mr. havenstein. ng government more efficient by 2.5% $90 million in revenue over the two-year budget cycle. what programs positions or services might be affected in order to achieve the savings? >> laura as you know running a big company like va systems efficiency and effectiveness targets were set at 35% year-to-year and we were able to meet those objectives and at the same time grow our business. to think that the state doesn't have 2.5% of efficiencies to be gained in our state government i think most people would say is reasonable so what i'm looking for is leadership within the state government to identify their areas that they think are most susceptible and effective efficiency gains and frankly because i have been able to do this year after year in the private sector i can help them. i can teach them how to do that if they frankly don't know how. i believe most of our leaders and state government have ways of creating efficiency when it comes to their departments. >> moderator: governor. hassan

. >> coming up next, maggie hassan and walt havenstein. mr. walt havenstein is a former ceo of an aerospace company. maggie hassan is the current governor of new hampshire. >> moderator: tonight we have democratic maggie hassan running for a second term and then we have the republican challenger walt havenstein. he challenges her reckless spending and he says she's nothing but a failed ceo. the new hampshire debate starts right now single micro- ♪ ♪ >> moderator: thank you for joining us for the third night of crude crucial debate for the new hampshire or benadryl debate. tonight, the race for governor and your new candidate, democratic maggie hassan was a lower in private practice practice. she follows jeanne shaheen. republican nominee walt havenstein is a graduate of the u.s. naval academy and he served as ceo and applications international of technology and engineering. each candidate will get one minute to respond to the questions asked and there, will be allowed 30 seconds of rebuttal time. joining me tonight are the chief political corre

mr. walt havenstein were they just keep increasing spending, we know that we have to live within our means our budget and we will continue to do that as i'm sure we can it is a budget that passed unanimously in the republican-led senate and we found a way to forward and compromised and we have set the foundation for 21st century economic growth. havenstein: the fact of the matter that there was not cooperation when it came to working across the aisle to medication. and maybe that is why the finance chair characterized governor maggie hassan's leadership as toxic artisanship that is poisoning this. that is not me talking but that is one of governors was to work with talking. if that is the style of leadership that is supposed to create solutions, she has not earned a second term. hassan: he might understand the notion of compromise. i criticize certain aspects of the republican budget as it first came out of the senate as they had criticized mine, but the thing about working together with bipartisanship, not you agree on everything, but move forward and still solve the problem and the level

mr. havenstein is a former ceo of an aerospace company. this debate was held in concorde and is courtesy of an h. one and wpi and tv. >> moderator: tonight the showdown for governor new hampshire the incumbent democrat maggie hassan running for a second term in congress and republican challenger first time politician while the havenstein kisses her reckless spending. she says he's nothing but a failed ceo. the debate starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> moderator: good evening. i'm political director paul site has her. welcome to the crucial debate in the gubernatorial and congressional election. tonight the race for governor. let's introduce her candidates democratic candidate maggie hassan was away in private practice before being elected to the state senate in 2004. she served three terms in the state senate. she was elected governor in 2012. she's the second woman following gene gene to be elect