Tonight was the Belknap County Lincoln Day Cruise on the Mount Washington. There were just shy of 200 people in attendance and we were able to hear from several of the candidates running for office.

Unfortunately the Sullivan County Lincoln Day Cook-out in Claremont was also scheduled for tonight so, while we were still docked we heard from U.S. Senator Sununu, who is running for re-election, and State Senator Joe Kenney, who is running for Governor. They both had to leave right away in order to make it over to Claremont for that event. We also weren’t able to hear from any of the 2^nd Congressional District candidates because it is more important for them to be at a function in that district.

The cruise was nice and I was able to speak to several people about how the Republican’s lost the majority in 2006 because to many Republicans in Congress gave up on their Conservative Principles, especially in the spending and earmarks areas. I started outlining what I see as a strong campaign to regain control. As I spoke it was mentioned by several individuals that we need a strong Conservative to win the 4^th District Senate seat.

As we discussed the issues I began to see clearly that I should run for that seat. The more I thought about it and how I can affect a positive change to stop the practice of the state passing costs down through the counties to the property tax payers I realized that I would not only be protecting the residents of Laconia but some of our surrounding neighbors that don’t have the Spending-Tax-Cap to protect them.

I plan on making an announcement on “Meet The New Press” (on WEMJ 1490 AM between 9 and 11 AM on Saturdays) and on “The Advocates” (on WEZS 1350 AM between 8 and Noon on Saturdays). I also plan on contacting the newspapers for an interview sometime during Sunday so you should be able to read about it in Monday’s Edition of both the Laconia Daily Sun and the Citizen of Laconia.

I look forward to signing the candidate forms on Wednesday and getting on the campaign trail to meet all of you, my future constituents.