Fosters: "GOP Congressional Hopefuls Air Plans"
SOMERSWORTH — For the Strafford County Republican Committee Saturday's monthly meeting was all about looking ahead to November.
Hoping to win back spots currently held by Democrats, the group welcomed two congressional candidates that are looking to make some noise as the election approaches — House hopeful Frank Guinta and Senate contender Bill Binnie.
In a recent WMUR/University of New Hampshire poll, Guinta held a slight lead over Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter but he note "elections are long, elections are tough" and "at this point I'm happy to be ahead but this is a marathon and you never take an election for granted."
Guinta said he's ready for a tough fight but thinks his experience during his successful mayoral campaigns in Manchester will benefit him. He referenced back to his first election in 2005 when he defeated a three-term incumbent.
Guinta explained he was an underdog in a Democratic city but was able to get elected by running a campaign that was focused on cutting taxes, handling crime and addressing the lack of accountability in the city's education system.
Those goals appealed to voters and got him elected to his first term, and the fact that he was able to deliver on those goals got him elected to a second term as mayor, Guinta said.
He is hoping to deploy a similar strategy for his congressional campaign and said he is focused on the country's spending and debt and what he called a lack of transparency in Washington.
"Congress doesn't pay attention or listen to us, and they think they're better than you," Guinta said. "We need a regular, everyday person to represent us."
If elected, Guinta said he would work to enact an immediate spending freeze and added it's time to make some serious cuts, department by department. He said energy and education are two things that he could see on the chopping black, noting that those are issues that should be handled by individual communities.
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