The New Hampshire Senate has been fortunate to have the leadership of Sens. Chuck Morse and Jeb Bradley. We eagerly endorse both for re-election.
Morse is seeking another term in District 22 (Atkinson, Pelham, Plaistow, Salem.)
He has served as Senate President since Sen. Peter Bragdon stepped down in 2014. Morse has been one of the chief architect’s of the last three Republican budgets, cleaning up the mess left when Democrats took over the State House from 2007 to 2010. Morse has controlled spending, lowered taxes and restocked the state’s depleted Rainy Day Fund.
Bradley is running for re-election in District 3, which covers Carroll County as well as Milton and Middleton. A former Congressman, Bradley is not only Senate Majority Leader, but the go-to guy for figuring out thorny policy problems. He led negotiations to reform New Hampshire’s pension system, energy siting, and workers compensation costs.
Faced with a partisan, absentee governor and a House divided between Republicans, Democrats and other Republicans, Morse and Bradley held the Senate Republican Caucus together in support of calm, measured public policy.
Neither Gov. Maggie Hassan’s proposed budget nor the hastily amended budget that came out of the House were realistic. Senate Republicans, under constant partisan attack from Senate Democrats, fixed it. When Hassan’s veto prompted an unnecessary three-month standoff, Morse and Bradley held their ground. And they won, delivering a balanced budget and a growing surplus.
Morse and Bradley have built a great team in the New Hampshire Senate. The Granite State is better off for their leadership.
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