Article Photos: Gadfly has colorful past in politics and in court



  FILE- This May 10, 2012, file photo shows The Balsams grand hotel in Dixeville Notch, N.H. An auction is set for Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, to clear out the nearly 150-year-old resort. The resort was sold last year to two businessmen for $2.3 million. They plan to reopen it in 2013. Andy Martin, who has run for U.S. Senate in Illinois and twice run for president of the United States, is trying, in September 2012, to get a New Hampshire judge to undo the sale of The Balsams and appoint a receiver to reopen it immediately. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

FILE- This May 10, 2012, file photo shows The Balsams grand hotel in Dixeville Notch, N.H. An auction is set for Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, to clear out the nearly 150-year-old resort. The resort was sold last year to two businessmen for $2.3 million. They plan to reopen it in 2013. Andy Martin, who has run for U.S. Senate in Illinois and twice run for president of the United States, is trying, in September 2012, to get a New Hampshire judge to undo the sale of The Balsams and appoint a receiver to reopen it immediately. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)