Three Leading Candidates to Participate in June 20th Gubernatorial Forum in Concord

May 21, 2024 Last Edit: June 5, 2025

Three Leading Candidates to Participate in June 20th Gubernatorial Forum in Concord

CONCORD, NH (May 21, 2024) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy association, will host a gubernatorial candidate forum in Concord on Thursday, June 20th. The primary election for the seat of retiring Gov. Chris Sununu will take place on September 10th. The forum will be from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Ave. in Concord. The event is open to the media, with registration required.

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Three of the four leading candidates for governor have confirmed their participation in the event: ? Kelly Ayotte (Republican), former U.S. Senator and State Attorney General ? Chuck Morse (Republican), former State Senate President and State Representative ? Cinde Warmington (Democrat), State Executive Councilor, 2nd District, and attorney Former Manchester Mayor and City Alderman Joyce Craig (Democrat) has also been invited to participate. Bruce Berke, NFIB’s state director in New Hampshire, will be the moderator, and question topics will include taxes, regulations, health care, and economic development, among other pressing issues for Main Street businesses and communities. “NFIB’s forum will provide an invaluable opportunity for our members and other business owners to hear where each candidate stands on the issues affecting New Hampshire’s job creators,” NFIB State Director Bruce Berke said. “Candidates will be able to tell small business owners and all voters in the Granite State their positions on the key issues in this election and the agenda they will set as governor. Our members are delighted that three of the four major candidates have made time to attend the small business gubernatorial forum, and we are still hopeful that Joyce Craig will participate as well.”

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For 80 years, NFIB has been advocating on behalf of America’s small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals. NFIB is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and member-driven. Since our founding in 1943, NFIB has been exclusively dedicated to small and independent businesses, and remains so today. For more information, please visit nfib.com.

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