This op-ed in the New Hampshire Union Leader describes how both chambers of the New Hampshire General Court flipped Republican in 2020, crediting grassroots door-knocking by Young Americans for Liberty. It singled out the victory of outspoken lockdown critic Jason Osborne in Rockingham 4 among the liberty-minded wins.
While President Trump, GOP Senate candidate Corky Messner, and both GOP congressional candidates all lost their bids for the Granite State, both chambers of the New Hampshire General Court flipped red.
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The author noted just how rare the result was, writing in the New Hampshire Union Leader: New Hampshire was the only state in the entire country where this happened.
The piece tied the outcome to a door-to-door canvassing program the author said secured 55 Republican victories across the state legislature, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. The author described the effort as understanding “the real bread and butter of politics: grassroots,” deploying student activists to persuade voters directly.
this strategy was proven to work in New Hampshire this year, with victories including outspoken lockdown critic Jason Osborne in Rockingham 4
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The op-ed argued that direct voter contact, not advertising, drove the results, citing research from the book “Get Out The Vote” that door-knocking earns roughly one vote for every nine voters contacted while phone-banking required 36, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. The author called door-to-door canvassing “the single most effective strategy for winning votes.”
the liberty wave that swept the Granite State has created an opportunity for local leaders to reclaim that motto.
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The author closed by invoking General John Stark, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.
“Live free or die; Death is not the worst of evils.”
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New Hampshire adopted that motto in 1945, and the author cast the freshman legislators as future champions of liberty who might one day rise to higher office, noting that half of all sitting members of Congress had previously served in their state legislatures.
The op-ed positioned the 2020 results as a case study in the power of grassroots organizing, arguing that the freshman class of liberty-minded legislators reflected a durable shift rather than a one-time fluke. It urged local leaders to carry that momentum forward under the state’s “Live free or die” banner. The author leaned on academic research to make the case that knocking doors outperforms phone-banking and paid advertising, and pointed to the New Hampshire map as proof the model could move results even in a difficult year for the top of the ticket. The piece cast Osborne and his fellow newcomers as the leading edge of a movement the author expected to keep growing. It singled out the New Hampshire results as the lone example nationwide of a state where both legislative chambers flipped, attributing much of that to volunteer canvassing. The author argued that the experience of these freshman lawmakers would become a pipeline to higher office, noting how often state legislators go on to serve in Congress and beyond.
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