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.
New Hampshire's State Senate District 12 may be my favorite downballot district in the entire state. (This is quite a statement, given that there are 203 House districts and 24 Senate districts in a state of 1.4 million people.)
Located near the Massachusetts border, it's about an R+1 district that includes the ”blue” suburban wards of Nashua; the very ”purple” suburbs of Hollis and Brookline; and the quite ”red” rural towns of New Ipswich, Greenville, Mason, and Rindge. In other words…it's a perfect microcosm of the state (and even the country).
Carryl Roy is the Democratic nominee, seeking to replace longtime Republican incumbent Kevin Avard in what increasingly looks like a good year for Democrats. Roy is the chair of the Hollis School Board, but that's just the tip of the iceberg: She a cybersecurity professional, runs her own DJ company, is married with two tweeners in local public schools, and has run the Boston Marathon five times for charity.
In this episode, Carryl's deep knowledge of local school budgets and policy, as well as the relationship between state education funding and high local property taxes. We talk about New Hampshire's unique system of structuring school districts…and the increasingly painful reliance of local property taxes to pay for schools (including special education). We end with a surprisingly emotional discussion about what running the iconic Boston Marathon several times to raise money for Dana Farber has meant to her and others.
It's a great episode – learn more about Carryl's campaign at www.CarrylRoyForNH.com.
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