Steven Porter

Steven Porter

New Hampshire
Steven Porter, the founding editor of Granite Memo, has been a journalist for a decade. As a reporter and an editor, he has covered politics, health care, criminal and civil justice, and more.
Oct
10

Ready for general election debates? They begin this week.

While visiting NH, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan warned that current Republican nominees have an electability problem in many states.
13 min read
Oct
06

Will NH follow Biden on marijuana pardons? What Sununu, Sherman say

Gov. Chris Sununu has recently reiterated his opposition to marijuana legalization.
3 min read
Oct
06

Partisan gerrymandering? That's a political question, NH judge rules

If the people had intended to impose additional requirements for the redistricting process, they would have said so in the NH constitution, the judge wrote.
8 min read
Sep
26

Nikki Haley links arms with Sununu and Bolduc

Republicans had to swap out two candidates, while Democrats had to clean up a big mess their mail made.
9 min read
Sep
23

Why I'm launching Granite Memo

The thing that really sets NH politics apart is the way national, state and local issues are stitched together so tightly.
4 min read
Sep
21

Mike Pompeo slams Biden in NH speech as 'woke, weak and waffling'

The former CIA director and secretary of state sketched out what could become his core political argument.
8 min read
Sep
19

Votes still being counted from 10 races in NH state primary

By the way, a coordinated effort to force hand-counting of ballots slowed NH state primary election results.
6 min read
Sep
19

The question that ruffled Karoline Leavitt's feathers

I may have been the first person to pose that question after her victory in the GOP primary. But I'm guessing I won't be the last.
8 min read
Sep
16

Sununu inks energy relief bill. Parties muster for general election fight.

The bill that passed both chambers is a scaled-back version of what the governor had proposed.
10 min read
Sep
14

Granite State GOP goes all-in on MAGA candidates

The three projected winners were the candidates who pushed hardest to the right.
4 min read