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In New Hampshire, Pro-Union Candidates Win 4 of 4 Special Elections

AFL-CIO communications staffer Nora Frederickson sends us this report from New Hampshire.

Union-endorsed working family candidates have gone for four-for-four in the special elections held after Republican House Speaker Bill O’Brien rolled out an anti-middle class agenda that puts partisan high-horsing above the needs of Granite Staters. Peter Leishman, a Democrat from Hillsborough, swept the final special election for state representative by an astounding 20-point margin on Tuesday night.

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N.H. Speaker Fails Again to Override ‘Right to Work’ Veto

AFL-CIO communications staffer Nora Frederickson sends us this report from New Hampshire.

Following weeks of speculation, William O’Brien, the speaker of the New Hampshire state House, failed to call a vote to override Democratic Gov. John Lynch’s veto of a so-called right to work legislation in a special session today after O’Brien realized he may not have the votes needed to override the veto. After Lynch vetoed H.B. 474 in May, O’Brien has scrambled to catch opponents of the “right to work” for less law off guard, holding unscheduled votes, changing the agendas on session days and bombarding session days with roll-call votes in order to ensure that he can push through an override of the veto.

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