Editorial: Changes for New Hampshire's congressional delegation

THIS IS A WMUR EDITORIAL SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD. WMUR, OUR PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, ANDREW ANDREW VREES, A POLITICAL BOMBSHELL ON WEDNESDAY WHEN OUR NEWS 9 POLITICAL TEAM WAS FIRST TO REPORT THAT LONGTIME CONGRESSWOMAN ANNIE KUSTER WOULD NOT RUN FOR REELECTION. THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE STATE AND MAYBE FOR OUR NATION FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, KUSTER, A DEMOCRAT, HAS SERVED THOSE OF YOU LIVING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE’S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. THAT’S A GEOGRAPHICALLY AND SOCIOECONOMICALLY DIVERSE DISTRICT THAT COVERS AREAS AS DIFFERENT AS CONCORD, KEENE, NASHUA, AND BERLIN. KUSTER AND MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT STATE AND OUT FROM OTHER POLITICIANS. PARTLY BECAUSE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND PARTLY BECAUSE OF THEIR AUTHENTIC POLITICAL STYLE. THE SIZE OF OUR STATE ALLOWS US TO SNIFF OUT POLITICIANS WHO ARE FAKES, FRAUDS, AND FUNDAMENTALLY NOT SUITED TO HOLD OFFICE. YOU GENERALLY WON’T FIND ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PAST OR PRESENT, SEEKING THE SPOTLIGHT. TO ELEVATE THEIR OWN POLITICAL CAPITAL. HISTORICALLY, NEW HAMPSHIRE’S DELEGATION HAS BEEN RESPECTFUL OF THE OFFICE AND RESPECTED BY THE PEOPLE. YOU WILL SEE THEM SERVING THE PEOPLE, ADVOCATING FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES AND CONSTITUENTS, AND WORKING TO MAKE NEW HAMPSHIRE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, RETIRE AND RAISE A FAMILY. THIS MAY SOUND LIKE I’M PUTTING CONGRESSWOMAN KUSTER ON A PEDESTAL. I AM NOT. I’M SEPARATING HER AND THE REST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE’S DELEGATION PAST AND PRESENT, FROM THE CHAOS IN WASHINGTON. CONGRESSWOMAN KUSTER KNOWS SHE IS A PUBLIC SERVANT. SHE KNOWS YOU PUT HER IN OFFICE. SHE KNOWS YOU COULD HAVE VOTED TO TAKE HER OUT. SHE DIDN’T KNOW SHE WOULD BE SECONDS AWAY FROM COMING FACE TO FACE IN A CONFRONTATION. WITH THOSE WHO TRIED TO OVERTHROW OUR DEMOCRACY ON JANUARY 6TH, NO ONE SERVING OUR COUNTRY ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, SHOULD FEEL THREATENED BY THE PEOPLE. KUSTER WILL TELL YOU THAT DAY WAS TERRIFYING. BUT SHE RAN AGAIN AND WON. THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE BY NOT STAYING TOO LONG AT THE PARTY. THESE AREN’T LIFETIME POSITIONS. HER DECISION MAKES ROOM FOR NEW BLOOD, NEW IDEAS, AND MAYBE A NEW POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW. HER DEPARTURE COULD IMPACT THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS, AND IT WILL DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE CAMPAIGN LANDSCAPE FOR THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. KUSTER CRUSHED HER REPUBLICAN OPPONENT IN THE MOST RECENT ELECTION. NOW, IT’S WIDE OPEN FOR YOU TO DECIDE WHO SHOULD REPRESENT YOU NEXT. SEND YOUR COMMENTS T