2018 Republican candidates in 2nd CD square off in debate

Updated: 8:58 PM EDT Sep 7, 2018

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WEBVTT WE MAY BRING YOU THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL PRESENTATION. >> THIS IS A WMUR COMMITMENT 2018 SPECIAL IN PARTNERSHI WITH SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE UNION LEADER. THE GRANITE STATE DEBATE. NEW HAMPSHIRE’S SECOND DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC TERRITORY FOR YEARS. REPUBLICANS HOPE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE GOP. BEFORE THEY CAN FACE THE INCUMBENT, THESE CANDIDATES NEED TO WIN THE PRIMARY. GERARD BELOINS OWNS BUSINESS INVOLVING ROOFING SYSTEMS AND IS AN AUTHOR. LYNNELANKENBEKER, AN ATTORNEY AND STATE LEGISLATURE. ROBERT BURNS WAS THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TREASURE. STUART LEVENSON AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN. A DIVERSE GROUP FOR VOTERS TO CHOOSE FROM AS REPUBLICANS LOOK TO RECLAIM THE SECOND SEAT. >> TONIGHT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. [APPLAUSE] ADAM: WELCOME TO THE FINAL NIGHT OF OUR GRANITE STATE DEBATE SERIES LIVE AT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS AT SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE. I’M WMUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR ADAM SEXTON. WE ARE JOINED TONIGHT BY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES SEEKING THE SEAT IN THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, LOOKING TO TAKE ON INCUMBENT, IS ONE ANNIE KUSTER. THE SECOND C.D. ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE WESTERN HALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. IT STRETCHES ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER, INCLUDING SALEM AND NASHUA, AND WRAPS AROUND TO INCLUDE CONCORD BEFORE REACHING TO THE NORTHERNMOST POINT IN PITTSBURG. LET’S RUN THROUGH THE FORMAT FOR TONIGHT. OUR QUESTIONS WILL COME FROM MYSELF AND