Doing the Math, part 2: PP’s investment in NH Senate

(Note: Part 1 was about Executive Council races, published the day after the release of the first of two videos documenting Planned Parenthood physicians discussing procurement and sale of the organs of aborted children. See “PP Doctor Spills the Beans.”)

The political affiliates of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England spent in all more than $55,000 on New Hampshire Senate races in 2014. Direct donations and/or independent expenditures went to races in 15 out of the 24 Senate districts, with PP’s preferred candidates winning in nine of those races. That was enough to deadlock the Senate on repeal of PP’s treasured (albeit enjoined) buffer zone law.

District	Amount spent (total of PAC donations and independent expenditures)	PP’s preferred candidate	Winner	PAC donations	Independent expenditures for or against a candidate
TOTAL EXPENDITURES ON N.H. SENATE RACES, 2014	$55,580.34
1	$100	Jeff Woodburn	Woodburn	$100	none
4	$100	David Watters	Watters	$100	none
6	$5546.71	Rich Leonard	Sam Cataldo	$100	$3020.13 pro-Leonard $2426.58 anti-Cataldo
7	$5546.71	Andrew Hosmer	Hosmer	$100	$3020.13 pro-Hosmer $2426.58 anti-Kathy Lauer Rago
9	$6446.71	Lee Nyquist	Andy Sanborn	$1000	$3020.13 pro-Nyquist $2426.58 anti-Sanborn
12	$10,993.74	Peggy Gilmour	Kevin Avard	$1000	$5140.58 pro-Gilmour $4853.16 anti-Avard
13	$100	Bette Lasky	Lasky	$100	none
15	$100	Dan Feltes	Feltes	$100	none
16	$10,993.74	Maureen Manning	David Boutin	$1000	$5140.58 pro-Manning $4853.16 anti-Boutin
17	$100	Nancy Fraher	John Reagan	$100	none
18	$7255.57	Donna Soucy	Soucy	$1000	$3020.13 pro-Soucy $3235.44 anti-Lambert
20	$100	Lou D’Allesandro	D’Allesandro	$100	none
21	$100	Martha Fuller Clark	Clark	$100	none
23	$100	Donna Schlachman	Russell Prescott	$100	none
24	$7997.16	Nancy Stiles	Stiles	$1000	$3498.58 pro-Stiles $3498.58 anti-Steve Kenda (opponent in primary)

The independent expenditures (i.e. those made with no coordination with a candidate) in these races were mostly for mailers and phone calls, while PAC donations went directly to candidate campaigns. This information came from public reports available at the web site of the New Hampshire Secretary of State. 

No reports have come to my attention yet of any of the endorsed senators expressing concern over the activities discussed by two Planned Parenthood doctors on the Center for Medical Progress videos.

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