jim lawrence was the winner and will challenge annie kuster. kelly ayotte defeated jim rubens. ayotte and maggie hassan will battle it out for the senate seat. erin: josh mcelveen and andy smith sat down to discuss some of the primary results and what we can expect as we wait to see who will be declared the winner of the g.o.p. governor's race. >> first c.d. is too close to call. that was down to a few hundred votes after midnight. looks like chris sununu is going to hang on. >> edelblut is the surprise whether he wins or loses. he was a complete unknown, had his own money, but didn't have any organizational support, other than what he put together himself and main a great campaign and did well in the debates and really made himself the alternative candidate. edelblut. >> disappointing night for ted gastas. keep the eyes on the races that haven't been decided and start focusing on the ones that have. good to see you, andy. >> two months to go. >> two months to go. back to you. sean: now on "daybreak," a deadly crash in ossipee is now under investigation. the accident happened s

opponent in the primary, that's jim lawrence. reporter: jim lawrence certainly knows the drill very well, this is his second run at congress. he's served three terms as state rep. he is an air force veteran, a father of eight, a conservative republican, those are maybe the bullet points on jim lawrence. he spent the morning going around to polling sites, he says he received positive feedback. but according to the latest wmur poll, most voters f not know enough about any of the candidates including lawrence in the second district race to have an opinion. so possibly low voter turnout combined with that, we'll see how that affects the numbers for tonight. lawrence's main platform, going after what he calls a broken washington, everything from foreign policy to national debt. we're live at sky meadow country club in nashua at jim lawrence's campaign headquarters. tom: our campaign coverage for candidates' headquarters throughout the night. jennifer: at the top of each hour we'll update you on what's happening right then. plus our li

republican jim lawrence was declared the winner. he claimed victory after taking 40% of the votes compared to 28% rival, jack flanagan. that means lawrence will be taking on annie kuster in the november election. the second of new hampshire. >> they want washington, d.c. to stop over regulating and over taxing our small businesses, allow our economy to grow, to keep us safe from terrorism around the world and to allow the grate people of the state of new hampshire to obtain what sean: kelly ayotte will be fighting for her senate seat. she will face off against challenger, maggie hassan, in november. ayotte easily defeated jim rubens in the new hampshire primary. she won 79% of the vote. senator ayotte is looking ahead to the general election matchup with maggie hassan. >> i'm just to keep rowing the boat to get things done for new hampshire. getting the making sure the funding comes for prevention, treatment, recovery, and the first responders in new hampshire. that's where my focus is. that's why i think it should be. erin: maggie h

about an hour ago, he did call jim lawrence. he said he did support him. he should have a united front going forward. who said he name recognition but feels he did have a strong campaign. as for next, he says it is too soon to tell. for now, live in brookline, heather hamel. tom: the winner of that race will face annie kuster. jennifer: kuster says she does not expect november to be a get things done, combating the heroin epidemic. working for increased access to treatment for veterans. creating a new campus for our community colleges. fighting for seniors to maintain and protect social security. jennifer: shifting to the race for the u.s. senate where kelly ayotte tom: this is a race called early in the evening. she is looking ahead to her general election matchup with maggie hassan. senator ayyote: making sure the funding comes for prevention, treatment, recovery. he said he is just pointed with the showing. he did say that he is proud of the campaign he ran. we were there when he made his phone call to kelly ayotte. jennifer: you can get all the results

erin: jim lawrence and jack flanagan. in the senate race, keel y ayotte is being challenged by jim rubens. sean: many polling locations are already open. here's a look at one in manchester. yo show an approved voter i. d. more information head to the politics section of wmur.com for that. kevin: it should be a warmer day. you'll notice the cooler air causing steam early this morn. we are getting to that time of year. the lake starts to cool off. we're noticing temperatures back into the mid 70's to lower 80's. low to mid 80's. showers in the afternoon or evening. eventually it is cooler air wednesday night and thursday. erin: coming up next on "good morning america," they will have a closer look at the incident we told you about on "dancing with the stars" last night during this live broadcast. it involved olympic swimmer, ryan lochte, during the judge's review, two men wearing anti-lochte shirts rushed the stage. sean: and now have been charged. we dance on the salsa team together, and it's like a lot of power in what we

and after two bids for the second district congressional district nomination, republican jim lawrence was declared the winner. is -- he is america's first african-american nominee for the states five political offices. he claimed victory after taking 40% of the vote, compared to 28% for jack flanagan. lawrence will be taking on incumbent congresswoman annie kuster in november. incumbent senator kelly ayotte rubens in the new hampshire primary. she won 79% of the votes. rubens had just 17%. she will face off against democratic challenger maggie hassan in november. you can find for up-to-date results on the new hampshire primary by heading to our website. there you will also find the county-by-county results for each statewide race. you will find it all at wmur.com. the spotlight in the race for the white house is also returning to the granite state. republican nominee donald trump and demoat pick tim kaine will both be in the granite state tomorrow. trump will hold a rally at laconia middle school. kaine will attend a town hall in exeter. you're taking a live look at manchester this af

kristen: businessman jim lawrence is facing off against state representative jack flanagan in tuesday's primary. flanagan is in his third term in the new hampshire house and has school board member and town finance committee member. >> when pressed, we got things done. that's really what it is. we got business tax cuts. we got workers' compensation reform we have common court testing reform. kristen: lawrence owns a consulting firm in nashua and served as state rep, as well as in the air force. >> the biggest thing is my experience. i'm the only veteran in this race. air force academy. kristen: both feel they're the candidate that can beat their democratic opponent, annie custer, come november. >> the polls are reflecting that, i'm within the margin of error with annie custer. and leading her substantially with independents, like 15%. >> the wmur granite state poll shows i'm tied with custer currently and beating her amongst independents. kristen: both candidates feel confident. nashua, wmur news 9. tom: we will have complete primary cerage throughout the day tomorrow. >> the most impor

jim lawrence currently owns a consulting firm in nashua. he served three terms in the new hampshire house and lives in hudson. sean: in the u.s. senate race, kelly ayotte is being by jim rubens. ayotte is continuing to focus on doing the job rather than just keeping the job. her competitor, jim rubens, was a state senator in the is 1990's. she's no stranger to the race. two years ago he lost the republican ticket to scott brown. before you head to the polls, find all sorts of primary information. you can also watch our granite state debates and compare the tonight we'll bring you live updates starting at 8:00 on the primary results until the races are decided. erin: a teen is recovering this morning after being hit by a train in rochester. police say the girl was crossing the tracks yesterday afternoon when a new hampshire north coast train struck her. officers say the victim was not in a designated crossing area. she may have been distracted. she was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. an stabbed and robbed a delivery

reporter: jim lawrence served three terms as state representative, while jack flanagan is serving his third term now. they argued over defending the second amendment. >> my opponent has shown a tendency to say something, to talk tough when it comes to supporting the second amendment. but unfortunately, when it comes to supporting those issues, he hasn't always been there. >> the reality is, he's filling out surveys, okay? i'm actually introducing legislation. amending the affordable care act. >> do you want people suffering from cancer not to get treated? >> can't have it both ways, jack. you just said you wanted to take a federal law away with obamacare, and it's expanded medicaid. expanded medicaid is a component of the affordable care act. reporter: they also touched on zika funding and how to handle syrian refugees, jack flanagan suggesting safe zones overseas. >> as a military veteran, i am sick and tired of non-vets saying they want to put american soldiers in harm's way for police actions somewhere else. reporter: and it's not just about name recognition tonight. these republic

state representative jack flanagan facing off against former rep, jim lawrence. wmur's kristen carosa spoke with both candidates. kristen: we caught up with the candidates in nashua early this afternoon. both tell me they're pleased with how their campaigns have gone so far. republican candidates for the second congressional district hard at work wrapping up another busy day on the campaign trail. >> we're just trying to reach out and get more people interested in our campaign. >> it's been a wonderful been received very well, all throughout the state. kristen: businessman jim lawrence is facing off against state representative jack flanagan in tuesday's primary. flanagan is in his third term in the new hampshire house and has served as a town selectman, school board member and town finance committee member. >> when pressed, we got things done. that's really what it is. we got business tax cuts. we got workers' compensation reform. consulting firm in nashua and served as state rep, as well as in the air force. >> the biggest thing is my experience. i'm the only v

. >> jim lawrence served three terms. jack flanagan is serving his third now. >> my opponent has shown a tendency to say something and talk tough talk when it comes to supporting the second amendment, but when it comes to support those issues he hasn't always been there. >> the reality is he's filling out surveys. i'm introducing not to get treated? >> you can't have it both ways. you said you wanted to take away -- it has expanded medicaid. it is a component of the affordable care act. reporter: they touched on zika funding. >> the area is protected by the nil tear. >> as a military veteran, i'm sick and tired of non-vets saying they want to put veterans in harm's day. sean: and the debate for the candidates for the first congressional district. erin: learn about the candidates in all of the faces, watch >> we are following a developing international story this morning. north korea says it has successfully conducted a nuclear explosion tests. they announce the test is in part -- part of its response to the international

flanagan opposes jim lawrence in the second congressional district race. lawrence is hoping his experience experience as a veteran and shawl businessman is helping his chances. reporter: jim lawrence has served as state at this congressional district seat. he spent a good part of the morning at polling location as cross the state. he says overall he's gotten a lot of positive feedback. the conservative republican is an air force veteran and father of eight children. he spoke to us about his motivation for another run at congress. >> the motivation is this. washington is broken, you look at everything from our know, first and foremost i'm a family man and i captain think about leaving washington broken and doing nothing while my eight children are inheriting the future america that is there. reporter: both him and his opponent jack flanagan, they've been trying to get more name recognition. our recent wmur poll show that most of the voters feel they don't have enoug to make an informed opinion. for now, live in nashua, nauko. jennifer: we're waiting to hear

one race that has flown under the radar is that jim lawrence and jack flanagan in the republican primary. they had a pretty interesting debate. they sparred over different issues, including gun violence. >> my opponent has shown a tendency to say something, to talk tough talk when it comes to supporting the second amendment, but unfortunately, when it comes to support those issues, he has i am actually introducing legislation. josh: this is a race that could be the closest race of all. what is your takeaway? kevin: what is interesting is both these guys think they will win tuesday. they were both playing pa tty-cake with one another. there was very little contrast. it was part of what was great about this debate. a lot of the talk about obamacare and gun violence. i thought bot to the occasion. they have to pay because donald trump -- if they win the second congressional district, they will be the first republican since 1968. the profile of this district. josh: on friday night, frank guinta's and rich ashooh -- he has the clout of the fcc scandal trying to introduce himself the people. >

jack flanagan facing off against jim lawrence in this race. josh mcelveen and john distaso live now in the debate studio with a preview. josh: night three of the granite state debates, second c.d., republican lawrence. they're not very well-known, but this is going to be a tight race. >> absolutely, it's too close to call. some of the others are not that way. these are two gentlemen who have, one serves in the state house, the other one used to serve in the state house, they are not known. but according to our polling they are both within striking distance of the democratic incumbent kuster. because they'll be introducing themselves to a large degree. >> right. they are very high in the unknown factor. the turnout is not going to be huge and the point is to get out their vote and to talk to people about what they're going to do. they both have very staunch republican credentials, and points of view. perhaps lawrence a little further to the right than jack flanagan. josh: issues economy, opioid crisis, northern path. donald trump. >> right. abs

also caught up with republican candidates, state representative jack flanagan and businessman jim lawrence. we asked them what sets each apart from their opponent. >> i think just the fact that i've been the majority leader, town of brookline, school board chairman. actually dealt with the issues, got things done. >> the biggest thing is my experience. i'm the only veteran in this race, i was fortunate enough to graduate from the united states air force academy, also a small businessman. jennifer: who ever wins tomorrow will face the democratic incumbent, annie kuster. tom: join us tonight at 7:00 for a primary eve special, starting at 8:00 for commitment 2016 new hampshire votes coverage until the races are all decided. big couple of days coming up, be sure to join us. next at 6:00 tonight, worshippers were inside when a rock came flewing through the windows of this local mosque. jennifer: plus the winner of the $487 million powerball jackpot has finally come forward, sort of. we'll tell you what we learned about where some of that money is headed. summer warmth returns, how high the temp

businessman jim lawrence currently owns a consulting firm in nashua. he served three terms in the new hampshire house and lives in hudson. sean: if you haven't registered the polls. just make sure to bring your id. or sign an affidavit, have your picture taken, and then verify your id with the secretary of state. remember, we have plenty of candidate information on the politics page of our website, wmur.com. find out where the candidates in each race stand on a variety of issues and compare them side by side. and tonight we will have complete results of all the elections both on air and online as they come into our newsroom after the polls close. erin: happening today, a federal appeals court will hear arguments on a law that bans posting selfies and photos of under the law, posting a photo of a completed ballot is a violation in new hampshire punishable by a fine of up to a thousand dollars. the case will be heard in boston. sean: new at noon, manchester police are investigating a hit and run crash with possible shots fired. it happened just before 11

jim lawrence defeated jack flanagan for the best -- second district race. you can also see all of the results scrolling at the bottom of your screen or on our >> now, kevin skarupa with your storm watch nine forecast. kevin: cold front approaching from the west will mean some scattered showers off and on in the north country. central and southern areas start with sunshine and add clouds into the afternoon and there will be some storms developing along this line it will be scattered and it shouldn't last more than an hour. we are looking at temperatures in the lower 50's up north, stuck in the 60's today with enough sunshine in southern areas to get up int the 70's and lower 80's with a chance of showers and storms. we can't rule out one or two on the strong side. northwest winds pick up behind this and that much cooler air masks, even cooler than what we sunlight we on the other side of 70. narrator: fewer new hampshire students are graduating debt free, while wall street and oil companies get billions in tax breaks. and whose side is kelly ayotte on? she v

reporter: jim lawrence served three terms. jack is serving his third term now. they argued over defending the second amendment. >> my opponent has shown a den si to say something when it comes to supporting the second issues, he hasn't always been there. >> the reality is she's filling out surveys. i'm introducing legislation. >> and appealing the affordable care act. >> do you want people suffering from cancer to get treated. >> you can't have it both way. you said you want to take away obamacare. you expanded medicaid. it is a component of the affordable care act. reporter: they also touched on t funding and syrian refugees. he suggested safe zones. >> as a hill tear veteran -- military veteran i am sick and tired of non-vets saying they want to put american soldiers in harm's day somewhere else. sean: our granite state debates continue tonight. the last debate will be congressional district. erin: head over to the web site at wmur.com to get more political coverage. learn more about the candidates and see where they stand on the issues. sean: we're following

night, the republican primary in the 2nd congressional district, state rep jack flanagan agnst jim lawrence. both said they have no qualms supporting donald trump as their party's presidential nominee but had different reactions to his comment about russian president vladimir putin being a better leader than president obama. >> i'm not going to give more national interest. >> by having a relationship going into a presidency i think , its nothing but a good thing . adam: on friday, a testy primary debate between the 1st congressional district republicans, incumbent representative frank guinta and challenger rich ashooh. confronted with a history of conflicting statements about his campaign finance scandal, guinta tried to dismiss the federal election commission finding that he broke the law as yesterday's news and then he turned to ashooh's record as a defense industry lobbyist. >> and i don't think a lobbyist, particularly given the fact that you are the candidate supported and endorsed by the republican establishment of our state. i'm the guy who's an outsider trying to fight for families.

and in the second congressional district the republicans , contenders are jim lawrence and jack flanagan. in the senate race, incumbent senator kelly ayotte is being challenged by jim rubens. at the polls you will be asked to show an approved photo id, and you can still register to vote. for more information including how to find your polling wmur.com. the weather is not a factor for anyone headed to the polls. kevin: temperatures similar to yesterday morning where he dropped into the upper 30's up north. temperatures will be about five or six degrees warmer as the air mass overhead continues to moderate. our next system is out to the west and you may notice a little humidity in the air tomorrow. yesterday at this time, in the 40's to low 50's. highs this afternoon will be warmer as we go between 76 and 83 with a light southwest wind. mostly clear tonight, we will drop into the 50's and 60's. tomorrow, a cold front moves through in scattered fashion, highs only in the 60's to low 70's, and that will be with sunshine he for another warming trend sets up over the weekend. erin: we'll be ba

and in the second congressional district, republican jim lawrence will face incumbent democrat annie kuster this fall. he beat flanagan by more than 10% of the total vote. and it took just minutes to call last night's senate primary, not a bigur defeted her republican opponent. that sets up the matchup that a lot of people are watching, governor maggie hassan, her challenger this november. we heard from both candidates today and jennifer vaughn is here with more. jennifer: this race is already heated and about to get hotter. the general election campaign officially kicked off with both kelly ayotte and maggie hassan taking shots. hassan's liberal connections in washington, while hassan then took some time during a business leaders event in manchester to draw a sharp contrast between the two. >> make no mistake who recruited governor maggie hassan for this race. chuck schumer, harry reid, all of the liberal interests in washington who are funding those ads on your tv that are false, they don't represent new hampshir hampshire. >> my opponent senator ayotte has really stood with big co

it will be state representative rep jim lawrence. these two have been in the game for a while, but their name i.d. isn't very high. i'm joined by john distaso who will be paying close attention to this debate. for these two guys, largely this is their introduction to a statewide audience. >> yes. they have very low name recognition, they're nonl known only in concord and the southern tier where they're from, and it's time for them to get the voters to get to know them a little bit. they are striking distance of the incumbent, democrat annie kuster who is going for a third they went. she has no primary opposition. josh: there's no frontrunner, this might be the tightest primary race in the field. >> yes, this is the one that's really truly not callable, if you will at this point in time a few days out. and tonight is going to be so important for both of them. their vote, lawrence is more of a conservative, flanagan is more of a moderate and has is currently in concord and they both have a base. josh: there's plenty of issues that are

then jim lawrence held signs and waved to voters. he owns a consulting firm in nashua, served three terms in new hampshire house, lives in hudson, and is married and has eight children. we asked both candidates why it's important for them to be running for this seat. flanagan. >> as the majority leader in concord we got a lot of things done, and i feel that going to washington i can do it there also. it's just another zip code. >> the most important thing to me is my eight children. washington is broken and i just couldn't look my children in the eye knowing that i stood by and did nothing while washington spend their future prosperity away. reporter: the person that wins the primary tomorrow will face annie kuster. live in nashua, kristen carosa. josh: in the first congressional district race, two republicans vying for their party's nomination are also making their final push to win votes. wmur's mike cronin is live in manchester with more on that race. mike? reporter: josh, on the g.o.p. side, incumbent frank guinta used to be an a

again tomorrow when we host a second congressional district republican primary debate between jim lawrence and jack flanagan. you can get full in-depth political coverage on wco for now, we will see you back here tomorrow. have a great night, everyone. new hampshire college students are packing their backpacks along with the textbooks and pencils, many students are carrying more student loan debt. ayotte voted to cut pell grants and to raise student loan interest rates. because she sides with special interests looking out for their own bottom line, not our kids'. for new hampshire students and families, kelly ayotte is a heavy burden we can't afford. senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. kelly ayotte: thanks, buddy. kelly (voiceover): i'm kelly ayotte. throwing millions in false, negative ads... i'm out here knocking down every lie... because new hampshire deserves better. that's why i'm batting for good-paying jobs, to protect social security and medicare... ...and help families pay for college... i approved this message because no matter what they're thr

jim, go ahead. >> right, lawrence. the police commanders assessed this. somebody showed up with a gun. somebody was shot that changes the complexion for them. they brought in the bearcat. you saw some tear gas deployment. but as you've watched, and i think you've pointed out clearly, some of those arrests were for failure to disperse. some of those were for probably throwing objects there has been officers injured. they have it pretty calm and controlled now and they're inching forward. don't see a lot of gas being put out at the moment. looked like as tammy described they're kind of inching forward slowly. i think they feel they probably have more control. when somebody is shot like that in a crowd, you know, that makes the commanders have to look at it a little differently. but that seems to be the event is over. they feel like maybe they have some control there. and the number of protesters may be diminishing through fatigue as well. and many of them are peaceful or just on bullhorns with signs. a few breaking windows and attacking officers. so right now i think charlotte-mecklenbur

lawrence. >> caller: boo yaw, jim, boo yaw, booyah. ibm is the number one leader in cloud technology, and warren buffett has bought thousands of shares. >> caller: i sense that ibm is going to go to $600. >> there are many companies who think they are cloud king. this is one of them. nick? >> caller: what's going on? >> which one? >> caller: cxw. >> headline risk really bad. it's like a drug stock. i don't want the head line, i do want paul in texas. >> caller: hey, mr. jim. what's happened to cummins? >> cummins went down because navistar got a good contract with volkswagen. i like cummins, and i really i want to go to alan. >> caller: sage therapeutics. they did a secondary stock down 5%, is it a good time to buy? >> typically they have worked well, but i wouldn't overstay my welcome, because i like companies that have a very good balance sheet and don't need to raise capital. one more. oh, that is it! that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round! >>> the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. to begin

. >> we're going to stay with your camera position, and i'm going to add jim cavanaugh to the conversation. >> reporter: lawrencemaking a move up the hill now. >> okay. >> and tremaine, what is the crowd's reaction? >> reporter: they're moving relatively slowly. the police are slowly marching in formation. a group of protesters had marched up the hill. this is a major highway. this is panther stadium. bank of america stadium is right there. police are in formation. it's still relatively calm. the crowd really hasn't responded in any kind of way at all besides following directions. they're moving up the hill, away from the highway. relatively seamless, it's not that chaotic scene that we've seen 15, 20 minutes ago. >>what is your estimate about how many protesters are at that location? >> reporter: at this point, i would say maybe 250 people. yeah, maybe 250 people. behind me, maybe 100 people are going away from the highway to the side streets. but still clinging to this hill, right along the highway. there might be 250 people. it's kind of quiet besides the whir of the helicopter above me. i am not sure if you

jim cavanaugh, i know you've been studying that first video we got today, pretty much frame by frame today. what do you see in that? >> well, the first thing you see, lawrence, and i think it goes to trying to get inside what mr. scott's experience, and certainly when you talk about what the police are experiencing later, but mr. scott's experiencing, he's not facing the cars arriving, the unmarked police cars, and they arrive first. and, you know, can you imagine, you're not committing a crime. you're not doing anything wrong. you're just sitting there waiting for someone and these unmarked vehicles pull up behind you. and maybe you think you're being robbed. possibly he's confused. what's going on here. and that might explain why he got out with a gun and the officers see that. it takes the marked car. the marked car doesn't arrive first. it looks like the unmarked cars arrive first. then you see the marked unit arrive and a uniformed officer gets out. that's a few seconds into it. it doesn't all hapn with the marked car in the front. so it looks like a van and an another unmarked suv. >> we have a shot up on the screen now that, in your analysis, you ide

again tomorrow when we host a second congressional district republican primary debate between jim lawrence and jack flanagan. you can get full in-depth political coverage on wco for now, we will see you back here tomorrow. have a great night, everyone.