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Who's Running for Governor? Who?

Voters this year will choose the 81st governor of New Hampshire. Follow Patch's new column tracking the race.

The presidential race will drive turnout. The governor's race will shape the state.

But who are these relative unknowns running? And what's driving them?

We'll plumb the key issues in The 81st, a regular Patch blog on the race to be the next governor, the 81st, of New Hampshire.

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In this first installment, UNH Survey Center Director and political science professor Andrew Smith talks about the candidates and one of the key issues.

The candidates we know so far: Republicans Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith, and Democrats Jackie Cilley, Maggie Hassan, and Bill Kennedy. 

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– Dan Tuohy

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