REGION — The state primary is set for Tuesday, Sept. 8 in municipalities across the region and in local races, there are few party contested races with an exception.
For Coos County commissioner of District 3, two candidates seek the Republican party nomination: Raymond Gorman, a Colebrook selectman whose term ends in 2026 and who is the incumbent commissioner for that district as well as the commission’s vice chairman and Michael Cote, of Gorham, the former commander of New Hampshire State Police Troop F.
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