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Article: 'New Hampshire kid' aims to unseat Lynch ; State senator to cap campaign spending
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- Concord Monitor
- Article date:
- June 12, 2008
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Calling himself a "New Hampshire kid," Republican state Sen.
Joseph Kenney filed to run for governor yesterday. His first act as
a candidate: signing on to a voluntary spending cap of $1.2 million
and challenging Gov. John Lynch to do the same.
"I'm going to impose spending limits on this campaign," Kenney
said. "And as governor, I'm going to impose spending limits on the
state of New Hampshire."
Kenney, an Iraq war veteran and 14-year legislator from
Wakefield, said the state's social and economic identity is at stake
in this election. "I see our state drifting away, turning into
northern Massachusetts," he said. "Someone has got to take on John
Lynch, and I can't think of any other, better ...