{"id":2364701,"date":"2024-11-05T22:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T03:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kelly-ayotte-defeats-joyce-craig-in-new-hampshire-governors-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T22:43:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T03:43:35","slug":"kelly-ayotte-defeats-joyce-craig-in-new-hampshire-governors-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kelly-ayotte-defeats-joyce-craig-in-new-hampshire-governors-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Ayotte defeats Joyce Craig in New Hampshire governor&#8217;s race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkelly-ayotte-defeats-joyce-craig-in-new-hampshire-governors-race-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2364701&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican Kelly Ayotte has won\u200d the closely \u2064contested New Hampshire \u2063governor&#8217;s race against Democrat Joyce Craig. Ayotte, a former state senator, secured 52% of the votes compared to Craig&#8217;s 46%, as \u2064reported by the Associated Press when approximately 57% of the ballots had been counted. This election was \u2064to fill the seat vacated by outgoing Republican Governor Chris Sununu. The outcome of this race\u2064 is significant \u200bas New Hampshire is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as &quot;Always the Smartest Person in the Room&quot; Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground states<\/a>\u2064 in the upcoming elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republican Kelly Ayotte defeats Joyce Craig in New Hampshire governor&rsquo;s race<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1873135\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kelly-ayotte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kelly Ayotte\">Kelly Ayotte<\/a> defeated Democrat Joyce Craig in the closely watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New Hampshire\">New Hampshire<\/a> governor&rsquo;s race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ayotte, a former state senator, and Craig, the former mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, were vying to fill the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-attacks-on-j-d-vance-were-never-going-to-stick\/\" title=\"Why The Attacks On J.D. Vance Were Never Going To Stick\">open seat left vacant<\/a> by outgoing Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-sununu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chris Sununu\">Chris Sununu<\/a> (R-NH).<\/p>\n<p>Ayotte led Craig, 52%-46%, when the&nbsp;<em>Associated Press<\/em>&nbsp;called the New Hampshire governor&rsquo;s race at 10:34 p.m. EST with about 57% of the ballots counted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Hampshire is one of two <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">battleground states holding governor&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s races this year. The Granite State has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in the last five elections, but it also sent Sununu, a centrist Republican, to the governor&rsquo;s mansion four times. It has an all-Democrat congressional delegation but a Republican-controlled state legislature.<\/p>\n<p>The state elects a new governor every two years. According to a <em>Washington Examiner <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3178097\/2024-election-new-hampshire-voting-abortion-social-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"analysis\">analysis<\/a>, the top issues for New Hampshire voters were Social Security, crime, abortion, the economy, and immigration.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ayotte represented New Hampshire in the Senate from 2010 to 2016, losing her reelection bid by just over 1,000 votes. She worked to distance herself from former President Donald Trump during the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Cook Political Report<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/governor-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rated\">rated<\/a> New Hampshire&rsquo;s gubernatorial race a &ldquo;toss up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1873135\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1873135\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Kelly Ayotte wins New Hampshire governor&#8217;s race against Joyce Craig<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2364705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kelly-ayotte-and-joyce-craig-1024x680.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32321,39547,44443,44442,33594],"class_list":["post-2364701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-election-results","tag-governors-race","tag-joyce-craig","tag-kelly-ayotte","tag-new-hampshire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kelly-ayotte-and-joyce-craig-1024x680.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2364701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2364707,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364701\/revisions\/2364707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2364705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2364701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2364701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2364701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}