Politics & Government

VIDEO Exit Interview: 5 Questions for Governor Lynch

We had two minutes to ask the governor five questions.

Hard hitting exit interview? No, not really.

Hey – it's hard to ask the tough questions over bacon and eggs. Besides, the governor had already covered a lot of bases during his to about 200 members attending the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce breakfast at the Holiday Inn.

And he was running late for his next stop, which was back to work in Concord.

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We did want to ask him who he was going to vote for for governor, and we did. Believe it or not, Lynch said he hasn't made up his mind yet.

"I'm just trying to get through the legislative session right now," he said.

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Fair enough. But he promised to do his civic duty homework over the summer.

One thing he did say was that he'd like to see his next governor be someone who can work through bi-partisan issues, something he addressed during his speech. In fact, Lynch called for a return to civility in Concord during his remarks – not in the Senate, he qualified his remarks, but in the House specifically, where civility "has been greatly lacking."

That was the only line of his speech which garnered applause from the crowd.

"As I travel around New Hampshire, people tell me that they want us to work together; they want us to put partisan politics to one side and focus on solving problems and creating opportunities for them. Unfortunately, when you have a lack of civility and a lack of trust, that doesn't happen, so I hope we return to that," Lynch said.


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