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New Hampshire Primary Source gives you breaking and behind-the-scenes news and analysis on all things political in the Granite State. John DiStaso is the most experienced political writer in the state and has been writing a weekly column since 1982. He is a recipient of a 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the New Hampshire Press Association.To sign up for WMUR's weekly New Hampshire Primary Source and political email newsletter, click here.SANDERS STAFF UPDATE. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ New Hampshire campaign says its staff has grown to 45 people and that it is about to open several field offices throughout the state.The campaign said most of the staffers are focused on field and community organizing, which has been a key part of Sanders’ campaigns in 2016 and again this year.The campaign opened a Greater Nashua field office last month at an event attended by the candidate and campaign national co-chair Ben Cohen. It will soon open offices in Manchester, Portsmouth, Dover and West Lebanon.State campaign director Joe Caiazzo said, "From day one of this campaign, I have said we will take nothing for granted here in the first-in-the-nation primary. We're building out the organization we need to talk to every Granite Stater in every corner of New Hampshire and earn their vote. I'm proud of the team we put together."THE DOUGLASS PLAN. Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who has been at the center of racial tensions in his home city in recent weeks, is unveiling a sweeping racial justice plan Thursday that addresses a variety of areas he says are now rampant with inequities. Click here.BIG MONEY. Billionaire philanthropist and organizer Tom Steyer is launching his presidential campaign with $1.4 million in television advertising buys in the four early voting states. Click here.FLOW OF CANDIDATES CONTINUES. Six Democratic presidential candidates have scheduled campaign visits to New Hampshire in the next nine days. Click here.CONTROVERSY AVERTED. The so-called “Bernie Bill” is now law. Gov. Chris Sununu, who is of course a Republican, cleared the way for independent Sen. Bernie Sanders to file in the Democratic first-in-the-nation presidential primary without questions this year by signing House Bill 588 into law Wednesday. Click here.LOOPHOLE LIVES. New Hampshire’s LLC loophole is alive and well as a result of a veto by Gov. Chris Sununu. Click here.DE-ESCALATION CALLED FOR. Prior to becoming a candidate for the U.S. Senate, retired Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc joined with dozens of other military officials in a letter to President Donald Trump calling for “crisis de-escalation” with Iran. Click here.ADVOCATES CRITICIZE SUNUNU. Several advocates of the paid family and medical leave bill vetoed by Gov. Chris Sununu expressed outrage Wednesday following our report Tuesday that Sununu led an auction of a copy of the veto document at a GOP fundraiser on July 4. Click here.GATSAS ENDORSEMENT. With the presidential primary and state campaigns ratcheting up, the most immediate upcoming elections will take place in cities across the state later this year. Click here.CANVASSING WITH CRAIG. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s RV weekend tour will take him to five New Hampshire communities, including a stop in Manchester to launch a campaign canvass with Mayor Joyce Craig. Click here.(John DiStaso can be reached at jdistaso@hearst.com or distasoj@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter: @jdistaso and on Facebook: Facebook.com/JohnDiStasoWMUR.)