Carpetbaggers are a familiar phenomenon in NH. This year's GOP model is Bryant "Corky" Messner.
Corky lived/lives in Colorado, but decided his summer place in Wolfeboro was home last year when he decided (or was recruited) to run against NH Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
Corky is a businessman and a veteran. He founded a big law firm in Denver, where his firm defended Chipotle in some sexual harassment and discrimination cases. More on that in Salon
He's also in some legal hot water over a foundation he started that doesn't seem to be doing exactly what it's supposed to do. Washington Post
Corky has been endorsed by Trump, and by former speaker of the NH House, Bill O'Brien.
It's hard to say how Corky will fare in the primary, but I'm not optimistic about his chances. Also, I can't help but wonder why a man his age uses his kindergarten nickname.
Edited to add that Corky was accused of domestic violence in 2006, by his now ex-wife. Patch
Step into the wayback machine to remember a few other carpetbaggers:
Walt Havenstein was imported to run for governor in 2014. He was living in Maryland, even got a homesteader tax break, because it was his principle residence. He had a vacation home in Alton, which he suddenly decided was where he really lived when he chose to run for governor. Valley News
Maryland decided to come after him for tax evasion. WMUR
Two years later, Havenstein announced he wasn't going to run for governor again, and that he was selling his house and planned to "relocate." WMUR
Scott Brown moved from Massachusetts to NH in 2013, to run for the US Senate in 2014. In one of my favorite stories from that campaign, a UK reporter tried to ask him a question in a restaurant in N. Conway. Brown refused to answer, and hid in the bathroom until reporter Paul Lewis of The Guardian left the building. No amount of duct tape applied to the bumper of his pickup could erase the stain of his cowardice.
The NH GOP clown car is always full, even if they have to import the passengers.
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