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2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire

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2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire

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Both New Hampshire seats to the United States House of Representatives
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Party Democratic Republican
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The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of New Hampshire, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. Primary elections took place on September 10, 2024.

District 1

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2024 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Chris Pappas Russell Prescott
Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent U.S. Representative

Chris Pappas
Democratic



The 1st district is based in southeastern New Hampshire, and includes Greater Manchester, the Seacoast and the Lakes Region. The incumbent is Democrat Chris Pappas, who was re-elected with 54.00% of the vote in 2022.[1]

Democratic primary

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Kevin Rondeau, perennial candidate[3]

Endorsements

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Chris Pappas (D) $2,171,957 $534,752 $1,750,431
Source: Federal Election Commission[21]

Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Pappas (incumbent) 53,249 95.2
Democratic Kevin Rondeau 2,699 4.8
Total votes 55,948 100.0

Republican primary

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Hollie Noveletsky
Organizations
Russell Prescott
State legislators
Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Chris Bright (R) $182,824[a] $95,222 $87,603
Hollie Noveletsky (R) $302,843[b] $66,734 $236,108
Russell Prescott (R) $664,059[c] $150,615 $513,444
Source: Federal Election Commission[21]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[d]
Margin
of error
Chris
Bright
Joseph
Levasseur
Hollie
Noveletsky
Russell
Prescott
Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire August 15–19, 2024 418 (LV) ± 3.2% 4% 10% 4% 19% 2%[e] 60%
Saint Anselm College August 13–14, 2024 340 (LV) ± 5.3% 5% 15% 9% 10% 3%[f] 59%

Results

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Results by township:
  Prescott—20–30%
  Prescott—30–40%
  Prescott—40–50%
  Noveletsky—20–30%
  Noveletsky—30–40%
  Noveletsky—40–50%
  Noveletsky—50–60%
  Levasseur—20–30%
  Levasseur—30–40%
  Levasseur—40–50%
  Levasseur—50–60%
Republican primary results[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Russell Prescott 17,195 26.25
Republican Hollie Noveletsky 15,638 23.88
Republican Joseph Levasseur 14,910 22.76
Republican Chris Bright 8,665 13.23
Republican Walter McFarlane 5,301 8.09
Republican Max Abramson 2,239 3.42
Republican Andy Martin 1,550 2.37
Total votes 65,498 100.00

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[33] Likely D October 20, 2023
Inside Elections[34] Likely D September 12, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball[35] Likely D October 4, 2023
Elections Daily[36] Lean D September 7, 2023
CNalysis[37] Likely D November 16, 2023

Results

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New Hamsphire's 1st congressional district, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Pappas (incumbent)
Republican Russell Prescott
Total votes

District 2

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2024 New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee Maggie Goodlander Lily Tang Williams
Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent U.S. Representative

Annie Kuster
Democratic



The 2nd district encompasses western and northern New Hampshire, and includes the cities of Nashua and Concord. The incumbent is Democrat Annie Kuster, who was re-elected with 55.80% of the vote in 2022.[1]

Democratic primary

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrawn

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Maggie Goodlander
Federal officials
Statewide officials
Newspapers
Individuals
Organizations
Colin Van Ostern
U.S. representatives
  • Annie Kuster, incumbent U.S. representative for this district (2013–present)[42]
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of August 21, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Colin Van Ostern (D) $1,385,369 $816,084 $568,360
Maggie Goodlander (D) $2,376,319 $1,567,739 $791,115
Source: Federal Election Commission[64]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[g]
Margin
of error
Maggie
Goodlander
Colin
Van Ostern
Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire August 15–19, 2024 371 (LV) ± 3.4% 34% 28% 38%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] August 15–16, 2024 655 (LV) 36% 26% 38%
Saint Anselm College August 13–14, 2024 320 (LV) ± 5.5% 41% 31% 0% 28%
GQR Research (D)[B] July 8–11, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.88% 43% 27% 30%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] June 8–9, 2024 693 (LV) 35% 13% 53%
Public Policy Polling (D)[C] May 30–31, 2024 555 (LV) 10% 22% 9%[h] 59%

Results

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Democratic primary results[65]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maggie Goodlander 42,872 63.83
Democratic Colin Van Ostern 24,295 36.17
Total votes 67,167 100.00

Republican primary

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Vikram Mansharamani
Lily Tang Williams
State legislators

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Vikram Mansharamani (R) $0 $9,483 $1,043
Lily Tang Williams (R) $211,091[i] $7,638 $234,246
Source: Federal Election Commission[64]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[d]
Margin
of error
Bill
Hamlen
Vikram
Mansharamani
Jay
Mercer
Lily Tang
Williams
Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire August 15–19, 2024 434 (LV) ± 3.2% 4% 21% 5% 17% 4%[j] 49%
Saint Anselm College August 13–14, 2024 318 (LV) ± 5.5% 6% 16% 16% 3%[k] 57%

Results

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Republican primary results[75]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lily Tang Williams 21,972 35.84
Republican Vikram Mansharamani 16,551 27.00
Republican Bill Hamlen 9,809 16.00
Republican Paul Wagner 2,324 3.79
Republican Casey Crane 2,045 3.33
Republican Randall Clark 1,865 3.04
Republican William Harvey 1,781 2.91
Republican Jay Mercer 1,572 2.56
Republican Jason Riddle 869 1.42
Republican Robert D'Arcy 703 1.15
Republican Michael Callis 632 1.03
Republican Tom Alciere 628 1.02
Republican Gerard Belloin 552 0.90
Total votes 61,303 100.00

Independents

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Filed paperwork

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  • Ryan Donnelly, custom van builder[76]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[33] Likely D October 20, 2023
Inside Elections[34] Solid D September 12, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball[35] Likely D October 4, 2023
Elections Daily[36] Likely D September 7, 2023
CNalysis[37] Very Likely D August 18, 2024

Results

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New Hamsphire's 2nd congressional district, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maggie Goodlander
Republican Lily Tang Williams
Total votes

Notes

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  1. ^ $105,000 of this total was self-funded by Bright
  2. ^ $65,000 of this total was self-funded by Noveletsky
  3. ^ $450,000 of this total was self-funded by Prescott
  4. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  5. ^ Max Abramson with 1%; Walter McFarlane and Andy Martin with 0%; "Someone else" with 1%
  6. ^ "Someone else" with 3%
  7. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  8. ^ Becky Whitley with 8%; Jason Neenos with 1%
  9. ^ $50,000 of this total was self-funded by Williams.
  10. ^ Randall Clark and Jason Riddle with 1%; Tom Alciere, Michael Callis, Casey Crane, Robert D'Arcy, and Paul Wagner with 0%; "Someone else" with 2%
  11. ^ Casey Crane with 2%; "Someone else" with 3%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b Poll sponsored by Principles Veteran Fund super PAC, which supports Goodlander
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by EMILY's List, which supports Goodlander
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by Van Ostern's campaign

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Official campaign websites for 1st district candidates
Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates