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Kuster, Negron continue election push

By Katherine Glosser - Staff Writer | Oct 26, 2018

HUDSON – Hoping to represent New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District for the next two years, Democratic Congresswoman Annie Kuster and Republican challenger Steve Negron continue presenting their cases to voters.

Next week, the two will square off in the final edition of The Gateway to the Election: 2018 Candidate Series forum, which will take place from 4:30-6 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Nashua Holiday Inn, 9 Northeastern Blvd. The series is a partnership of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce, Rivier University and The Telegraph.

Admission is $10 per person with light refreshments included. To register in advance, go to www.nashuachamber.com/candidateseries2018.

The candidates and their campaign operatives are crisscrossing the district, which covers about two-thirds of the state in terms of geography.

“Regrettably, with Congresswoman Kuster, Granite Staters currently have a partisan ideologue representing them in Washington. One who is only concerned with keeping liberal special interest groups appeased enough so that they continue to fill her campaign coffers,” Negron campaign official Roger Wilkins said.

Meanwhile, Kuster on Thursday met with students at Alvirne High School in Hudson to answer student questions at a forum for their government and civics classes. About 60 students sat in a classroom listening to her stories and engaging her with questions. She discussed immigration, sexual violence and other issues.

Kuster discussed her personal experience going to the U.S.-Mexico border during the summer. She expressed strident opposition to President Donald Trump’s policy of separating immigrant children from their parents. Kuster said most immigrants are fleeing dangerous situations in their countries of origin.

Negron’s stance on immigration is somewhat different.

“We are a land of laws. We have laws on the books – we are not following them, and we need to. It’s about illegal immigration, drugs, crime, and national security,” he states on his website.

Also Thursday, a high school student asked Kuster how she will help end sexual violence. In response, she mentioned rape kits and how they are rarely used by law enforcement. According to Kuster, there are tens of thousands of rape kits left unprocessed by law enforcement. Kuster said rape kits are essential to solving crimes and providing evidence.

“What we need to do is to educate everybody, young people, people in college, people in the workplace, with training that my office and my staff has been a part of,” Kuster said.

Another student asked Kuster about whether the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court is a step backwards for the #MeToo movement. Kuster said she believes it was not because of the ongoing conversations about sexual assault. However, Kuster was disappointed to see Kavanaugh confirmed, especially after Christine Blasey Ford testified that he sexually assaulted her in 1982.

“I don’t think he has the demeanor and the temperament,” Kuster said of Kavanaugh. “For me, it was more of his behavior during that second hearing … he just lost it.”

Alvirne High School student Mason McCoy said he has been excited about Kuster’s visit for days.

“For the most part, most of us will be first-time voters and it helps us get information that, as first-time voters, we need,” McCoy said. “A lot of people go into elections blind and kind of just vote the way their parents vote – the way everyone else around them votes, what they hear. When they aren’t educated on issues, it’s nice get someone to talk about what they personally believe in.”

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