Telegraph endorses Horn

The Nashua Telegraph has endorsed its former columnist in the 2 Congressional District Republican primary.

The Telegraph cited national trends in endorsing Jennifer Horn, a former op/ed contributor for the paper.

"In any other election year, a congressional candidate whose primary credentials consist of raising a family, writing a newspaper column and hosting a radio talk show would be the dark horse. But not this year," the newspaper's editorial board wrote.

The board also emphasized Horn's campaign theme that she is not a career politician.

"Her credentials cannot be so easily dismissed," the editors wrote. "There is an emerging consensus that real-world experience in the dynamics and economics of family life has enormous value for a prospective politician. There is a desire for citizen legislators, in the New Hampshire tradition, to replace the professional politician."

Horn is running against state Sen. Bob Clegg (R-Hudson), Jim Steiner (R-Concord) and Grant Bosse (R-Hillsboro) for the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, who unseated Republican Charlie Bass in 2006.