Primary elections for the US House of Representatives in New Hampshire 2024 have been set

CONCORD – With the election registration deadline ending Friday, the races to represent New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2024 have begun.

There are a number of challengers to incumbent Rep. Chris Pappas in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District. He will face a Republican-turned-Democrat in the September primary, and several Republicans are also vying for the right to advance to the November ballot.

Following the resignation of incumbent Democratic Representative Annie Kuster, New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District is now an open race for the first time since 2012. Colin Van Ostern and Maggie Goodlander are the frontrunners in the Democratic race, while several Republicans are also seeking the nomination.

Representatives to Congress are elected every two years. The New Hampshire primary is on September 10, and the general election is on November 5, along with the presidential election.

Who challenges Chris Pappas in NH 01?

Pappas is running for his fourth term in New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, which includes southeastern New Hampshire and the cities of Portsmouth, Dover, Rochester, Manchester and Laconia.

NH-01 is rated as likely Democratic by the Cook Political Report, but it also has a balanced Partisan Voting Index, meaning that on average the region is neither more Democratic nor more Republican than the rest of the country.

“I'm excited about the campaign,” Pappas said at an event in Portsmouth after filing for office on Monday. “We take every election seriously. It's a very competitive district. And that's why I'm going to work hard over the next five months.”

Pappas told Seacoastonline that abortion rights are a central part of his campaign.

“It's central to people's concerns as they think about what's happening in our country right now,” he said. “I'm the only candidate in the race who will vote on a pro-choice basis to restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land.”

In the Democratic race, Pappas is running against Kevin Rondeau, who lost the 2022 Republican primary. He is now running as a “conservative Democrat” who, in a Facebook post after filing for the race, declared himself “pro-Second Amendment,” “pro-border security” and “pro-Israel.”

The Republican primary candidates are: Russell Prescott, Hollie Noveletsky, Max Abramson, Drew Cline, Chris Bright, Andy Martin, Joseph Kelly Lavasseur and Walter J. McFarlane III.

Both Noveletsky and Prescott announced their candidacy in the fall of 2023.

Prescott served as a state senator from 2000 to 2004 and from 2010 to 2016, and as an executive councilor from 2016 to 2020. Since 2020, he has been the sole owner and president of RE Prescott Company.

“Every single vote I've taken in the state Senate and the state Executive Council has been consistent with Roe v. Wade,” Prescott said of his stance on reproductive rights. “In terms of my work in Congress, I would leave that up to the states, and I know New Hampshire will certainly uphold Roe v. Wade.”

Noveletsky, of Newfields, is the CEO of Novel Iron Works. Her top priority is immigration.

“Career politicians made this mess, and career politicians are not going to get us out of it – and this is about the next generation,” she told WMUR on Monday after filing her lawsuit.

Max Abramson of Seabrook filed his lawsuit Friday. The former congressman was convicted of a felony in 2012 for recklessly discharging a firearm during a party at his home. Abramson is currently a term limit advocate in Congress, advocating for a limit of three terms in the House and two in the Senate.

Drew Cline, chairman of the State Board of Education, also filed a motion on Friday. Cline is also president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy and has worked as a consultant and journalist.

Derry native and political newcomer Bright filed his candidacy on June 11.

“We need a new face with the energy and ideas to beat Pappas and bring much-needed change to Washington,” he wrote in a post on X. “THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT!”

Martin, a Manchester resident, is a perennial candidate. He previously ran for U.S. Senate in 2022, 2020 and 2014, for the 1st Congressional District in 2018 and for the 2nd Congressional District in 2016. He has never been elected. Joseph Kelly Levasseur, a Manchester city councilman, and Walter J. McFarlane III also ran for the 1st District on Friday.

Who will succeed Annie Kusters in NH 02?

In Kuster's former constituency, which covers the western half of the state from Nashua to the Canadian border, there will be heated debates on both the Democratic and Republican sides.

Kuster is supporting Colin Van Ostern, a former member of the New Hampshire Executive Council and Democratic gubernatorial candidate.

“I know how to get real results for the people of our state on the issues that matter most,” Van Ostern said in a statement. “I have worked to expand Medicaid to provide better and more affordable health insurance to nearly 100,000 citizens, restore funding to Planned Parenthood twice, create hundreds of good private sector jobs, and help thousands of students earn college degrees, most of them completely debt-free.”

In the September primary, he will face Maggie Goodlander, a former senior White House aide in President Joe Biden's administration and wife of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

“36 years ago, my mother ran for this very seat in Congress. Her opponent's slogan was, 'A woman's place is at home, not in the House,'” Goodlander wrote in a post on X. “Today, with my mother and my supporters by our side, I signed up to run for Congress because a woman's place is clearly in the U.S. House of Representatives!”

Although the seat Kuster is vacating is rated as likely Democratic by the Cook Political Report, some Republicans see the district as a potential swing. The National Republican Congressional Committee has added NH-02 to its list of targeted seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and said in a press release that it is “confident” of winning the district.

The Republican field is crowded: thirteen candidates are vying for the nomination.

Lily Tang Williams ran for this seat in 2022, where she finished third in the Republican primary.

“I am living proof of the American dream: I came to this country with $100 in my pocket and now I am on the primary ballot for the United States House of Representatives,” Williams said in a statement after filing his candidacy on June 5, the first day of the filing period. “I am running for Congress to keep the American dream alive and protect the freedoms that make this nation great.”

Vikram Mansharamani is a businessman and speaker from Lincoln. He ran for Senate in 2022 and finished fourth in the primary. One of his key issues is the economy.

Bill Hamlen, a Hanover resident who has worked in commodities trading and real estate, describes himself as a “common sense conservative” whose top priorities include fighting inflation and crime and securing the border.

Also on the ballot are Jason Riddle, who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and drank wine inside the building; Tom Alciere, a former state representative who advocated for the killing of police officers many years ago; artist Robert D'Arcy, who ran for the state House of Representatives but never won; and Paul Wagner, a 38-year-old from Danbury. Gerard Beloin and Jay Mercer, who both ran for various federal offices but never won, have also filed, as have Michael Anthony Callis, Randall Clark, Casey Crane and William Harvey on Friday.

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Primary elections for the US House of Representatives in New Hampshire 2024 have been set

Who challenges Chris Pappas in NH 01?

Who will succeed Annie Kusters in NH 02?

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Who challenges Chris Pappas in NH 01?

Who will succeed Annie Kusters in NH 02?

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