Senate Democrats

It has been only five weeks since the election, but the senate Democrats are already looking ahead to the 2010 election.

On December 16 the Democratic Senate Caucus will be holding a fundraiser at the Capitol Grille in Concord.

Candidates running for the New Hampshire state Senate spent over $1.5 million in the latest election.

According to the latest financial filings, Republican candidates spent a total of $505,497.45 and Democratic candidates spent a total of $1,070,961.69.

However, the tally does not include some candidates whose numbers have not yet been posted by the secretary of state. This list will be updated once those numbers have been posted.

A review of the major parties' state Senate political action committees show that the senate Democratic PAC outraised, and outspend, its Republican opponents.

Despite raising more money than the Republicans, the Democrats did not gain any seats in the state Senate and maintained their current majority of 14-10.

The Democratic caucus has nominated several state senators to fill key posts in the upper-chamber.

Senate President Sylvia Larsen (D-Concord) was re-nominated to be senate president by state Sen. Lou D'Allesandro (D-Manchester).

Senate president Sylvia Larsen (D-Concord) said that she is "glad" the Democrats were able to keep their majority status in the state Senate.

"I'm glad we held our 14 seat majority," Larsen said in an interview with PolitickerNH.com. "We've brought in some really qualified candidates and kept some capable incumbents."

The first candidates to fileCONCORD- Beginning at 8am candidates for state office began to file for office with the Secretary of State.

This year, congressional candidate Grant Bosse was the first candidate to file. Bosse showed up at State House at 6am, minutes before Commissioner Carol Holden. Holden was the first to file in 2006.