Vaillancourt bows out gracefully: 'I tired in sitting in a room with people I can't stand'
We won’t have state House Rep. Steve Vaillancourt to kick around anymore. The Manchester Republican who gained notoriety for his “Sieg Heil” salute to then-Speaker Bill O'Brien and, more recently, for declaring Congresswoman Annie Kuster is “ugly as sin,” lost his re-election bid.
Vaillancourt finished third in Hillsboro District 15, a two-seat district, behind incumbent Democrat Tom Katsiantonis and newcomer Republican Mark McLean. “I’m actually glad I lost in Ward 8 (to a fellow Republican and the pizza making Democrat who disgraces himself, his party, and the institution by showing up for only 20 percent of the votes,” Vaillancourt blogged. “I’m really sick of this $100 a year job:”
To all the haters who are delighted in my departure, I can honestly say I join you in your glee. In the past year especially, I tired in sitting in a room with people I can’t stand (I avoid using the word “hate” only to be politically correct but it would be appropriate). […]
[T]here’s no joking is saying how grateful I am to the masses who finally threw me out of office yesterday. Maybe it was because my attendance record slipped from 100 to 99 percent the past two years. Ignorant people would apparently prefer a No Show Rep…let’s not get bitter now.
As to running again, one never knows, but my guess is that when I walk out the State House door December 3, I’ll never set foot in the building again.