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Is Kelly Ayotte Married?
By Clark Hansen - Politics DailyKelly Ayotte, the tea party-courting former New Hampshire attorney general, is running for U.S. senator for the Granite State against Rep. Paul Hodes, former special prosecutor and assistant attorney general for New Hampshire. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about her life. Is Kelly Ayotte married? Yes. Who is Kelly Ayotte's husband? Ayotte's husband is Joseph Daley. How old is Kelly Ayotte's husband? Ayotte's husband is 45. What does Kelly Ayotte's husband do for a living? Daley ...
Eight Lessons of the 2010 Midterms
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyExcept for a little clean-up duty in Louisiana and Hawaii, the rowdy and random 2010 midterm primary season concluded this week, with more upstarts and upsets. Now, the remaining general election candidates, not to mention the leaders of both major political parties, are trying to discern what in the world the voters are trying to tell them – or whether there even are any coherent messages to be gleaned in this grueling election season. The short answer is that voters are certainly trying to tell the political class a thing or two, but it's not always clear what voters are trying to ...
Tea Party Coups: O'Donnell for Senate in Delaware, Paladino for New York Governor
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyTea Party conservatives emerged from the final big night of the 2010 primary season with at least two shocking upsets: Their pick in Delaware's Republican Senate primary, Christine O'Donnell, toppled veteran Rep. Michael Castle. And Buffalo developer Carl Paladino, a political newcomer allied with the Tea Party, defeated former congressman Rick Lazio in New York's Republican gubernatorial primary. The Delaware primary was a fitting climax to a season of noisy contests between candidates anointed by the Republican establishment because they seemed more electable, and those favored by Tea Party ...
Electable or Not, Tea Party Candidates Surge in Final Round of Primaries
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe 2010 primary season is ending with a blast of people power that recalls Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign -- except this time the fired-up grassroots are conservatives instead of liberals. Candidates blessed by the Republican establishment are under threat this week from upstart "outsiders" and primary voters who care more about ideology than electability. The latest establishment Republicans on the line include moderate nine-term Rep. Michael Castle of Delaware and a former New Hampshire attorney general, Kelly Ayotte, in Senate primaries, and former Rep. Rick Lazio in New York's ...
Ayotte Leads GOP Pack in N.H. Race for Party's Senate Nomination
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte has a big lead over her rivals for the Republican nomination in the race to succeed GOP Sen. Judd Gregg, who is retiring, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted April 17-18. Ayotte attracts 43 percent of likely primary voters, while businessman Bill Binnie runs second at 19 percent, businessman Jim Bender gets 11 percent and lawyer Ovide Lamontagne is way behind at 5 percent. Twenty-one percent are undecided. The primary is Sept. 14. Thirty-eight percent of voters don't know enough about Ayotte to express an opinion about her, ...
GOP Has Edge in Holding on to Judd Gregg's Senate Seat in N.H.
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTwo of the four Republican candidates hoping to fill the seat of retiring GOP Sen. Judd Gregg in New Hampshire are leading Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes and a third is in a statistical tie with him, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted April 17-18. Former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, considered a rising star in state politics, leads Hodes by 47 percent to 40 percent, with 13 percent undecided. The margin of error is 2.6 points for all matchups. Ayotte outpolls Hodes among independents (37 percent of the sample) by 49 percent to 34 percent, with 17 percent ...
Republicans Comfortably Ahead in New Hampshire Senate Seat Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyAll three Republicans vying for the New Hampshire seat being given up by GOP Sen. Judd Gregg are leading Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes, with state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte hitting the 50 percent mark, giving her a 15 point advantage, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 7. Ayotte, who led Hodes by 10 points last month, now is ahead of him by a 50 percent to 35 percent margin with 4 percent preferring another candidate and 11 percent undecided. Lawyer Ovide Lamontagne was the only Republican Hodes outpolled in Rasmussen's previous survey, but now Lamontagne leads him 44 ...
Two N.H. GOP Senate Hopefuls Lead Democrat Hodes by 10 Points
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTwo of the three Republicans running for their party's nod to face Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire now have 10 point leads over Hodes, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Narch 8. State Attorney General Kelly Ayotte leads Hodes 47 percent to 37 percent with 4 percent preferring someone else and 12 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. A month ago, she had led by 7 points. Businessman William Binnie, who last month had led Hodes by a point, now is ahead of him by 46 percent to 36 percent with 4 percent ...
Ayotte Still Leading the Field in New Hampshire Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyA new Rasmussen Reports poll in New Hampshire confirms what surveys have consistently been showing which is that the state's Republican Attorney General Kelly Ayotte has the best chance of the candidates in the GOP primary field to beat Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes in the race for the Senate seat being left open by the Judd Gregg. Ayotte leads Hodes 46 percent to 39 percent with 3 percent preferring some other candidate and 13 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points and the poll was conducted Feb. 10. Hodes leads lawyer Ovide Lamontagne 44 percent to 38 percent with 4 percent ...
Hodes Can't Gain Ground on Ayotte in New Hampshire Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNew Hampshire's Republican Attorney General Kelly Ayotte continues to be the strongest GOP candidate against Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes, leading him 41 percent to 33 percent with 25 percent undecided, according to a WMUR/University of New Hampshire Granite State poll conducted Jan. 27 - Feb. 3. The margin of error is 4.4 points. That's about the same margin Ayotte has enjoyed since October. Hodes leads the three other GOP hopefuls. He's ahead of lawyer Ovide Lamontagne 38 percent to 29 percent with 25 percent undecided. He leads businessman William Binnie 34 percent to 30 percent with 33 ...
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