"I forgive, but I haven’t forgotten how New Hampshire was treated," Shurtleff shared with Fox News on Monday. Despite his long-standing support for Biden, dating back to the president's initial White House bid in 1988, Shurtleff publicly disagreed with him last year. This was due to the Democratic National Committee's decision, led by Biden, to displace New Hampshire from its customary position as the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state.
In response, New Hampshire, complying with a state law that requires its presidential primary to be the first, proceeded as planned. Consequently, the state's January 23 nominating contest was not recognized by the Democratic party.
President Biden opted to remove his name from the ballot and distanced himself from the state. However, a write-in campaign led by New Hampshire's Democratic establishment leaders ensured his victory over his less-favored opponents in the primary.
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Shurtleff, who had endorsed and campaigned for one of these challengers, Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota, now seems inclined to support Biden once again. With the primary behind them and the general election rematch between Biden and former President Trump on the horizon, Shurtleff is considering his options.
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"We’ve got to move on, and we’ve got an election coming up, and I’m concerned about the Trump candidacy, so I’ll most likely be voting for Joe Biden," he revealed to Fox News. "In a comparison between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, it scares me to think what would happen to our country under another Trump presidency."
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New Hampshire, known for holding the first presidential primary for a century, has also been one of approximately a dozen competitive states in general elections for the past few decades. It is one of the swing states on the president's tour following his State of the Union address last week.
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During his visit to Goffstown, New Hampshire, President Biden is expected to highlight his administration's efforts to reduce costs for American families amid the rampant inflation that has plagued his first two years in office. He is also anticipated to propose extending Medicare’s $2,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket drug costs to those with commercial insurance. A White House official disclosed that the president will also request lawmakers to extend a $35-per-month cost cap for insulin to the commercial market.
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Furthermore, Biden will urge Congress to allow Medicare to negotiate prices for a minimum of 50 drugs per year and will advocate for the permanent extension of Affordable Care Act improvements set to expire next year. These specific actions were emphasized in his State of the Union address last week.
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This visit marks Biden's first return to New Hampshire since his stop in Portsmouth in April 2022. Following his official event, Biden will meet with New Hampshire Democrats during a campaign event in Manchester, the state's largest city. This appears to be part of the president's political mission to mend the strained relations from the primary season.
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Kathy Sullivan, a former longtime New Hampshire Democratic Party chair and former DNC committee member from the Granite State, who led a super PAC that supported the Biden write-in effort, told Fox News that "it was pretty apparent in the primary results that the combination of support for President Biden’s policies and accomplishments combined with the need to defeat Donald Trump and his authoritarian leanings were enough to have Democrats come out and vote for Joe Biden in the primaries."
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Sullivan also predicted that "I think it will be even better in November."
Trump narrowly lost New Hampshire to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election, but four years later, it was not as close, as Biden carried the state by over seven points.
While Biden has been absent from New Hampshire in recent years, Trump made regular visits, which culminated in his 11-point GOP presidential primary victory in the state in January.
A progressive activist in New Hampshire, who requested anonymity to speak more candidly, argued that Biden "is the weakest candidate" and predicted that Trump would make the state extremely competitive in November.
However, Mo Baxley, another progressive activist and former strong supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders' two presidential campaigns in the state, said "I think the base is with [Biden].
Baxley, a former New Hampshire Democratic Party vice-chair, emphasized that "people aren’t going to not vote for the president because of the [primary controversy]. Our base is a little smarter than that. The stakes are just too high."
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