Beat the clock: The politics of daylight saving time in New Hampshire

By: Molly Rains

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: August 14, 2026

Words: 1,089

Last Updated: 4 days, 16 hours ago

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The perennial debate over daylight saving time in the U.S. is coming around again, but for one New Hampshire state representative, it’s never gone away.

In fact, the matter has haunted Rep. Timothy Horrigan, a Durham Democrat, since the moment of his birth, on Oct. 3 — or was it Oct. 4? — 1956. At least, that’s how his mother always told it, Horrigan said in a phone interview last week.

When Horrigan was …

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