1. President: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney - Obvious number one. This race drives turnout and can have a substantial impact on straight R or D ticket voters. And in such a tight race it's all about who shows up.

2. NH Governor: Ovide Lamontagne vs. Maggie Hassan - Biggest race in the state elections. It's an open seat so the country is watching. And if you live in the NH/MA media market during commercial breaks you've been watching even though sometimes you don't want to.

3. US House New Hampshire District 2: Charlie Bass vs. Annie Kuster - This is another nationally watched race with Annie Kuster constantly up in the polls. While Charlie has stepped up his campaign in 2012 it may not be enough to sway the moderate to Democrat leaning district.

4. Executive Council District 4: Robert Burns vs. Christopher Pappas - Talk about pulling on the ideological heart strings. Both candidates have fought hard (sometimes dirty) to get where they are, it's now time to make a choice. Both candidates are young guns within their respective parties and want to bring in a new generation of ideological (not a bad thing) leadership to the EC in New Hampshire.

5. Ballot Question 1: which would ban any new tax on "income earned by any natural person." If approved by two-thirds majority of the voters, it would constitutionally codify in the state constitution one portion of "The Pledge," the New Hampshire politically ritualized mantra to oppose any broad-based sales or income tax.

OTHER RACES I'LL BE WATCHING:

5. NH Senate District 6: Sam Cataldo (R) vs. Richard Leonard (D)

6. NH Senate District 7: Joshua F Youssef (R) vs. Andrew J Hosmer (D)

7. NH Senate District 12: Jim Luther vs. Peggy Gilmour

7. US House New Hampshire District 1: Frank Guinta vs. Carol Shea-Porter

8. US Senate Massachusetts: Scott Brown Vs. Elizabeth Warren

9. US Senate VA Tim Kaine (D) vs. George Allen(R)

10. US Senate MT John Tester(D) vs. Danny Rehberg (R) 

11. Massachusetts and Rhode Island, where Republicans Richard Tisei and Brendan Doherty are waging strong bids against vulnerable Democratic incumbents

12. Florida Rep. Allen West, Iowa Rep. Steve King and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann
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13. Ohio’s 6th District, GOP Rep. Bill Johnson vs. Charlie Wilson - Coal country