"Looking to the past" article in Hollis-Brookline Journal

By ALBERT McKEON HOLLIS – The rooms of Jim Bender’s campaign office give insight into what will drive his run for the U.S. Senate. Three of the four rooms are named for New Hampshire’s signers of the Declaration of Independence: Josiah Bartlett, Matthew Thornton and William Whipple. Bender has an affinity for U.S. history. When recounting Gen. George Washington’s Christmas night crossing of the Delaware, for instance, Bender paused twice to find the words he felt best described the sacrifices of the Revolutionary soldiers. Washington and the other Founding Fathers serve as examples for how Bender believes contemporary politicians should conduct themselves in office. Just as Bartlett, Thornton and Whipple traveled with honor to Philadelphia to sign the Declaration, members of today’s Congress should legislate in Washington, D.C., with the full understanding that they represent the public and not themselves, Bender said... Read Full Article