BARTLETT — Is Gene Chandler interested in returning to state politics?
The former New Hampshire Speaker of the House thought his days under the Golden Dome had ended when he lost the 2018 election, but unbeknownst to him, a write-in campaign was launched this year, and on Sept. 8 he received 52 write-in votes as the Republican nominee to represent Carroll County District 2.
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