CONWAY — John Sununu of Rye, a leading member of the Sununu political dynasty and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, was one of the star attractions at Tuesday’s Five-Minute Forum at the Gibson Center for Senior Services in North Conway, where a standing-room-only turned out to greet the 12 candidates who turned up to say their piece before about 40 people in the audience.
The Democratic candidates had their turn a week earlier.
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