TIME INCUMBENTS STEPPING AWAY FROM THEIR PUBLIC POSITIONS... THE GRANITE STATE PRIMARY HAS MADE FOR A BUSY SEVERAL MONTHS. VOTERS HAVE BEEN AT THE POLLS ALL DAY, PICKING PARTY NOMINEES FOR NOVEMBER. A NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS HOPE TO SUCCEED GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU. FORMER SENATOR KELLY AYOTTE IS RUNNING, AS IS CHUCK MORSE... WHO RAN FOR SENATE TWO YEARS AGO BUT LOST IN THE PRIMARIES. IN TOTAL... SIX NAMES ARE ON THE G-O-P BALLOT. AS FOR THE DEMOCRATS... FORMER MANCHESTER MAYOR JOYCE CRAIG IS RUNNING FOR THE NOMINATION, AS IS EXECUTIVE COUNCILOR CINDE WARMINGTON AND AUTHOR JON KIPER. SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN ANNIE KUSTER IS ALSO RETIRING AFTER HER TERM ENDS IN JANUARY. LAWYER MAGGIE GOODLANDER AND 20-16 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR COLIN VAN OSTERN ARE RUNNING TO SUCCEED HER. BOTH HAVE RUN AD CAMPAIGNS ATTACKING EACH OTHER IN THE LEAD UP TO TODAY. A TOTAL OF 13 REPUBLICANS ARE ON THE BALLOT FOR DISTRICT 2 VOTERS. THEY INCLUDE LILY TANG WILLIAMS, BILL HAMLEN, AND VIKRAM MANSHARAMANI . THESE THREE TOOK PART IN A DEBATE WITH W-M- U-R T-V LAST WEEK. WE WILL BREAK DOWN THE RESULTS AS WE LEARN THEM TONIGHT, FOLLOWING DEBATE COVERAGE. PEOPLE IN JOHNSON, ALS