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Funky Friday

Need a good Friday read? Take a look at Marc Ambinder's 4 funkiest GOP primaries of '10, over at The Atlantic's Politics channel.

Marc's watching FL SEN, CA SEN, KY SEN and MI GOV, all of which offer compelling stories.

And even though the NRSC hates it when we bring this up, we at Hotline OnCall can't get enough of the GOP's primary in NH.

In that state, ex-AG Kelly Ayotte (R) is the clear establishment favorite. She's been honored at DC fundraisers featuring the Senate's top GOPers, and the NRSC rightly hailed it as a coup when they convinced her to step down from her post to run for retiring Sen. Judd Gregg's (R) seat.

As we've seen around the country, though, conservatives voiced quick skepticism about the party's hand-picked candidate. Instead, many conservatives are rallying around atty and '96 GOV nominee Ovide Lamontagne (R) as their alternative candidate. Lamontagne is being advised by several ex-aides to ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney, and he's got the potential to take a serious number of Ayotte's votes from the right.

We have yet to see Lamontagne's fundraising prowess, so we'll keep an eye on his performance over the last 3 months.

But wait, there's more: Businessman Bill Binnie is doing what few GOPers have tried this year -- he's running as a centrist. The Portsmouth businessman raised $255K between Nov. 5, when he became a candidate, and the Dec. 31 end-of-quarter date. No small potatoes, to be sure. But Binnie added $1.26M to his own warchest, ending the year with $1.16M in the bank.

Businessman Jim Bender (R) is also running, but he has not proven much of a factor yet. Still, there are 9 months to go before the Granite State primary, which makes this race a lot more tumultuous than prominent DC GOPers would have you believe.

We'll post a link to Marc's list of the funkiest Dem primaries when he's done crafting it.

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