CONWAY — Rep. Bill Marsh (D-Brookfield) says he is running for state Senate because he can no longer abide by the “extreme” right-wing policies espoused by his former friend and mentor, the District 3 incumbent state senator, Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro).
In September of 2021, Marsh, a retired ophthalmologist, switched parties, saying he was leaving the Republican Party due to a series of disagreements with GOP leadership over vaccines and the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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When Mr Marsh days that the Democrats “are the rational people right now” it demonstrates that he has no understanding of the current danger to this country, both nationally & locally, posed by the democrats!
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