John DiStaso
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Who is John DiStaso?
John DiStaso, a veteran New Hampshire political journalist, is the news editor of NH Journal, an online web and news site founded by local Republican activists. He won national attention as during a long career as a political reporter for the Union Leader, a daily published in Manchester, New Hampshire.
DiStaso was born in New Jersey and moved to New Hampshire with his wife in 1979. There he began his career with the Union Leader as a correspondent before becoming a staff reporter in the early 1980s.
Beginning in 1982, DiStaso wrote the newspaper's most influential political column, "The Granite Status."
He left the Union Leader and joined NH Journal on April 3, 2014.
As a recognized expert on New Hampshire politics, DiStaso has been regularly been part of network coverage of the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary. He was one of the moderators for the 2004 Democratic presidential candidates debate held on January 22, 2004, in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Most recently, before the 2012 primary, DiStaso was a panelist in debates produced by CNN and NBC.
DiStaso is credited with coining the phrase "Republican in Name Only" or RINO in 1992.
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on July 23, 2013
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