Founded during the 1995 New Hampshire Presidential Primary as a forum for the State's business and political leaders to meet and quiz presidential candidates, Politics and Eggs has since become a "must stop" on the road to the White House. All candidates for President, as well as national leaders, policy makers, and political pundits, are invited to speak to this premier gathering of Granite State leaders from business, education, and government.
Politics and Eggs is produced by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in collaboration with the New England Council, and is led by a steering committee of prominent business and former political leaders in New Hampshire. Committee members include Neil Levesque, NHIOP Executive Director; Larry Zabar, Senior Vice President of the New England Council; Fred Kocher, Politics and Eggs founder and President of the New Hampshire High Technology Council; Joel Maiola, Principal, Granite Edge Consulting and former Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Judd Gregg; Kathy Sullivan, attorney and former New Hampshire Democratic State Committee Chair; and Joe Keefe, CEO of Pax World Investments.
Past Speakers
| 1996 Presidential Primary | |
| Jack Kemp (R-NY) Hal Bruno, ABC News Steve Forbes, Forbes Magazine Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Elizabeth Dole Warren Rudman (R-NH) Dean Reynolds, ABC News Pat Buchanan Phil Graham Richard Lugar (R-IN) Hugh Gregg (R-NH) |
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| 2000 Presidential Primary | |
| May 10, 1999 | Senator John McCain (R-AZ) |
| August 18, 1999 | Senator Bob Smith (R-NH) |
| September 16, 1999 | Vice President Dan Quayle (R-IN) |
| October 11, 1999 | Gary Bauer (R-VA) |
| November 3, 1999 | Amb. Alan Keyes (R-MD) |
| November 17, 1999 | Steve Forbes (R-NJ) |
| November 30, 1999 | Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) |
| December 3, 1999 | Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) |
| January 4, 2000 | Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) |
| January 14, 2000 | Pat Buchanan, (R-VA) |
| January 18, 2000 | Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) |
| November 7, 2001 | Jack Germond, Baltimore Sun |
| U.S. Senate, New Hampshire | |
| June 3, 2002 | Rep. John Sununu (R) |
| June 17, 2002 | Senator Bob Smith (R) |
| June 24, 2002 | Governor Jeanne Shaheen (D) |
| 2004 Presidential Primary | |
| December 3, 2002 | Governor Marc Racicot (RNC Chairman) |
| December 11, 2002 | Terry McAuliffe (DNC Chairman) |
| April 21, 2003 | Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) |
| May 7, 2003 | Karl Rove, Presidential political advisor |
| June 16, 2003 | Governor Howard Dean (D-VT) |
| July 18, 2003 | Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) |
| September 2, 2003 | Congressman Richard Gephardt (D-MO) |
| September 9, 2003 | Senator John Edwards (D-NC) |
| October 28, 2003 | Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) |
| November 17, 2003 | Amb. Carol Mosley Braun (D-IL) |
| December 11, 2003 | Mark Halperin, Political Director, ABC News |
| January 7, 2004 | Senator John Kerry (D-MA) |
| January 15, 2004 | Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) |
| January 25, 2004 | Ed Gillespie (RNC Chairman) |
| General Election | |
| September 22, 2004 | President George H. W. Bush (R-TX) |
| October 20, 2004 | Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) |
| October 30, 2004 | Senator John McCain (R-AZ) |
| November 1, 2004 | Amb. Richard Holbrooke (D) |
| Issues Forums | |
| May 4, 2005 | Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) |
| June 7, 2005 | Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) |
| April 21, 2006 | Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) |
| April 28, 2006 | Governor George Pataki (R-NY) |
| June 12, 2006 | Governor John Engler (R-MI), National Assn. of Manufacturers |
| June 14, 2006 | Governor Tom Vilsack (D-IA) |
| June 30, 2006 | Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) |
| August 11, 2006 | Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AK) |
| October 25, 2006 | Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) |
| November 28, 2006 | Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-VA) |
| December 6, 2006 | Mark Halperin, Political Director, ABC News |
| 2008 Presidential Primary | |
| February 16, 2007 | Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) |
| April 4, 2007 | Senator Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) |
| May 8, 2007 | Governor Tommy Thompson (R-WI) |
| June 6, 2007 | Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) |
| September 24, 2007 | Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) |
| October 12, 2007 | Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) |
| October 19, 2007 | Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR) |
| November 5, 2007 | Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) |
| November 7, 2007 | Senator John Edwards (D-NC) |
| November 26, 2007 | The Honorable Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) |
| December 19, 2007 | Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) |
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