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.
In the Democratic primary for NH's 1st congressional district – a purple seat that is open because incumbent Democrat Chris Pappas is pursuing NH's U.S. Senate seat – Stefany Shaheen has been the frontrunner since entering the race in May of last year.
That's the advantage of being the daughter of the historic political figure Pappas is hoping to succeed – Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the first woman in American history to be elected Governor and Senator. However, with that name ID also comes increased scrutiny, and a *lot* of questions directly related to the family's legacy.
On today's episode, I purposely did not want to spend much time on such topics. Instead, we ran the gambit, from policy (the weeds of health care, inflation, AI, and more) to the surprisingly conservative politics of GenX (we were both born in 1974), to the thread of competitive sports that many may not know runs through her life.
You can learn more about Shaheen's campaign at www.StefanyShaheen.com.

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