever
District 5     (Alton, Barnstead, Belmont, Gilford)
James "Doc" Pilliod*

Carroll

District 3 (Freedom, Ossipee, Sandwich, Tamworth)
 Howard N. Cunningham
Virginia Heard

Grafton

District 7 (Hebron, Plymouth)
Suzanne Smith
District 8 (Alexandria, Ashland, Bridgewater, Bristol, Groton, Holderness)
Burton W. Williams
District 10 (Canaan, Dorchester, Enfield, Grafton, Orange)
"Chuck" Townsend
District 11 (Lebanon Wards 1-3)
Susan W. Almy
Gene Andersen*
Franklin Gould*
"Laurie" Harding

Merrimack

District 2 (Franklin Wards 1-3, Hill)
Leigh A. Webb
District 4 (Hopkinton, Warner, Webster)
Christine C. Hamm
Derek Owen
District 5 (Bradford, Henniker)
Barbara Conner French*
"Beth" Rodd
District 6 (Andover, Boscawen, Canterbury, Loudon, Northfield, Salisbury)
"Tim" Chrysostom
"Danny" Loehr
Frank A. Tupper
Deborah Wheeler
District 9 (Hooksett)
Eileen Ehlers
District 10 (Concord Wards 1, 2, and 3)
Mary Stuart Gile
"Fran" Potter*
"Steve" Shurtleff*
William Stetson
District 11 (Concord Wards 4, 8, 9, and 10)
Michael Bartlett
John DeJoie
District 12 (Concord Wards 5, 6, and 7)
"Rick" Watrous*

Strafford

District 1 (Rochester Wards 1-6)
Julie Brown
Pamela J. Hubbard*
Sandra Balomenos Keans
Rose Marie Rogers
District 2 (Rollinsford, Somersworth Wards 1-5)
Michael S. Rollo
Kenneth Ward
District 3 (Barrington, Farmington, Middleton, Milton, New Durham, Strafford)
"Larry" Brown
"Bob" Perry*
District 4 (Dover Wards 1 and 2)
Brendon S. Browne
District 5 (Dover Wards 3 and 4)
Sarah Hutz
District 7 (Durham, Lee, Madbury)
Emma Rous
Judith Spang
Janet G. Wall

Coos

District 2 (Carroll, Dalton, Jefferson, Kilkenny, Lancaster, Northumberland, Randolph, Stark, Stratford, Whitefield) 
Evalyn S. Merrick
Scott Merrick

Cheshire

District 2 (Alstead, Marlow, Nelson, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Walpole)
Tara Sad
District 3 (Keene Wards 1-5)
Suzanne Butcher
District 4 (Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Winchester)
William "Bill" Butynski
Daniel P. Carr
Henry A.L. Parkhurst
District 5 (Fitzwilliam, Richmond)
Barbara Hull Richardson*
District 6  (Harrisville, Marlborough, Swanzey, Troy)
Peter H. Allen*



Hillsborough



District 1 (Antrim, Hancock, Hillsborough, Windsor)
Robert A. Fredette
Gilman "Gil" Shattuck
District 2 (Bennington, Deering, Francestown, Greenfield)
Claudia A. Chase
District 4 (Lyndeborough, Mont Vernon, New Boston, Temple, Wilton)
Mary Beth Ayvazian
Jennifer Daler
Linda T. Foster
Henry Mullaney
District 5 (Brookline, Hollis, Mason)
"Art" Sweed*
District 6 (Amherst, Milford)
Nan H. Stearns
Peter D. Stearns
District 9 (Manchester Ward 2)
James W. Craig
District 11 (Manchester Ward 4)
Frank Willard Weaver
District 12 (Manchester Ward 5)
Robert "Bob" Tarr
Richard N. Komi
District 17 (Manchester Wards 10, 11 and 12)
Irene M. Messier
Jane Ellen Beaulieu
David L. Nixon
District 18 (Bedford)
Jayne E. Spaulding
"Bob" Jones*
District 19 (Merrimack)
Rose H. Arthur*
District 21 (Nashua Ward 2)
Suzanne Harvey
District 24 (Nashua Ward 6)
David B. Campbell
District 26 (Nashua Wards 5, 8 and 9)
David K. Murotake*
Michael O'Brien, Sr.

Rockingham

District 1 (Candia, Deerfield, Northwood, Nottingham)
Richard H. Snow
District 3 (Auburn, Londonderry)
David Howard
Thomas M. Kennedy*
District 5 (Derry)
"Nick" Arancio
Brent Carney*
Elizabeth Ives*
Barbara A. McCarthy
"Dan" McKenna*
Martin E. Poitzsch
District 12 (Newfields, Newmarket)
Dennis F. Abbott
District 13 (Exeter, North Hampton, Stratham)
Carl G. Robertson
Donna Schlachman
John W. Henson*
"Joe" Russell
John W. Sammel*
District 14 (Hampton Falls, Kensington, Seabrook, South Hampton)
James B. Webber
District 15 (Hampton)
Robert "Renny" Cushing
Susan R. Kepner*
District 16 (Newington, Portsmouth Wards 1-5)
Jacqueline Cali-Pitts
"Rich" DiPentima
Paul McEachern
Terie Norelli
Laura C. Pantelakos
Robin P. Read, Jr.
James R. Splaine
District 17 (Greenland)
Michael Marsh
District 18 (New Castle, Rye)
David A. Borden*

Sullivan

District 2 (Croydon, Goshen, Newport, Springfield, Washington)
Arthur G. Jillette, Jr.*
District 4 (Claremont Wards 1-3, Lempster, Unity)
John R. Cloutier

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