Hassan Calls Ad 'Personal Attack'

This ad out by Live Free PAC is "a dishonest personal attack on Maggie Hassan's family," her gubernatorial campaign says.

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Hassan, a former Senate Majority Leader and Democrat from Exeter, says her husband, Tom Hassan, is required as principal of Phillips Exeter Academy to live on campus in the house owned by the school.

Hence, they don't pay property taxes on the residence.

The building is used by the school for a number of events and activities, says Matt Burgess, Hassan campaign manager. Here's what he had to say:

"This is a misleading personal attack on Maggie Hassan and her family. The simple fact is they don’t own this residence. Ovide Lamontagne’s Washington-based allies are attacking her husband’s job as an educator in a shameful effort to mislead voters and distract from Ovide’s extreme ideas. The truth is that Maggie would veto any income or sales tax and she has an innovation plan to create jobs and help businesses grow. Ovide’s radical ideas to pull the state out of Medicare and repeal the guarantee of kindergarten will hurt middle class families and New Hampshire’s economy. Ovide should call on his backers in DC to take down this misleading personal attack."

What do you make of this ad? And does it signal, with three weeks to go until Election Day, a change in tone in the hotly contested race to be the 81st governor of New Hampshire?

– Dan Tuohy