CANDIDATE FOR OPEN HOUSE SEAT. The filing period for a recently open New Hampshire House seat in Belknap County will begin Monday, and the first candidate has come forward.Phil Spagnuolo, a licensed recovery coach at Navigating Recovery of the Lakes Region in Laconia, has told fellow Democrats he will seek the seat vacated by the death of Republican Rep. Donald Flanders on Sept. 28.A special election to fill the seat has been scheduled, with a primary Jan. 9 and a general election Feb. 27 of next year. Belknap County District 3 includes Laconia wards 1-6.Spagnuolo appeared at a news conference with Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan in March to criticize the original Republican health care plan backed by President Donald Trump. He said at the time that he is “substance-free” as a result of the help he received from Medicaid expansion.Meanwhile, Democrats won their sixth House special election in eight tries Tuesday when Casey Conley won a seat in Dover Ward 1.

CANDIDATE FOR OPEN HOUSE SEAT. The filing period for a recently open New Hampshire House seat in Belknap County will begin Monday, and the first candidate has come forward.

Phil Spagnuolo, a licensed recovery coach at Navigating Recovery of the Lakes Region in Laconia, has told fellow Democrats he will seek the seat vacated by the death of Republican Rep. Donald Flanders on Sept. 28.


A special election to fill the seat has been scheduled, with a primary Jan. 9 and a general election Feb. 27 of next year. Belknap County District 3 includes Laconia wards 1-6.

Spagnuolo appeared at a news conference with Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan in March to criticize the original Republican health care plan backed by President Donald Trump.

He said at the time that he is “substance-free” as a result of the help he received from Medicaid expansion.

Meanwhile, Democrats won their sixth House special election in eight tries Tuesday when Casey Conley won a seat in Dover Ward 1.

