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WEBVTT DAUGHTERS. >> IN THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, 11 DEMOCRATS TOOK THEIR CHANCE TO MAKE IT ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. TOM: EXECUTIVE COUNCILOR AND BUSINESS OWNER CHRIS PAPPAS WILL CHALLENGE REPUBLICAN JEAN MACKIN IS AT THE PAPPAS CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTER TONIGHT WITH HOW HE IS FEELING >> CHRIS PAPPAS AND HIS SUPPORTERS CELEBRATING THE RECORD TURNOUT IN HIS HOMETOWN HERE IN MANCHESTER. THEY WANTED TO WIN HERE AND DID CONVINCINGLY. HERE’S THE SCENE WHEN HE TOOK THE STAGE TO THANK HIS SUPPORTERS AT HIS FAMILY RESTAURANT HERE THE PURITAN. THE 38-YEAR-OLD TRADED IN HIS POST AS EXECUTIVE COUNCILOR TO MAKE THIS RUN PLEDGING NO CORPORATE DONATIONS. HE HAD THE ENDORSEMENTS OF SENATORS JEANNE SHAHEEN, AND MAGGIE HASSAN HASSAN BY IS SIDE TONIGHT WHEN HE TOLD HIS SUPPORTERS THIS, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK YOUR TONIGHT. LET ME START BY THINKING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO POUR YOUR HEARTS AND SOULS INTO THIS CAMPAIGN. WHO KNOCKED ON DOORS, WHO TALKED TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. I AM HUMBLED BY THE SUPPORT. >>’S PARTING WORDS TO SUPPORTERS WERE ASKING THEM TO STICK BY HIS SIDE FOR THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS AS THE DEMOCRAT TAKES ON REPUBLICAN EDDIE EDWARDS FOR THIS SEAT IN CONGRESS. MARCELLA BEEN DOES NOT ADVANCE PAST THE PRIMARY. AMY JOINS US LIVE FROM HER HEADQUARTERS TONIGHT. >> MY HEADQUARTERS IS NO LONGER ANACORTES. THE CAMPAIGN SIGNS HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN. THE CAMPAIGN WORKERS MOVED ONTO ANOTHER BAR TO BLOW UP THEIR STEAM. WE HAD TO BEG HIM TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON FOR US. MAURA SULLIVAN MADE A VERY BRIEF APPEARANCE. SHE HUGGED A FEW PEOPLE. SO THAT IS A RELATIVE NEWCOMER TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. SHE MOVED HERE LAST YEAR, SHE BOUGHT HER FIRST HOUSE WITH HER FIANCE WHO IS A MUSIC -- NAVY RESERVIST. SULLIVAN HAS AN AMAZING RESUME, A MARINE CORPS OFFICER. SHE HOLDS AN MBA FROM HARVARD AS WELL AS AN MPA FROM HARVARD. SHE HAD HUGE SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE BUT THIS WAS NOT HER NIGHT. HERE IS HER SUPPORTER ESSAYS. >> EVER SHARED MESSAGE IS FAR TOO IMPORTANT. THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME OR ANYONE OF US. IT IS ABOUT WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR OUR COUNTRY. WE MUST UNITE BEHIND CHRIS AND KEEP THIS SEAT BLUE AND SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO WASHINGTON WHO WILL PUT GRANITE STATE CITIZENS FIRST. AND STAND UP TO DONALD TRUMP. I KNOW THAT CHRIS IS THAT LATER. -- LEADER. >> I AM SURE THIS IS NOT THE LAST WE HAVE SEEN OF HER BUT LIKELY SHE HAS NOW TAKEN SOME MUCH NEEDED REST AND A FEW DEEP BREATHS. THIS IS THE LATEST IN PORTSMOUTH. TOM: CHRIS PAPPAS AND MARCELLA BEEN WERE FRONT RUNNERS. HERE’S A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT RACE. LET’S BRING IN ADAM SEXTON AND JOHN DISTASO. >> BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THE DEMOCRATS. I THINK ABOUT TURNOUT, DURHAM WITH TWICE AS MANY IN A PRIMARY FOR A MIDTERM AS THEY HAVE SEEN IN YEARS. WHAT A NIGHT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. JOHN: NO ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH A BIG NIGHT FOR CHRIS PAPPAS. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THAT WAY. HE APPEALS APPARENTLY ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. YOU TALK ABOUT BERNIE SANDERS AND HE HAD ONE OF HIS FIRST ENDORSEMENTS. IT WAS HIS FELLOW EXECUTIVE COUNSELOR. THAT WAS BERNIE SANDERS LEGAL COUNSEL. CHRIS PAPPAS IS A FAMILIAR PERSON. HE OWNS THE RESTAURANT THAT EVERYONE FLOCKS TO. >> LOOK AT THE RESULTS. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE HAVE REFERRED TO CHRIS AS A RISING STAR. HE CLEANED UP TONIGHT BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFYING MSI WANT TO WATCH. HE IS ONLY BUILT ON THAT REPUTATION ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND HE BRINGS A LOT OF DIFFERENT CORNERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TOGETHER. QUICKLY ABOUT MAURA SULLIVAN, WE SAW SCOTT BROWN IN 2014. HE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. DO YOU THINK WE HAVE SEEN THE END OF THE CANDIDATE PARACHUTING IN? >> TO THE DEGREE THAT MAURA SULLIVAN DID. THERE COULD BE A SUMMER HOME ON RYE BEACH. MAURA SULLIVAN REALLY CAME IN AND IT WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. SHE DECIDED TO RUN FOR CONGRESS AND IT DIDN’T WORK OUT. IT JUST DIDN’T WORK OUT. >> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT SHE DOES NEXT. >> IT IS A DISAPPOINTING NIGHT FOR THE OTHER DEMOCRATS. >> TIM IS LIFE IN PORTSMOUTH. TIM: THEY WERE HERE IN PORTSMOUTH. THEY HAVE SINCE GONE HOME AFTER THE RESULTS CAME IN. THESE WERE RESULTS THEY WERE NOT LOOKING FOR. HE FELT THAT HE RAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN AND WAS TRYING TO GET A PROGRESSIVE VOICE TO THE LOVE NEW HAMPSHIRE. HE CALLED CHRIS PAPPAS TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS WIN. ANOTHER CANDIDATE WHO HELD HIS CAMPAIGN PARTY HERE ON THE SEACOAST WAS MY CONSULT ON IT. HE SAYS HE FEELS GOOD AND POSITIVE ABOUT HOW HE HANDLED HIS RACE. HE SAYS HE LEARNED A LOT WHILE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. THESE CANDIDATES WERE TWO IN A VERY CROWDED FIELD. THIS IS 11 CANDIDATES IN TOTO. MY COLLEGE IS STANDING BY TO CONTINUE -- MY COLLEAGUE IS STANDING BY TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THIS RACE. >> THEY ARE CELEBRATING A BIG VICTORY. THEY DID NOT COME CLOSE TO RAISING AS MUCH MONEY AS CHRIS PAPPAS OR SULLIVAN. THEY ARE PROUD OF THE IMPACT OF THEY MADE ON THIS RACE. THEY FIRST ARRIVED HERE AT THE CHURCH IN NEWMARKET. HER TEAM HAS SUPPORTERS WERE ON THEIR FEET. THERE WERE LOTS OF HUGS. SHE GOT UP ON STAGE AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR HARD WORK. IT IS WORK SHE SAYS IS FAR FROM OVER. AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, SHE WILL PLAY FOR CANCER PREVENTION AND SAVE DRINKING WATER HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN FOLLOWING NAOMI ANDRIS AROUND THE DISTRICT HERE TODAY. RIGHT NOW SHE IS IN ROCHESTER WITH HER SUPPORTERS. WE GOT A STATEMENT FROM THEM. IT IS A SIMILAR ATMOSPHERE. THEY HAD A GREAT SUMMER MEETING PEOPLE ACROSS DISTRICTS AND MEETING THESE OTHER CANDIDATES. THESE CANDIDATES SAY THEY DO SUPPORT THE NOMINEE MOVING FORWAR

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