The Steve Marchand Podcast
The Steve Marchand Podcast
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Steve is a longtime political professional in New Hampshire whose worn about every hat you can: A former mayor and gubernatorial candidate who has managed races for governor, congress, NH's First in the Nation Primary, and every possible downballot race. He now uses his experience and analytics background to run his Democratic advocacy organization, Move The Goalposts, and authors a successful Substack, The Politics of New Hampshire. On this podcast, Steve talks state and national politics with politicians, operatives, journalists, and you.
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Explores topics like election strategies, political campaigns, and grassroots movements with episodes detailing upcoming political races, insights into the Democratic party's direction, and the influence of local issues such as housing and education funding
Steve is a longtime political professional in New Hampshire whose worn about every hat you can: A former mayor and gubernatorial candidate who has managed races for governor, congress, NH’s First in the Nation Primary, and every possible downballot race. He now uses his experience and analytics background to run his Democratic advocacy organization, Move The Goalposts, and authors a successful Substack, The Politics of New Hampshire. On this podcast, Steve talks state and national politics with politicians, operatives, journalists, and you.
Heath Howard is the latest entrant in the Democratic primary to succeed Rep. Chris Pappas in New Hampshire First Congressional District. Howard, from Barrington, is in his second term in the New Hampshire House, representing a very purple district in Strafford County.
He’s unusually young for a congressional candidate (he is 25), and for many voters, that may be an initial point of resistance. But with none of the seven candidates older than about 50, age may end up being less of a factor than usual. And Howard definitely tries to use it as a proxy for “change”.
I would definitely listen to his story about how he was nearly paralyzed at age 15 in a skiing accident, and how his mother, who is a physical therapist, was critical in navigating the health care system at a time of medical crisis for Howard.
One of the goals as I seek to improve my performance in my podcasts and Substack Live programs is to draw out the personal stories that, in my 25 years in politics, always deeply influence how candidates see the world. I think we got some of that insight in this conversation.
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