Can Democratic Socialist Candidates Win in NH? 6-25-26

This is New Hampshire today. I am Chris Ryan. I appreciate joining us for the shows. We come to you from inside the Revo Casino and Social House in Dover this morning. Zohran Mamdani with huge wins last night in New York as he continues to show his political prowess backing three little-known insurgent Democratic Socialist-Aline candidates who went out and had a ton. of success and are likely headed to Congress. And a number of folks have raised the question to me, okay, can this type of thing happen in New Hampshire? Can Democratic socialists have success here? Can candidates knock off name brand political figures, legacy political figures in this state establishment political figures? And the answer is absolutely yes. I mean, they have to be the right candidates. They have to be able to. to message and to have success. But for folks that say democratic socialists can't win in New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders won this primary here twice in 2016 and 2020. You know, folks say these types of policies and politics are not going to play with the Democratic Party in New Hampshire. You are wrong because they have. Bernie Sanders has won again twice. And the things that he says and what he espouses to me exactly the same as what we heard in the 7 o'clock hour from Dr. Kirishma Manzoor who is running as a Democratic candidate. in the U.S. Senate race. Joining us right now on the HRC, your neighbor credit union guest on for some analysis, Jeb Bradley, former member of Congress, former state Senate president. Good morning, Jeb. Hey, good morning, Chris. How are you? I am well. Appreciate joining us for the show. So we'll start there. I mean, to me, if you're saying that a Democratic socialist or Democratic socialist aligned candidates can't win in New Hampshire, I think you're wrong. I mean, they're not winning right now when you look at the governor's race where Cindy Warmington unopposed, basically, on the Democratic side. Chris Pappas is obviously well up in the polls at this point. And you don't see. You know, these types of candidates, there's several of them in CD1. They don't seem to be resonating as much as Stephanie Jeanne Shaheen and Morris Dan Sullivan in the polls. But that doesn't mean they can't win. Well, I think they can win primaries, Chris. But it's a whole different. you know, enchilada when you get to the general election. And I, and I think that, you know, this lurch to the left from, you know, led by people like Zohran Mamdani and made popular, I guess, on the left by people like Telerico in Texas and Graham Platner in Maine. You know, let's just see.

how they do in November. I think that, you know, given the controversy around Graham Platner, Susan Collins looks to be in good shape. Even though Ken Paxton and Texas has some baggage, I think he looks to be in pretty good shape. Yeah, the three, you know, Democrat socialists in New York are likely to win because there's such heavily blue districts, but in purple and certainly in red districts. I don't think that plays. And I think that, you know, this is an incentive to fire up the Republican base to get out and vote in the midterm elections. And, you know, we'll see what happens. But I think for Republicans, there's, you know, some light at the end of the tunnel, especially with gas prices going down now. Hopefully, you know, the situation in Iran. stabilizes and in New Hampshire, an income tax, as I keep saying, is on the ballot this fall and people don't want an income tax. They see, you know, what's happened in all the states around us that have a sales tax, an income tax, and they, guess what? They have higher property taxes even than New Hampshire. So, you know, I think that, you know, while midterms are tough for the party who's got the White House and, you know, Congress, I think that, you know, there's some hopeful signs for Republicans this fault. Yeah, I'll take issue with a couple of those things. First off, I wouldn't say that Susan Collins is in good shape in Maine until I see a poll where she's winning. I think that she has a difficult race ahead of her. I understand what she's done in the past and overcoming significant margins in order to have success. But I wouldn't say she's in good shape at this point in time. There has been polling, which indicates Ken Paxton could have success down in Texas. And I think that it's a different thing to run. as a Democrat in a U.S. Senate race down in Texas that it is, obviously, in Maine. The other thing is, I don't think it'll come taxes is on the ballot. Well, we'll put a little wager on that, Chris, if you want. I'm happy to, you know, put a wager on Susan Collins. I didn't say, I didn't say she wasn't going to win. I didn't say she wasn't going to win. I wouldn't say she's in good shape. I mean, at very best, it's a toss-up at this point in time, but all the polling is indicated that Graham Platner is winning. I'm just saying, if you want to bet on margins, we can do that. And she was behind in the polling six years ago. And pulled it out by nine point. So the other thing is, income tax, as I've said before, is, is not on the ballot. I think that if anyone, if it absolutely is. How? If an income tax is imposed in New Hampshire, the Democrats will be out of here, will be out of office in two years. There's no question about it. All of them will lose. So I don't see it that way. I think I don't think on interest and dividends. They're on the record on that. That is not a broad-based. Do you know, Chris, here's another thing. The Democrats in the Senate proposed.

$1.75 billion of new spending, okay, in the in the last session. How do they pay for that? How do they pay for that? An income tax is on the ballot. You either propose it or you spend the state of New Hampshire inevitably to an income tax. It's on the ballot. It'll be the same thing that happens all. It'll get downshifted just like Republicans have in the past. They'll downshift the cost of communities. The property taxes will just get higher and higher and higher. Over the last few years, we have put over a billion dollars back to cities and towns, whether it's to towns. through the rooms and meals revenue sharing, or education funding has increased by almost half a billion dollars. You know, at some point in time, people have to say, why are property taxes rising so much? And it's because of decisions made at the local level, often by Democrats. I mean, that's... That is true. No question about it. Democrats make decisions that raise spending at that level. That's why income taxes on the ballot because we're going to get spent on education and other items which downshift costs. So it's both. And that's why folks are so frustrated is because that independents look at this and see plenty of blame we passed along to Republicans when it comes to education funding. And Democrats, when it comes to decisions made at the local level, and as a result of that, property taxpayers like yours truly and many others get absolutely hammered. And folks are tired of it. That's the reality of the situation. And people tend to forget this. We have the third lowest overall state and local tax burden of any state in the country. Yes, I think people would say property taxes are too high, but when you don't have a sales tax, when you don't have an income tax. And you rely on, you know, user taxes like the gas tax and things like that. Overall, New Hampshire is one of the least tax states in the country. Why are people from Massachusetts fleeing Massachusetts to come to New Hampshire? Thousands of them because our tax situation is much, much better. And again, look at the states around us. They have higher property taxes than we do. and an income tax and a sales tax. Yeah, New Hampshire has seen an influx about 30,000 people over the last five years. Many of them have come from Massachusetts because that is not a desirable place to live when it looks at the tax, when you look at the tax structure. But there can also be changes made here in New Hampshire in order to have a more advantageous.

structure on on these items and it's from the local level and at the at the state level and no one wants to see an environment where there is income a broad based income tax or sales tax and if democrats were to impose that cindy warmington and everyone else would be out of office in before you can blink so i don't yes you may see interest in dividends that's obviously a a form of an income tax on a select group of individuals that's not a broad-based income tax being on the ballot it's an income tax and when you propose almost two billion dollars of spending Chris There is no way to pay for that but for an income tax and probably a sales tax. And guess what? The dreaded state property tax, too, which, you know, if that were implemented, it would raise the cost of an average home by $1,500 to $1,800 at $3 per thousand. And leading Democrats, led by Andy Volinsky, have proposed exactly that. Andy Volensky is not a leading Democrat. Yes, he is. Sorry. When you're on the State House steps and then you have your minions in the House try to push it. Now, I realize they voted against it, but they're recruiting candidates, you know, to promote this kind of agenda just like the Democrat Socialists in New York. It's on the ballot. Trust me. And we'll make sure to remind voters that if you want to protect the New Hampshire advantage. Start with Governor Ayak, who has said, don't mass up New Hampshire, and then Senate and House Republicans who are opposed to an income tax. Good segment, as always, Jeb. Appreciate your time. We'll talk soon. All right. We'll talk soon, Chris. Thank you very much. And you know what? I bet you're enjoying the World Cup just like I am, which is a wonderful thing. It's been great. Yeah, I did not expect to enjoy the World Cup as much as I have. Yeah, and you know what I love the most is all these people from all over the globe coming to the United States and seeing like just wonderful things about our country. It's a great thing. I love it. And they're all having, everybody seems to be having a great time. And yeah, it's been special. Hopefully we get the Scots back to Boston and Foxborough against Germany next Monday. We'll see how they do today against Brazil. Jeb, as always appreciate your time. We'll talk soon. Take care, Chris. Thank you. Jeff Bradley joining us on the HRCU, your neighbored credit union guest line. I am Chris Ryan. This is New Hampshire today. Socialists unite in New York City. I'm Dave Anthony Fox News. Voters pick three of them in Democratic primaries for Congress. Solidarity is the force that we need to banquish Trump's fascism to abolish ICE. and to stand up to the billionaires. Brad Lander defeated Congressman Dan Goldman by more than 30 points after getting support from socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani. Claire Valdez also rode that endorsement to primary victory, and the third winner knocked out another incumbent Congressman Adriano Espaillat. The chair of the Hispanic Congressional Caucus loses his seat to Zohran Mamdani-backed Democratic Socialist Darya Elisa Avelier. Chevalier wants to abolish ICE in prisons and says all deportations are wrong.