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Article: Meldrim Thomson, R.I.P.(former New Hampshire governor)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
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- National Review
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- May 14, 2001
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Meldrim Thomson was elected governor of New Hampshire in 1972, defeating a Republican incumbent in a primary. He transformed the state Republican party and, through imitation, the state Democratic party. His influence, after he completed three two-year terms, is still strong. New Hampshire was the only New England state won by George W. Bush.
The post-World War II New Hampshire Republican party was middle-of-the- road to liberal. Today, all four New Hampshire national representatives are conservative Republicans: Gregg, Smith, Bass, and Sununu. The state does not have an income tax or a sales tax. Though reared in the South, always courtly and speaking with a ...