Voters in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday will choose a brand-new member of Congress this fall for the veryfirst time in 12 years, a possibility that has led to a controversial and costly main inbetween prominent Democrats.
Former New Hampshire Executive Councilor Colin van Ostern and previous Department of Justice Deputy Assistant Attorney General Maggie Goodlander are squaring off in the Democratic main to change six-term Rep. Annie Kuster, who is retiring.
Van Ostern leapt into the race veryfirst, rapidly making Kuster’s recommendation. But his straight shot to the Democratic election in a district ranked “likely Democratic” by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, was suppressed when Goodlander, a longtime congressional and legal staffer in Washington, introduced her project in May.
Goodlander, who is initially from New Hampshire and is married to White House nationwide security advisor Jake Sullivan, has rose giventhat introducing her project in May, earning assistance from EMILY’s List and previous Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Tensions haveactually increased in the closing weeks of the race, with cash streaming in and one prominent Van Ostern backer — previous Gov. John Lynch — changing his assistance to Goodlander.
Van Ostern still promotes recommendations from numerous prominent New Hampshire leaders, consistingof 2 previous state Democratic Party chairs — Kathy Sullivan and Ned Helms — and previous statewide chosen authorities, such as previous state Attorney General Joe Foster and previous state Senate President Sylvia Larsen.
Focus on reproductive rights
Goodlander and Van Ostern have especially honed their attacks versus each other over reproductive rights.
“Access to health care and gainaccessto to reproductive rights haveactually been main problems to me for the last 15-plus years of my life,” Van Ostern informed NBC News, promoting his work financing Planned Parenthood while on the New Hampshire Executive Council.
“I think that New Hampshire citizens understand how to judge someone on their actions, not simply their words,” he included.
Asked to react, Goodlander informed NBC News: “My challenger’s core attack versus me is an attack on my dedication to reproductive liberty, and he’s made this attack even however he understands my expert record.”
On the path, Goodlander has highlighted her work clerking for previous Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and her work at the Justice Department in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 choice to reverse Roe v. Wade.
In her project advertisements and videos, Goodlander has likewise shared her individual experience lookingfor emergencysituation reproductive care, informing citizens in one TELEVISION advertisement, “I’ve battled my own unpleasant fights. When I was 20 weeks pregnant, [my husband] and I lost our kid.”
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