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Negative & deceptive phone calls blamed on Ashooh Campaign

The Ashooh campaign has always been about the issues and solving the hard problems facing our nation. We would never resort to these kinds of dirty tricks and we're very disappointed that one of our opponents is so desperate to have stooped to this level.

Ashooh Promotes Candidacy in Visit to Nutfield Publishing

Also a priority for Ashooh is defrosting what he considers the chilly environment for small businesses in New Hampshire and across the country by eliminating the uncertainty he said the federal government is tormenting small businesses with by increasing taxes, regulations threatening business access to credit, and federal health care legislation.

Ashooh touts business experience, 'core values'

If elected, Ashooh said his main priority will be balancing the budget. To cut spending, he would look at personnel and any division of the government that competes with the private sector, he said.

Q&As in the 1st District
: Republican candidates discuss the issues


Our first priority is certainly to balance the budget. Spending more than a trillion and a half dollars than we take in is simply unsustainable. Secondly, we need to take steps that a responsible government should to turn the economy around, things that should have been done 18 months ago.

Ashooh Campaign releases second radio spot

Rich lays out his plan to fight back including: repealing Obama Care, stopping tax increases, cutting wasteful spending, and getting government out of the way so businesses start hiring and we get the economy back on track.

Jim Waddell on leave as Hampton GOP Chairman to support Ashooh

Rich is a true fiscal conservative who we can count on to respect taxpayers money. Im convinced hes the right candidate at the right time.

Ashooh: 'Roll back spending'

As the Primary race heats up, Ashooh declared he is "better suited" for the congressional seat because of his knowledge and experience in areas that will most affect what New Hampshire and the country needs.

Ashooh Announces Strafford County Leadership Team

“Every Congressional campaign needs strong local support in order to be successful. I am pleased to have the backing of these enthusiastic activists in Strafford County who share my resolve to reign in out of control spending and balance the federal budget."

Republican Candidate Rich Ashooh Visits Londonderry Rotary

A successful Granite State businessman, Republican Congressional candidate Rich Ashooh didn't mince words last week when addressing several dozen local business owners during a stop at the Londonderry Rotary Clubs monthly meeting. If you want to cut costs, you have to look closely at where the government competes with the private sector, Ashooh told them.

Ashooh Announces Women's Coalition

I am so grateful to have the support of these dynamic women. They're the kind of dedicated, grass root activists who make a huge difference whether they're working on a project in their community or on a political campaign.

Eradicating deficit is priority for Ashooh

New to the campaign trail and running out of concern for his community, Republican Rich Ashooh believes there needs to be new leadership in Washington to help bring down the national debt and reform the new health care legislation.

Robb Thomson Endorses Ashooh

New Hampshire needs a Congressman who will work to reduce taxes, limit the size of government and promote free-market solutions. That man is Rich Ashooh. In my opinion, he is the best candidate to take that much-needed conservative message to Washington.

Ashooh Launches New Web Video on Congressional Reform

The current system in Washington is broken and totally out of touch with voters. Worse yet, it only increases a politician’s ability to become powerful and take advantage of perks. I have a plan for common sense changes that can be put in place with the right leadership.

Ashooh: Limited Government Starts with Congressional Reform

Its my view that we wont achieve meaningful change unless Congress leads by example. If we are to expect the kind of changes that rein in big government, then what we need is real reform. I strongly believe elective office should be a job, not a career. Yet, the way Congress does business now only serves to incentivize longevity not productivity for its members. The longer people remain in government, the more removed they become from the daily lives of the people they are sent to serve.

Roberge endorses Ashooh

Ive known Rich since he was ten years old when he volunteered for the Dave Banks for Congress campaign in 1974. He was so enthusiastic and totally enamored with the political process. He made a quite an impression on me back then so you can imagine just how delighted I am to see that all these years later he is now aspiring to public service. Hes running for all the right reasons and he has my whole-hearted support.

Ashooh statement on the decision blocking AZ immigration law

The Obama lawsuit against Arizona only served to further promote an unwritten policy of condoning illegal immigration. And now we have a federal judge who somehow believes it should be legal to be in this country illegally. That makes no sense.

Ashooh launches new web video on Illegal Immigration

With an antique photograph of his immigrant grandparents as a backdrop, businessman and Congressional candidate Rich Ashooh launched a web video concerning illegal immigration today. In it, he clearly lays out his position on the issue in contrast to his opponent Sean Mahoney who so far has been unable to explain why he thinks illegal aliens should be allowed to remain in the country and be given drivers license

Ashooh statement on leaking of confidential documents to WikiLeaks

Any effort to place these leaks and their subsequent publication in the context of some policy goal, such as public openness or to affect the direction of our involvement in the global war on terror, is delusional: quite simply, these actions provided previously unknown and substantive information to our enemies and in so doing put American lives at risk.

Balancing budget is priority for Rich Ashooh

Besides keeping intact the tax cuts that went into effect in 2001 and 2003, Ashooh said the government needs a "draconian austerity plan" to cut spending, and regardless of whether it's a three-year or five-year plan, "it's important that we get the plan in place and it has teeth." To cut the budget, "You start anywhere that the government is competing with the private sector," such as the Department of Energy's national laboratories, which were created in the 1970s to reduce the nation's...

Ashooh: Mahoney out of touch on Immigration Reform

Sean Mahoney’s comments continue to demonstrate that he could not be further from the mainstream on an issue that affects many aspects of our nation. Allowing millions to flaunt our immigration laws negatively impacts our economy, our national security, and our federal budget.