Politics & Government
UPDATED: Two More House Candidates File
The field of Democratic and Republican NH House candidates in Portsmouth is now set.
UPDATED: Democratic New Hampshire House incumbent Chris Serlin will run in the city's new District 30 floterial district, and Republican candidate Arthur Clough III will seek the Ward 5 House seat.
According to the Portsmouth City Clerk's office, these are the last two candidates who filed their papers Friday before the deadline passed at 5 p.m. at City Hall.
No one from Portsmouth filed papers to run in the city's second floterial District 31. The field in Portsmouth is now set for the November New Hampshire House races.
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Earlier story: Mark Brighton, the president of the Association of Portsmouth Taxpayers group, filed papers to run for the District 26 House seat that is currently held by State Rep. Terie Norelli, D-Portsmouth.
Brighton, a Ward 2 resident and a Republican candidate who lives on 285 Union St., filed his candidacy papers at the City Clerk's office on Tuesday. Two other city residents also filed their papers to run for State Representative.
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Maurice Foster, a Ward 4 resident and Republican candidate who lives at 15 Harding Road, filed his papers to run for that House seat. James Reilley, a Ward 1 resident and a Republican candidate who lives on 21 Sanderling Way, filed his papers to run in the city's new District 30 Floterial district, which includes Wards 1, 2 and 4 and 5.
UPDATED, 4:30 p.m.: A second Portsmouth resident has filed papers to run for the city's new floterial District 30, according to the City Clerk's office.
Wayne Doherty, a Republican who resides on 17 Blue Heron Drive in Ward 1, filed his candidacy for State Representative on June 7.
Earlier story: Kevin Kervick made history when he became the firstcity resident to file papers to run for state representative in the new floterial District 30 on Wednesday.
According to the City Clerk's office, Kervick, a Ward 1 resident who lives on 18 Congress St., was the first person to file his candidacy papers after the state's filing period officially opened Wednesday. Candidates for all state offices, including Portsmouth's eight House seats, have until June 15 to file their papers.
The city's floterial district was created as a result of the new Redistricting plan that was approved by the state Legislature in January. If elected, Kervick would represent city residents in wards 1 and 2 and wards 4 and 5.
Also new this November is that Portsmouth's state representative candidates will no longer run at-large. Now they will be running in their individual ward with the exception of the floterial district.
Portsmouth has six elected NH House members and will continue to have six state representatives in the General Court, but now they will have to win their respective wards, which are now individual House districts.
Portsmouth Patch will update this story as more candidates file their papers to run for the city's NH House seats.
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