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Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie speaks at a town hall held at the Merrimack Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8641. (Jim Davis for The Boston Globe)

Chris Christie courts ‘traditionally overlooked’ college students in N.H. as GOP field narrows

The first-in-the-nation presidential primary in New Hampshire is less than seven weeks away, and presidential candidates are making their way through the Granite State. Here are some events to note.

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Lawmakers aim to close N.H. gun policy ‘gap’ after hospital shooting

A committee’s unanimous green light will allow the bipartisan bill to be drafted and introduced for debate.

A N.H. bridge illustrates the challenge of Biden campaigning on his infrastructure law

Although the Biden administration has awarded about $400 billion in infrastructure funds to more than 40,000 projects across the country, many of them won’t be finished before voters go to the polls in November.

JOAN VENNOCHI

The migrant crisis is a problem for Democrats and Republicans are happy to exploit it

They want Massachusetts to become a laboratory for what happens when liberal ideology runs up against the social and economic realities of the country’s broken immigration system.

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5 revelations since N.H. state Representative Troy Merner’s arrest on a felony charge of wrongful voting
Representative Matthew B. Wilhelm of Manchester, the Democratic leader in the House, said the public’s trust “took a serious hit” this week.

Partisan gerrymandering decision splits N.H. Supreme Court, defers to lawmakers
The judges disagreed on whether a provision in the New Hampshire Constitution is like the “free and equal” elections clause found in other states.

CARINE HAJJAR
If you can’t trust your barber, who can you trust?
Lessons from New Hampshire on what keeps Trump’s supporters coming back for more.

RFK Jr.’s campaign spending is as unconventional as his run for president
Running for president as a political neophyte, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign has been financed by millions in donations from a motley group of supporters that include a sizable group who share Kennedy’s vaccine skepticism.

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Nikki Haley greeted supporters after signing papers to get on the Republican presidential primary ballot at the New Hampshire Statehouse on Oct. 13.

In New Hampshire, Nikki Haley’s support seems only to be growing

Haley also nabbed a big endorsement this week: Americans for Prosperity Action, the Koch network’s political arm, plans to bolster her candidacy. 1:58 p.m.

New Hampshire Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington takes notes as Governor Chris Sununu sits in the background during meeting March 22, 2023, at the State House in Concord, N.H.

Family planning contracts headed back before N.H. council that’s rejected them 4 times

Republicans on the Executive Council have blocked the contracts for Planned Parenthood and other providers, even though the contracts don’t fund abortion services. 7:35 p.m.

GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks spoke during a campaign event Monday in Bluffton, S.C.

Koch network endorses Nikki Haley in Republican presidential primary

The political arm of the powerful Koch network formally endorsed Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign Tuesday, promising to commit its nationwide army of activists — and virtually unlimited funds — to helping Haley defeat former President Donald Trump in the GOP primary contest. 10:30 a.m.

Marijuana plants at a growing facility in Washington County, N.Y.

Proposal to legalize marijuana in N.H. advances without study commission’s endorsement

Some proponents of legalization remain optimistic that the “Live Free Or Die” state will end its status as New England’s island of cannabis prohibition. 6:00 a.m.

Apoorva Ramaswamy watches her husband, Vivek Ramaswamy, speak to reporters after a town hall in Laconia, N.H., Sept. 3, 2023. Apoorva Ramaswamy, a surgeon and cancer researcher, has balanced weekdays in hospitals with weekends on the trail for her husband’s presidential campaign, with their young sons in tow.

At Ramaswamy’s side, a doctor who listens more and debates less

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Vivek Ramaswamy was holding court before a crowd at a New Hampshire fair, the second of five stops on a typically busy day of barnstorming, when he did something rare: He yielded the spotlight. 10:08 a.m.

State Representative Chuck Grassie (left), a Democrat, and longtime City Council member David Walker, a Republican. (Ryan David Brown/The New York Times, M. Scott Brauer/The New York Times)

In Rochester, N.H., a win by just one vote

A recount on Saturday concluded Republican David Walker prevailed over Democrat Chuck Grassie after they tied for office a second time. 6:23 p.m.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (right) appeared with Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie at a town hall at the Merrimack Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8641.

The New Hampshire primary’s most sought-after undecided voter? Republican Governor Chris Sununu.

Once seen as a potential presidential contender himself, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has become perhaps the state’s most sought-after undecided voter, as well as its most prominent booster. 5:53 a.m.