OSSIPEE — Incumbent Republican state Rep. Jonathan Smith is facing challenge from Democrat Pat Pustell at the polls Nov. 8 for a seat as Carroll County's District 5 representative.
Due to the 2020 Census, the N.H. political Districts will have changed. Those elected to non state or county wide offices in November will serve in the new districts starting in December or January depending on the office.
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Just to clarify, President Trump brokered the deal to leave Afghanistan. Biden made a mess of it and got 13 Marines killed and left millions of dollars of weapons. Replacing jobs is not creating them, in addition not the best timing, as in Aug we saw a loss of 1 million jobs in the US.
For our state, every time a law is proposed that restricts our freedoms they've come from Democrats. When an income tax was proposed, and the governor vetoed it... it was a Democrat. Re-elect Smith and keep our state free.
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