Former GOP state Rep. Ross Berry talks exclusively with NHJournal about his controversial actions as House Election Law Committee chair that sparked an angry protest from Democrats and saw him forced out by Republican House Speaker Sherm Packard.

Berry stunned many in NH politics by promptly resigning his House seat -- not because of the controversy, but because he and his family were moving out of the district to a new home in Weare, N.H.

Berry, one of the most controversial -- and, some say, impactful -- members of the House GOP Caucus, talks about what happened in the Election Law Committee, as well as the troubling state of New Hampshire's current election laws.

Will Berry be back for an encore next year? That's one of the many questions we ask on this edition of the New Hampshire Journal podcast.

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“We’re basically at the doorstep of the election, and the outcome is a coin flip.”

That's how Suffolk University Director of Polling David Paleologos describes the 2024 general election which is six months away. His new poll has President Biden and former President Trump literally tied -- thanks to the impact of RFK, Jr.

Paleologos talks about some of the trends behind the polls, and he points out that it's possible RFK, Jr. may win Electoral College votes this year, thanks to new polling procedures in some states.

That would make Kennedy the first third-party candidate to win an Electoral College vote since...well, you'll have to listen to the podcast to find out!

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In this double-barreled edition of the NHJournal podcast, two savvy Republican women talk about politics -- from New Hampshire's Second Congressional District to the Middle East.

Morgan Ortagus is founder of Polaris National Security and a former State Department spokesperson from the Trump administration. She shares her view of the Democrats' obsession with engaging, rather than confronting, Iran -- even in the wake of the recent missile attack on Israel. Ortagus also shares what she says are the key questions New Hampshire voters should be asking candidates for Congress this year.

One of those candidates is Lily Tang Williams, who discusses her views on foreign policy and how she sees the NH-02 GOP primary. "I am the frontrunner," Williams tells NHJournal.

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