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.
Cinde Warmington is the presumptive Democratic nominee for New Hampshire Governor in 2026 – and she's got a better chance of pulling off the victory than you probably think.
First-term incumbent GOP Governor Kelly Ayotte has kept a generally low-key demeanor while a much harder-charging, Free State Project-driven GOP House majority has been pushing the envelope in such areas as education vouchers and business tax cuts.
For Ayotte, an electorate souring on the GOP's brand is making for an uncertain 2026 political environment: She's been below 50% job approval for much of her two-year term, and a recent poll by UNH shows Warmington within five points of Ayotte (44%-39%).
In this episode, Steve and Cinde talk about everything from practical steps to get housing affordability under control, to the deep and personal pain her family has felt through battles with addiction. It's policy, politics, and personal stories on today's episode of The Steve Marchand Podcast.
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