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A statement from Ovide Lamontagne adviser Jim Merrill on news the National Republican Senatorial Committee has created a joint fund-raising committee with primary rival Kelly Ayotte.

Paul Hodes faces an enthusiasm gap with the Democratic base. Did Carol Shea-Porter’s strong statement against President Obama’s Afghanistan policy — pitted against Hodes’s non-statement — just remind base voters why they might be less than enthusiastic?