Article originally publsihed By Joshua Clark on seacoastonline.com

EXETER — A host of candidates vying for local, state and national office joined an estimated crowd of 250-plus at Swasey Parkway on Tuesday evening to discuss the issues they believe will be at the center of the elections this fall.

Governor
Frank Emiro, Sr.
Jack Kimball
John Stephen
Karen Testerman

US Senate
Kelly Ayotte
Jim Bender
Bill Binnie
Ovide Lamontagne

Congress, 1st District
Rich Ashooh
Peter Bearse
Bob Bestani
Frank Guinta
Sean Mahoney
Kevin Rondeau

Congress, 2nd District
Charlie Bass
Bob Guida
Jennifer Horn

Executive Council
James Adams
Raymond Burton
Dan St. Hilaire
Peter Spaulding
Christopher Sununu
Dave Wheeler

State Senator
Peter Angerhoffer
Jack Barnes, Jr.
Jeb Bradley
David Boutin
Tom DeBlois
Rebecca C. Fee
Jeanie Forrester
Jim Forsythe
John Gallus

Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) mailed 1,024 Anti-Tax Pledges to candidates running for office in New Hampshire. All candidates are encouraged to sign AFP-NH’s Anti-Tax Pledge and go on the record in support of smaller government, lower taxes, and the Constitution. AFP has already collected nearly sixty signed pledges from candidates seeking the following offices: U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, State Senate, Executive Council and State Representative.

Article originally posted at Nashua Telegraph here

Prominent and lesser-known Republican candidates for federal and state office dutifully lined up Wednesday to sign a pledge to oppose higher taxes and spending if elected.

Americans For Prosperity’s New Hampshire branch sponsored the tax pledge signing event that attracted GOP hopefuls from top to bottom on the ballot.