Former House speaker Bill O'Brien has confirmed that he will run for Representative again, and that he will also try to regain the speakership:
Republican former New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien confirmed Friday that he will seek another term in the House. If he wins and if the Republicans take back the majority, O’Brien said he will also run for speaker again.
Last spring and summer, O’Brien, 62, of Mont Vernon, had been considering running for the 2nd District U.S. House seat held by Democratic Rep. Ann Kuster. But last August he decided to leave public service following his current term in the New Hampshire House and take a position as chief operating officer of the Cambridge, Mass.-based U.S. subsidiary of Brainloop, a German software company.
But with prospects for Republican seemingly brightening in the upcoming election, O’Brien, a House member since 2004, several weeks ago began to reconsider his decision.
Today, he told New Hampshire Journal that he met Thursday night with a group of “candidates and current representatives. It was expressed that there does not seem to be assertive conservative leadership coming forward for the next term.
”We’ve watched the Democratic increase the size of government and increase regulations, and we looked toward whether there will be leadership that will present and pursue an alternative. They asked me to run again and put myself forward as speaker, and I’ve decided to do that.”
That’s right people. The tax and spending, vote fraud promoting, Democrats are afraid of Bill O’Brien. Why.
He made government smaller, eliminated the NH Democrats 800 Million Dollar structural deficit, rolled back the nanny state, and gave some money and power back to…the towns, and to you and I.
Sounds good to me.
Bill O’Brien’s tenure as Speaker was an unmitigated disaster. His far-right, Tea Party policies and unwillingness to work across the aisle hurt New Hampshire families and disgraced the Granite State. The effects of his painful budget cuts and irresponsible leadership are still being felt by seniors, students, and working families alike. There is no way that voters in November will choose to send O’Brien back to the State House. He has shown that he cannot be trusted to serve the people of New Hampshire.
Democrats across the state are organized and united, and ready to work every day to stop candidates like failed Speaker–and general embarrassment–Bill O’Brien from running our state into the ground.