New Hampshire is moving its state primary. Will it improve the state’s politics?

By: Ethan DeWitt

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 1,800

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Kris Schultz moved to New Hampshire in 2002 with one mission: get Mark Fernald elected. The Democratic state senator was running for governor, and Schultz had moved from Kentucky to run his campaign.

For Fernald, it was a clear opportunity: fellow Democrat and then-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen was departing the corner office to run for U.S. Senate, leaving the seat open for any Democrat to succeed her.

But right away, Schultz ran into an …

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