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Article: JAMES J. KIEPPER: SPEAKING OUT NEW HAMPSHIRE: YOU GOTTA MAKE IT THERE TO GET ANYWHERE.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- March 22, 1995
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Pat Buchanan is the latest to jump in, and so can you. For $1,000 is cash or check, any natural born citizen can become a presidential primary candidate, and so can you! The official filling period is from Dec. 4 to 15, 1995. But you are free to begin campaigning at anytime.
Where? Why in New Hampshire, which has has the first primary in the country since 1952. Part of the tradition of this national primary ritual is that anyone and everyone can get a hearing regardless of their standing in the polls.
In 1992 there were a total of 62 candidates. The Granite State is a ``...microcosm of the country,'' according to former President Jimmy Carter who ...