2026 NH House Primary
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the counterpart to the New Hampshire Senate in the NH Legislature. The House has 400 members across 204 voting districts. Representatives are elected by the voters of their district every two years.
Our profiles include candidate issue positions and background information to help you make an informed decision on who to vote for. Candidates who win their party's nomination in the primary will go on to the general election in November.
Cheshire County District 12
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); Realtor; Troy Board of Selectmen; Moderator, Troy; Chairman, Monadnock Regional School Board
Cheshire County District 13
Democrat
Chair, Jaffrey Conservation Commission; Advisor to Jaffrey Planning Board, Board; Board Member, Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce; Board Member, Amos Fortune Forum; Board Member, Cathedral of the Pines
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - 2024); BS in Computer Science, Commercial Helicopter, CDL
Cheshire County District 14
Democrat
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present), "I have been a legislator for 34 years and for the majority of those years, I have either been the Chairman, or Ranking Republican of this Committee. Previously, I was in a computer retail business. I am on the board of the Rindge Historical Society, Treasurer of the Ingalls Library 1894 Association, served 6 years on the Children's Health Foundation and previously served as the NH House Representative the NH Healthy Kids. As a Legislator, I have also served many years on the Cheshire County Finance Committee."
Cheshire County District 15 (2 seats) (Floterial)
Democrat
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); Professor, Keene State College
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2024 - present); Buyer for Grocery Wholesaler; Secretary, Keene Democrats; volunteer at Keene Community Kitchen
Republican
Cheshire County District 16 (Floterial)
Democrat
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present); retired, public school teacher, arts administrator, chef, musician
Republican
Cheshire County District 17 (Floterial)
Democrat
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2018 - 2022); Town Treasurer, Swanzey; owner, Gomarlo’s Inc.
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present); Member, Winchester Planning Board
Cheshire County District 18 (2 seats) (Floterial)
Democrat
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2024 - present); retired, self-described blue collar worker
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present), current Vice-Chair of House Election Law Committee; Physicist/R&D Engineer (retired); Selectman, Rindge Selectman (2016 - 2019); Rindge Selectman (2016 - 2019); Alternate Rindge Library Trustee (2006 - 2016); Rindge Community Power Committee (2023 - 2024)
Coos County District 1 (2 seats)
Democrat
Republican
Coos County District 2
Democrat
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present); Member, Coos County Planning Board; owner/operator, local tree and landscape service; licensed home inspector; blueberry farmer
Coos County District 3
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); Construction Sales; Administrator, Planning Board; Coos County Planning Board; Member, Slectman School Board; Member, Planning Board Chairman Recreation Committee; Softball Coach (30 years)
Coos County District 4
Independent/Other
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); "Financial Technology, world traveler, life-long libertarian activist, devourer of books, veteran debater"
Coos County District 5 (2 seats)
Independent/Other
Republican
Coos County District 6
Democrat
Republican
Coos County District 7 (Floterial)
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2024 - present); Business Owner; Advanced Emergency Medical Technician, Berlin and Gorham; former Billing Coordinator, Gorham EMS Department
Grafton County District 1 (3 seats)
Democrat
Consultant with MSXI; Owner of LAG Games, LLC; Elected Member of Monroe Budget Committee; Chair, Monroe Democrat Committee
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2018 - 2022); Media Consultant & P/T Faculty VTSU; Sugar Hill Town Moderator (2026 - 28); Profile School Meeting Moderator (2026 - 27); VTSU - Lyndon AFT Delegate
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2012 - 2024); Retired Teacher; President, Ammonoosuc Valley Retired Educators (2007 -present); Member, NH Canadian Trade Council (2013 - present)
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2024 - present); Engineer
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2024 - present); Attorney; Real Estate Broker; Littleton Planning Board
Director of the Office of Housing and Infrastructure Development, NH Dept of Business & Economic Affairs, Concord, NH (Jun 2022-Present); Principal Owner, Dorsett Consulting Associates, Self-employed (Dec 2021-Present); County Administrator, Grafton County, Haverhill, NH (Feb 2021-Dec 2021); Town Manager, Town of Littleton, NH (Aug 2015-Feb 2021)
Grafton County District 2
Democrat
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); Real Estate Economist, CBRE; Head of Research, Bridge Industrial; Self-Employed, Real Estate Consulting & Development Firm; "This is my first experience in politics."
Grafton County District 3
Democrat
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present), Representative, NH House of Representatives (2018 - 2020); President-Elect, Lincoln-Woodstock Rotary Executive Committee; CEO, Medical Technology Partners
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - 2022, 2016 - 2018, 1992 - 2006); Member, Town of Woodstock Budget Committee; Small Business Owner
U.S. Air Force space program (4 years); Engineer and Scientist Development Program, U.S. Navy (4 years); U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. Department of State in Moscow, Canada, and Paris; Pearson Fellow, U.S. Senate Homeland Security and the Foreign Relations Committee; Vice President, Lin-Wood Childcare Center Board; Treasurer, American Legion Post 83
Grafton County District 4
Democrat
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); Clerk, Grafton County Executive Committee; Supervisor of the Checklist, Town of Thornton; "50 year resident of Thornton Gore, raised 8 children, taught Biology at Plymouth State University, managed census teams during the 2020 US Census"
Republican
Grafton County District 5 (2 seats)
Democrat
Republican
U.S. Army; White House / Pentagon / Capitol Hill Correspondent; author; farmer; photojournalist; TV network producer
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2024 - present); self employed orthopedic manual Physical Therapist; Current Republican Delegate
Grafton County District 6
Democrat
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2024 - present); Planning Board; Trustee of the Trust Funds; Supervisor of the Checklist; accounting and finance (retired)