We survived the New Hampshire primary

I went to the polls early yesterday.  Voting had started off heavy for an off year primary.  All the action was on the Republican side, the Democrats were all running unopposed, or at least with no serious opposition.  When the polls closed we have Walt Havenstein handily beating Andrew Hemmingway for the governor's nomination.  Walt is in his 50s, former CEO of BAE, a big Nashua aerospace contractor (started out as Saunder Associates in the 1960's, I worked there once).  Andrew is a nice very young guy, really too young to be an effective governor, he simply hasn't been around long enough to develop the connections a governor has to have to be effective. Walt now has to beat the incumbent democrat, Maggie Hassan. 
   Scott Brown took the Senate nomination, with something like 50%, far ahead of Jim Rubin and Bob Smith.  Polls predicted Scott's win.  He looks to be the strongest guy going up against incumbent Jeanne Shaheen.  I think Scott can take Jeanne, giving us a second Republican senator. 
  And, surprise, Marilinda Garcia swept the House nomination in my house district.  She got 50%, with Gary Lambert trailing at 20 something %.  This was unexpected.  Marilinda has campaigned hard, and has enjoyed some heavy duty out of state support, TV ad buys.  Certainly the strength of her primary victory makes her the strongest candidate we can put up against Anne Kuster, the democratic incumbent, who is looking kinda old and frumpy and dowdy.  Marilinda is young, slim (very slim) and good looking. 
   In the other congressional district, Frank Guinta won the primary.  Frank has some name recognition in the district.  He has been mayor of Manchester (biggest city in the state). He has been US rep from that district, until Carol Shea Porter beat him two years ago.  So it's a rematch, and who knows how it will come out.
   The Democratic incumbents,  Kuster, Shea-Porter, and Shaheen have been seriously critised in the press for NOT holding town meetings, get togethers with voters, with un rehearsed questions from the floor.  Whereas the three Republicans have been out pressing the flesh with voters for months up here, they have been able to handle questions and just about all the voters have had an opportunity to meet them in person.