Wilton, Hillsborough County, NH
Wilton Town Hall
42 Main St
Wilton, NH 03086
United States
42 Main Street
PO Box 83
Wilton, NH 03086
United States
US President
NH Governor
US Senate (2 seats)
US House NH District 2
NH Executive Council District 5
NH Senate District 11
NH House Hillsborough 32 (3 seats)
2024 NH Gubernatorial Primary
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Democrat
Mayor of Manchester, NH (2017 - 2022)
Currently the mayor of Manchester, NH, Joyce Craig is the first woman to occupy the office. Now, she has set her sights on the governorship, and officially launched her campaign in July. She has served as Manchester’s mayor since 2018. She is known as a strong fundraiser and defeated well-known incumbent Ted Gatsas, making her a potentially formidable candidate.
Newmarket Town Council; Zoning Board of Adjustment; small business owner
Jon Kiper is a restaurant owner with local government experience. In his campaign announcement video he said, "As a lifelong resident, a single dad, and a small business owner, I understand New Hampshire's economy, and I've got a plan to fight inflation." His website focuses on increasing affordable housing and reworking New Hampshire's education funding system.
Executive Councilor, District 2 (2020 - present); 40 years of health care experience in laboratory medicine, hospital managerial positions, and health care regulatory law
Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington has announced she is running for New Hampshire Governor in 2024. She describes herself as a lifelong health care advocate and served as partner at the Shaheen & Gordon law firm before running for office. As the lone Democrat on the Executive Council, she has gained a reputation for pushing Republican councilors and Gov. Sununu on abortion-related issues.
Independent/Other
Automotive technician (40 years); U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Edmond Laplante is a lesser-known candidate for governor. Among other ideas, he would like to impose a surcharge on any foreign country selling products in New Hampshire that receives aid from the federal government. Ultimately, Laplante did not collect enough signatures to appear on the New Hampshire general election ballot.
Libertarian
Software developer
Stephen Villee is a lesser-known candidate for governor.
Republican
Former Senator, US Senate (2011 - 2016); NH Attorney General (2004 - 2009)
Kelly is a former murder prosecutor, New Hampshire’s first female Attorney General and former United States Senator. Kelly lives in her hometown of Nashua with her husband, Joe, and son Jake. Kelly’s daughter is currently a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy. Kelly has spent the past several years raising her family in Nashua, while working with companies in New Hampshire and across the country, including serving on the boards of BAE Systems Inc., New Hampshire’s largest manufacturing employer, and Cirtronics, an employee-owned manufacturing company in Milford. Kelly helps several local non-profit veterans organizations, including Swim with a Mission and Veterans Count, and also serves on the school board of Saint Christopher Academy in Nashua.
"Agriculture Historical Restoration"
Shaun Fife is a lesser-known candidate for governor. Among other ideas, he would like to replace currency with a token system unique to New Hampshire.
Richard A. McMenamon II is a lesser-known candidate for governor.
Senator, NH Senate (2006 - 2022); President, Freshwater Farms & Garden Center; Former Representative, NH House of Representatives; Former Selectman and Moderator, Town of Salem
Former State Senate President Chuck Morse ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in 2022, placing second behind Don Bolduc. Morse has served decades in state office and is well-known within political circles. He arrived at his U.S. Senate campaign announcement riding a skid-steer loader. Morse officially announced his run for governor the same day Sununu announced his retirement.
Addiction recovery and mental health peer support
Frank Negus Staples is a lesser-known candidate for governor. Among other ideas, he proposes replacing DEI policies with "Merit, Excellence, and Intelligence (MEI)."
2024 Presidential Election
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Vice President of the United States (2021 - present); Senator, U.S. Senate (2016 - 2020); Attorney General, California (2010 - 2016)
Kamala Harris is the current Vice President of the United States. When President Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 race, he threw his support behind Harris. She said in a statement, "I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party and unite our nation to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda."
Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council (1986 - 2017); founder, Waterkeeper Alliance; founder, Children's Health Defense; anti-vaccine activist; author
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. spent most of his career working as an environmental lawyer. In recent years he has dedicated his energy to anti-vaccine campaigns. After starting his campaign as a Democrat, in October 2023 Kennedy announced an independent/third-party run for president. In August 2024, Kennedy announced he was suspending his campaign and supporting Donald Trump.
Candidate, U.S. Senator from Georgia (2020); restaurant business
Chase Oliver gained national attention when his U.S. Senate campaign gave him the opportunity to debate Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock. That race ended with a run-off between Warnock and his Republican challenger, which is one reason why Oliver supports ranked-choice voting. He also has a solution to the student debt crisis: make all current loans interest-free and end all future government-guaranteed loans. He secured the Libertarian Party nomination for president in May 2024.
Candidate, U.S. President (2012, 2016); Candidate, Governor of Massachusetts (2002, 2010); Candidate, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2006); Candidate, Massachusetts House of Representatives (2004); Associate, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (1992 - 2006); Instructor of Medicine (1982 - 2006)
Jill Stein ran for president in 2012 and 2016 as a member of the Green Party. On her 2024 campaign website she writes, "I'm running for President to offer a better choice for the people. Let's put a pro-worker, anti-war, climate emergency agenda front and center in this election and on the ballot across the country."
U.S. President (2016 - 2020); Businessman; Television personality; Author; CEO, The Trump Organization; Chairman, Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts, Inc.
Shortly after the 2022 midterm election former president Donald Trump announced his third presidential campaign from Florida. Sticking with his previous campaign catchphrase, he said, "Our country was great. Our country is not great anymore." He is a formidable campaign fundraiser, but not all Republicans are as enchanted with him as they were in the past. Still, he emerged as the frontrunner, handily winning the New Hampshire Republican primary.
2024 US House Primary
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District 2
Democrat
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice (2022 - present); Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law (2019 - 2021); Law Clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer (2017 - 2018); Law Clerk to Chief Judge Merrick Garland (2016 - 2017); Senior Advisor to Senator John McCain (2013); Speechwriter & Foreign Policy Advisor to Senator Joseph Lieberman (2009 - 2012)
Maggie Goodlander is an attorney with extensive federal government experience, from working as a speech writer for the late Sen. Joe Lieberman to serving as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice. She is also married to Jake Sullivan, President Biden's National Security Advisor. Until recently Goodlander lived in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, but that does not bar her from running in the 2nd District.
Van Ostern submitted the following background: "Colin is a New Hampshire dad, a business leader who has helped some of New Hampshire’s most innovative companies grow, and a former two-term state Executive Councilor, where he twice led the successful fight to restore Planned Parenthood funding in NH and was named the state’s Champion for Choice for this work. He stood up for workers and consumers against powerful interests to help bring an end to the Fairpoint labor strike, he is a leader in the fight for voting rights, and he successfully helped bring the Affordable Care Act to New Hampshire and extend Medicaid to cover over 50,000 NH families, with no state sales or income tax.
"In the private sector, Colin has worked as a business manager and executive at some of NH’s most innovative companies – including Stonyfield Yogurt, technology investor Alumni Ventures, and Southern New Hampshire University, where he helped launch a new, nonprofit online college that slashed higher ed costs and enabled thousands of working adults to earn a college degree, over 70% with absolutely zero student debt."
Colin Van Ostern is a former executive councilor and candidate for governor. He was the first Democrat to jump into the District 2 race after Rep. Kuster said she would not seek reelection. In his campaign announcement Van Ostern emphasized the threats to democracy, called for a national law protecting reproductive rights, and promised to "always look for common ground."
Independent/Other
Sterling Thomas Sykes is a lesser-known candidate for Congress.
Republican
Webmaster; candidate, U.S. Representative (2018); candidate, U.S. Senate (2010, 2004, 2016); representative, NH House of Representatives (2000 - 2001)
Tom Alciere is a self-described "orthodox libertarian extremist" who has run more than once for Congress. He definitely breaks from most Republicans on Trump - he writes on his website, "I do not support Trump. I never did. I never will. Trump is a total jackass, wholly unfit for public office."
Owner of Bluestone Inc. since 1984
Gerard Beloin is a lesser-known candidate for Congress.
Candidate, U.S. House of Representatives (2006, 2016, 2018); Candidate, NH House of Representatives (2012, 2014); candidate, U.S. President (2004); Sole Proprietor, Stone Works (1972 - present); independent scholar of NH history
Michael Callis is a lesser-known candidate for Congress.
Former representative, NH House of Representatives; communications
Casey Crane is a former state representative with a history of community involvement. She rejects "political opportunism" and her website states, "Casey believes it’s important to learn and respect work on the local and state levels and how they interact with the federal level to be able to help your constituents navigate bureaucracy and ensure our communities are getting what they need."
Teacher; social service worker; USPS worker; self-employed artist and author
Robert D'Arcy is a lesser-known candidate for Congress.
Commodity trading; property management, Leeward Holdings llc (2015 - present)
Bill Hamlen built a career in commodity trading and describes himself as an expert in the energy industry. In his campaign announcement he said, "From fighting Biden's inflation to securing our borders — I'm a commonsense conservative who will take our New Hampshire values to Washington."
Founder & President, Kelan Advisors, LLC (2012 - present); lecturer, Harvard University (2017 - present); Board Member, Werner Enterprises (2021 - present); Board Member, Africa Opportunity Fund (2014 - 2019); lecturer, Yale University (2009 - 2017)
Vikram Mansharamani is an economist and author who ran in New Hampshire's 2022 U.S. Senate primary. His recent works include Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence and Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst. Mansharamani brings a unique, more moderate perspective to politics, which could help him win over voters who supported Democrat Rep. Annie Kuster - but those qualities also might make it difficult to win far-right voters in a Republican primary. Mansharamani announced his campaign in April 2024.
Physician’s Assistant; candidate, U.S. House of Representatives (2016, 2018)
Jay Mercer is a lesser-known candidate for Congress.
Lily Tang Williams came in third in the 2022 Republican primary in District 2. A year later she announced she would run again in 2024. Williams is a native of China and a fierce critic of the Chinese Communist Party. In her campaign announcement she said, "I fear that the country I love is becoming like the country I left. That is why I am running for Congress."
Small business owner, single-member LLC.; Appliance repairs
Paul Wagner is a small business owner who moved to New Hampshire after completing his college education in California. On his website he writes, "at the age of 38 years old I find myself in a world where my liberty, freedom and general happiness are being threatened by domestic adversaries. ... I feel a call to action, to do whatever is within my ability to prevent these radicals from destroying the country I love."
2024 NH Executive Council Primary
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District 5
Democrat
Senator, NH Senate (2018 - 2020); Representative, NH House of Representatives (2006 - 2010, 2012 - 2014); Secretary, Nashua Ethnic Awareness Committee (2005); Vice President, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (2004); President, TCS of American Enterprises LLC; telecommunications consultant
Republican
Executive Councilor (2011 - 2012, 2014 - 2018, 2022 - present); Senator, NH Senate (1992 - 1998); Owner, Maranatha Carpet
2024 NH Senate Primary
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District 11
Democrat
Senator, NH Senate (2018 - 2020); ranking Democrat, Senate Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee; Representative, NH House of Representatives (2016 - 2018, 2012 - 2014, 2008 - 2010); former chair, Committee on Resources, Recreation and Development
Republican
3 Terms NH State Representative (1996-2000, 2022-Present), House Commerce & Consumer Affairs Committee (3 terms), House Resources, Recreation & Development, NH Canadian Trade Council (clerk), NH Healthcare Consumer Protection Commission (Vice Chair), Long-Term Drinking Water Commission, Christa McAuliffe Memorial Commission, National Council of State Legislatures (state coordinator), American Legislative Exchange Council, Nashua Fish & Game Assoc., Chief Commercial Officer (medical device), 9 patents in biotech, Youth Football & Lacrosse Coach
2024 NH House Primary
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Hillsborough County District 32 (3 seats)
Democrat
Republican
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); Real Estate Agent
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present); Software Executive; Finance Council, St. Marie Parish in Manchester
