[applause] we are 38 days away from electing and reelecting congresswoman carol shea-porter. and 38 days away from another term for united states senator jeanne shaheen. [applause] boy, it is true, and you have heard it all that cross the country -- all across the country and in the state of new hampshire. americaen succeed, succeeds. new hampshiren resident -- underline the word resident -- when new hampshire resident and senator jeanne shaheen shows a man from massachusetts what it means when they call it the granite state. [applause] succeed when our can-do congresswoman, carol shea-porter, trounces her do-nothing opponent. [applause] we succeed by electing governor maggie hassan to continue her leadership. i have really enjoyed watching your governor work. she brings people together to get things done. a bipartisan budget, expansion of medicaid. that has tripped up many other states. securing new transportation funding so that new hampshire has modern transportation infrastructure. under governor hassan's leadership, unemployment has been driven down to its lowest level s

center back strong, reelect maggie hansen and carol shea-porter. you all are leading the country. you are leading the way. we have a little speed wobble here in 2010. people got a sense of what can happen if you veer off in ideology. collaborative mindful leaders are going to solve our problems so thank you all very much for having me. [applause] >> another big round of applause for speaker. [applause] >> it looks like martha and dyre tech -- entertaining at home, doesn't it? [laughter] that's mrs. o'connor so those are the first ladies of maryland. we have yet to have her first husband so someday. >> we can show you how. >> strong women of the granite state. thanks for having me. >> thanks for being here. >> k glad to. the midterms require a lot more oars in the water. >> that's right. >> how are you doing? good. >> we had over 200 people calm. >> that's awesome. [inaudible conversations] >> that was a fun night. >> too much time at the beach. >> where were we that day? >> this is that the state convention probably two years ago. probably six years ago. >> six years ago? you got

we have great incumbents up there, annie custer and carol shea-porter.ant to see them come back to congress because they are independent voices in congress. ust: on election night, tell what might surprise people. races inam looking at new jersey. anotheraard would be person. callus in illinois. when graham in florida would be a good one to watch. in california, pete aguilar. i am looking forward to all of them being sworn into the next congress. we cannot predict what will happen on election night. the real prediction is we will have a good night if voters show up at the polls. i want to encourage everybody out there, in the last days of registration, with registration going on in some states, get registered. go to vote, do early voting where you can, and vote on november 4. i think it will be a good night for the american people. it will be a good night to jumpstart the middle class and our economy by voting for democrats on election night. host: thank you much -- thank you very much for your time, congresswoman donna edwards. coming up next, we will g

through cted to come that one both of the house seats too.or grabs in the first district, carol shea portermatch ing to face a with frank guinta. he faces a primary from a number most seriouss, the being dan ennis. he's a business school dean up here and actually a gay republican. he is made some news from that. expected to come through that primary. second district, congresswoman annie custer. he does not know who her republican primary opponent is. call, emily cahn of roll it's been a long summer of primaries. what were the biggest upsets that you'd say happened over the course of the primary season? > everyone is going to to talk about eric cantor. the only sitting house majority leader in history to lose a primary. expected this to happen. he had the primary where everybody thought it would get close. it he fact that dave brat won was a huge surprise at roll call. that senator sed cochran survived the primary in runoff from a state senator chris mcdaniel. mcdaniel still kind of fighting the rules of a runoff back in june. so no one expects it to flip. nd the fact that a sitting senator

winner of that primary will take on representative carol shea porter. host: a long-time political columnist in new hampshire. he writes the granite reported which you can find in the new ampshire journal, nh journal..com. thank you so much for your time this morning. thank you pleasure, very much, john. host: we want to hear from the in the on the top issue new york election. we love to hear from the states where the last four primaries are taking place. that's rhode island, new hampshire, massachusetts, and delaware today. primaries of the 2014 cycle. we'll start, though, in line ket, virginia on the for independents. what's your top issue for the election? caller: the most thing i was ridiculous was the commercial about water. the water process is 450 million gallons of water a day. and there just isn't a shortage water. anything that you put into water could be removed from water. using oxygen or liquid oxygen. lso, there's a north american water and power authority plan since n on the books 1950. would be to do allow california to be flooded with ir