Bolduc holds polling lead, GOP grassroots support in Senate primary race

WMUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR R IN. DON BULLOCK HAS NEXT TO NOTHING IN HIS CAMPAIGN BANK ACCOUNT BUT POLLS SHOW HE POSSESSES SOMETHING EVEN MORE VALUABLE BROAD SUPPORT FROM CONSERVATIVE GRASSROOTS. IT APPEARS THAT SOME POWERFUL REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON AREN’T EXACTLY THRILLED WITH THE IDEA OF YOU THE NOMINEE. WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT’S FINE. THAT’S WHAT POLITICS IS ABOUT, RIGHT? BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT’S ABOUT THE GRANITE STATERS AND IT’S ABOUT WHO THEY WANT TO REPRESENT THEM. AND I’VE BEEN WORKING FOR TWO YEARS NOW IN THIS CAMPAIGN, VISITED EVERY TOWN AND CITY IN THIS STATE. AND I’VE GONE FAR AND WIDE TO BUILD A GREAT BASE. THE RETIRED ARMY GENERAL REJECTED CONVENTIONAL WISDOM BY ANNOUNCING HIS CAMPAIGN IN NOVEMBER 2020, FRESH OFF A LOSS IN THAT CYCLE’S GOP SENATE PRIMARY. BUT AS MANY MONTHS ON THE TRAIL APPEAR TO BE PAYING OFF AS A CANDIDATE, BOLDUC HAS BUILT A UNIQUE PROFILE COMBINING THE RESUME AND SERVICE OF A BRIGADIER GENERAL WHO FOUGHT IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER 911 WITH THE OUTSIDER STREET CRED OF HAVING BEEN REJECTED BY ESTABLISHMENT LEADERS LIKE GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU. BUT BULLOCK’S PLAINSPOKEN STYLE HAS ALSO RESULTED IN OPENINGS FOR OPPONENTS TO ATTACK. ONE REPUBLICAN COMPETITOR BRANDING HIM A, QUOTE, LOOSE CANNON. IN A RECENT DEBATE, YOU SAID THE SEARCH WARRANT EXECUTED AT MAR A LAGO. THAT QUOTE, THE FIRST QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK IS, DO WE STILL NEED THE FBI? DO YOU BELIEVE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IS BEYOND REPAIR AND NEEDS TO BE DEVOLVED HERE? LET ME CLARIFY THOSE COMMENTS AND. I REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON’T WANT YOU TO CLARIFY COMMENTS AND THEY WANT TO HOLD YOU TO YOUR FIRST STATEMENT. SO IT’S NOT THE FBI WRIT LARGE. IT’S THEIR LEADERSHIP, THEIR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE LOWEST POLITICAL APPOINTEE I BELIEVE NEEDS BE CALLED BACK INTO BACK INTO THE SENATE. AND THEIR CONFIRMATION REVOKED. AND WE NEED TO LOOK FOR DIFFEREN

Bolduc holds polling lead, GOP grassroots support in Senate primary race

Updated: 5:27 PM EDT Sep 2, 2022

The retired Army general has next to nothing in his campaign bank account, but polls show he possesses something even more valuable: broad support from the conservative grassroots in New Hampshire.

The retired Army general has next to nothing in his campaign bank account, but polls show he possesses something even more valuable: broad support from the conservative grassroots in New Hampshire.