The Politics & Eggs series was founded in 1995 to provide New Hampshire and New England business leaders with a chance to meet with major party presidential candidates. Since that time, virtually every major candidate has attended this program, and it has become a "must-stop" on the presidential campaign trail. In recent years, the series has been expanded to include speakers other than candidates who discuss critical issues facing our nation.
Politics & Eggs is produced by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in collaboration with the New England Council .
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Past Speakers
2022
Date
Speaker Name
October 6, 2022
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan
September 20, 2022
Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State
August 17, 2022
Former Vice President Mike Pence
August 3, 2022
New York Times National Political Correspondents Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns
April 25, 2022
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson
March 21, 2022
Chris Christie, former Governor of New Jersey
2021
Date
Speaker Name
April 20, 2021
Bill Kristol, founding director of Defending Democracy Together
2020
Date
Speaker Name
July 8, 2020
John Heilemann, Editor in Chief and Co-Founder, Recount Media
October 6, 2020
Corey Lewandowski, Political commentator and author
February 7, 2020
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
2019
Date
Speaker Name
December 23, 2019
Mr. Tom Steyer
November 25, 2019
Former Governor Deval Patrick
November 7, 2019
Vice President Mike Pence
October 25, 2019
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
October 23, 2019
Mr. Andrew Yang
October 11, 2019
Governor Steve Bullock
September 26, 2019
U.S. Senator Cory Booker
September 5, 2019
U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard
July 9, 2019
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
June 11, 2019
U.S. Representative Tim Ryan
June 10, 2019
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
April 24, 2019
U.S. Representative Seth Moulton
April 23, 2019
Governor Larry Hogan
March 8, 2019
Mayor Pete Buttigieg
February 25, 2019
U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell
February 19, 2019
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris
February 15, 2019
Former Governor Bill Weld
February 12, 2019
Former U.S. Representative John Delaney
February 4, 2019
U.S. Representative Adam Schiff
January 16, 2019
Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro
2018
Date
Speaker Name
September 14, 2018
Political Analyst Charlie Cook
June 1, 2018
Former Attorney General Eric Holder
May 23, 2018
Political Analyst Bill Kristol
April 3, 2018
Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley
March 16, 2018
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake
2016
Date
Speaker Name
October 20, 2016
Georgia Representative John Lewis
October 7, 2016
Interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile
July 11, 2016
New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte
May 11, 2016
New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan
February 5, 2016
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders
January 21, 2016
Political Reporter Mark Halperin
2015
Date
Speaker Name
November 12, 2015
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum
November 11, 2015
Mr. Donald Trump
October 28, 2015
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
August 11, 2015
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul
July 7, 2015
Dr. Ben Carson
June 25, 2015
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal
June 9, 2015
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
April 17, 2015
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush
March 31, 2015
Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley
March 24, 2015
Ohio Governor John Kasich
March 16, 2015
Texas Senator Ted Cruz
March 12, 2015
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry
March 9, 2015
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham
February 24, 2015
Florida Senator Marco Rubio
February 20, 2015
Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton
February 10, 2015
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina
2014
Date
Speaker Name
October 21, 2014
Former New York Governor George Pataki
August 26, 2014
Ohio Senator Rob Portman
February 21, 2014
Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge
January 21, 2014
Donald Trump
2013
Date
Speaker Name
November 13, 2013
Political Reporter Dan Balz
October 9, 2013
Political Strategist Alex Castellanos
October 7, 2013
New York Representative Peter King
September 27, 2013
Political Analyst Jonathan Alter
September 19, 2013
Author and Political Reporter Mark Leibovich
February 5, 2013
Political Reporter Carl Cameron
2012
Date
Speaker Name
December 4, 2012
Political Reporter Jonathan Martin
September 28, 2012
Former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland
August 15, 2012
Maryland Representative Chris Van Hollen
January 11, 2012
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz
2011
Date
Speaker Name
November 29, 2011
Political Analyst Mark Halperin
November 4, 2011
Political Reporter Dan Balz
September 30, 2011
Texas Representative Ron Paul
September 27, 2011
Obama Advisor David Axelrod
September 9, 2011
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich
September 1, 2011
Former Ambassador Jon Huntsman
August 17, 2011
Texas Governor Rick Perry
July 20, 2011
Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer
June 10, 2011
Veteran GOP Strategist Karl Rove
January 25, 2011
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty
2010
Date
Speaker Name
November 4, 2010
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum
September 28, 2010
Political Analyst Charlie Cook
September 17, 2010
Political Reporter Mark Halperin
September 13, 2010
Former New York Governor George Pataki
2007
Date
Speaker Name
December 19, 2007
Texas Congressman Ron Paul
November 26, 2007
The Honorable Rudy Giuliani
November 7, 2007
North Carolina Senator John Edwards
November 5, 2007
Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson
October 19, 2007
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee
October 12, 2007
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
September 24, 2007
Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo
June 6, 2007
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney
May 8, 2007
Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson
April 4, 2007
Ohio Senator Dennis Kucinich
February 16, 2007
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd
2006
Date
Speaker Name
December 6, 2006
ABC News Political Director Mark Halperin
November 28, 2006
Speaker Newt Gingrich
October 25, 2006
Indiana Senator Evan Bayh
August 11, 2006
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee
June 30, 2006
Delaware Senator Joseph Biden
June 14, 2006
Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack
June 12, 2006
Michigan Governor John Engler, NAM
April 28, 2006
New York Governor George Pataki
April 21, 2006
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden
