Sullivan County GOP launches Faith coalition at Lincoln Day Dinner

Sullivan County Republicans used their Lincoln Reagan Dinner in Croydon to launch a new Faith coalition with Turning Point Action, adding a fresh organizing arm to the county GOP’s 2026 effort. The gathering brought together local activists at the Croydon Volunteer Fire House, with Sen. Scott Brown, the New Hampshire U.S. Senate candidate, serving as keynote speaker.

The dinner was held Saturday, June 6, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the Croydon Volunteer Fire House, also listed as the Croydon Fire Department. The New Hampshire Republican Party billed it as a fundraiser for the Sullivan County Republican Committee, and Eventbrite identified the county committee as the organizer.

The new Faith coalition gives county Republicans a tool built around door-to-door and congregation-based organizing. Turning Point Action says the coalition’s goal is to recruit new activists, register voters, become precinct leaders and chase the vote through relationships with faith communities. The group describes Turning Point Action as a 501(c)(4) focused on grassroots activism, and says the broader effort is aimed at building relationships in battleground states while promoting issues including life, family, marriage and religious liberty.

For Sullivan County, the launch lands in a county that is small but politically consequential in the northwest corner of New Hampshire. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the population at 43,961 in July 2025, up from 43,063 in the 2020 Census, and county government lists 13 towns and city entries, including Claremont, Newport, Charlestown, Sunapee and Croydon. The county is also aging, with 24.7% of residents age 65 or older, and its median household income is $80,858.

That demographic profile helps explain why Republicans are leaning into a more disciplined ground game. Turning Point Action’s emphasis on precinct leadership and ballot chasing fits a county where a relatively small number of active voters can shape local contests, especially in places like Claremont, Newport and Charlestown, where town politics and school-board races often draw sharper attention than statewide campaigns.

The Croydon dinner also fit a pattern for county Republicans who have made the Lincoln Reagan format a recurring fundraiser and organizing stop. The Sullivan County Republican Committee held a similar dinner on May 3, 2025, at the same Croydon fire department site, and this year’s event followed a 2026 committee website post welcoming Rep. Dale Girard to the Republican Party, a sign the local organization is trying to widen its bench before the next election cycle.