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Franklin-Ward 1, Merrimack County, NH

The Franklin Elks
125 South Main Street
Franklin, NH 03235

The Franklin Elks
125 South Main Street
Franklin, NH 03235
United States

8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Michelle Stanyan
316 Central Street
Franklin, NH 03235

316 Central Street
Franklin, NH 03235
United States

Phone:
934-3109
Fax:
934-7413

2024 NH Gubernatorial Primary

Voting Date:

Republican
Name Party % Vote Result
Kelly Ayotte Republican 63 Won!
Chuck Morse Republican 34
Shaun Fife Republican 1
Robert Wayne McClory Republican 1
Frank Negus Staples Republican 1
Richard A. McMenamon II Republican 0
Democrat
Name Party % Vote Result
Joyce Craig Democrat 48 Won!
Cinde Warmington Democrat 42
Jonathan Kiper Democrat 10
Libertarian
Name Party % Vote Result
Stephen Villee Libertarian Won!
Independent/Other
Name Party % Vote Result
Edmond J. Laplante, Jr. Independent/Other

2024 US House Primary

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District 2

Democrat
Name Party % Vote Result
Maggie Goodlander Democrat 64% Won!
Colin Van Ostern Democrat 36%
Republican
Name Party % Vote Result
Lily Tang Williams Republican 36% Won!
Vikram Mansharamani Republican 27%
Bill Hamlen Republican 16%
Paul M. Wagner Republican 4%
Randall Clark Republican 3%
Casey Crane Republican 3%
William Harvey Republican 3%
Jay Mercer Republican 3%
Tom Alciere Republican 1%
Gerard Beloin Republican 1%
Michael Anthony Callis Republican 1%
Robert D'Arcy Republican 1%
Jason Riddle Republican 1%
Independent/Other
Name Party % Vote Result
Sterling Thomas Sykes Independent/Other

2024 NH Executive Council Primary

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District 1

Republican
Name Party % Vote Result
Joseph D. Kenney (incumbent) Republican 99% Won!
Democrat
Name Party % Vote Result
Emmett Soldati Democrat 99% Won!

2024 NH Senate Primary

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District 7

Democrat
Name Party % Vote Result
Stu Green Democrat 99% Won!
Republican
Name Party % Vote Result
Daniel Innis (incumbent) Republican 99% Won!

2024 NH House Primary

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Merrimack County District 3 (2 seats)

Democrat
Name Party % Vote Result
Scott A. Burns Democrat 54% Won!
Justine Hoppe Democrat 45% Won!
Republican
Name Party % Vote Result
Bryan Morse Republican 38% Won!
Ernesto L. Gonzalez Republican 36% Won!
Werner D. Horn Republican 25%

Merrimack County District 25 (Floterial)

Democrat
Name Party % Vote Result
Joyce May Fulweiler Democrat 99% Won!
Republican
Name Party % Vote Result
James Thibault Republican 52% Won!
Brandon Stevens Republican 47%

2024 Presidential Election

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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris    
Democrat

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."

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  (dropped out) 
Independent/Other

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.

Chase Oliver
Chase Oliver    
Libertarian

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.

Jill Stein
Jill Stein    
Green Party

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." 

Donald Trump    
Republican

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 NH Governor General Election

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Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte    
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.

Joyce Craig
Joyce Craig    
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.

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Stephen Villee    
Libertarian

Software developer

Stephen Villee is a lesser-known candidate for governor. He met the requirements to appear on the general election ballot as an Libertarian candidate.

2024 US House General Election

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District 2

Maggie Goodlander
Maggie Goodlander    
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.

Lily Tang Williams
Lily Tang Williams    
Republican
Co-chair of the New Hampshire Asian American Coalition; Supervisor of the Checklist, Town of Weare; entrepreneur

Lily Tang Williams came in third in the 2022 Republican General 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."

2024 NH Executive Council General Election

Voting Date:

District 1

Joseph Kenney
Joseph D. Kenney (incumbent)  
Republican

Executive Councilor (2014 - 2018); Senator, NH Senate (2002 - 2008); Representative, NH House of Representatives (1994 - 2002); Lieutenant Colonel, US Marine Corps (retired)

Emmett Soldati
Emmett Soldati    
Democrat

Small business owner

2024 NH Senate General Election

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District 7

Stu Green
Stu Green    
Democrat

"Navy commander (retired). Former diplomat, NATO staff officer, maritime intelligence operations center director, analyst, and town moderator, among others."

Dan Innis
Daniel Innis (incumbent)  
Republican

Senator, NH Senate (2022 - present, 2016 - 2018); Professor of Marketing and Hospitality Management, University of New Hampshire; Former Dean of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire; Founder, Ale House Inn and Hotel Portsmouth; Co-Owner, Great Island Inn in New Castle; part-time farmer

2024 NH House General Election

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Merrimack County District 3 (2 seats)

Scott A. Burns    
Democrat

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2013 - 2014); former school board member; J. Jill Receiving Department; Ford of Londonderry; Former Field Organizer, League Of Conservation Voters

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Ernesto L. Gonzalez    
Republican

School Teacher (since 1997); School Board (2009)

Justine Hoppe
Justine Hoppe    
Democrat

Avid volunteer, President of the Franklin PTSO, member of the Franklin City Spirit Council; supply chain traffic clerk for Walmart and worked with the same company for 23 years

Bryan Morse
Bryan Morse    
Republican

Lineman/Maintenance technician, Breezeline

Merrimack County District 25 (Floterial)

Joyce May Fulweiler
Joyce May Fulweiler    
Democrat

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - 2021, 1991 - 1994), Ways & Means Committee and (2020-2021) and State/Federal Relations & Veteran’s Affairs Committee

Current Associations: 

  • New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors Association (NHADACA.ORG)
  • National Association Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC.ORG)
  • New Hampshire Democratic Party Member

Work Experience:

  • Certified Support Recovery Worker (CRSW) Navigating Recovery (2022 - 2024)
  • Town Administrator, Town of Tilton, NH (2007 - 2018, retired November 2018)
  • Town Administrator, Town of Northfield, NH (1997 - 2007)
  • Town Administrator, Town of Newmarket, NH (1995 - 1997)
  • Town Administrator, Town of Northfield, NH (1989 - 1995)
  • Administrative Assistant, Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation, Manchester, NH (1984 - 1989)
  • Administrator, School of Graduate & Continuing Studies Off Campus Degree Program, New England College, Henniker, NH (1982 - 1984)
  • Coordinator, Budgets & Purchasing, New England College, Henniker, NH (1979 - 1982)
  • Personnel Administrator, Webster Valve Company (Watts Regulator), Franklin, NH (1978 - 1979)
  • Job Developer & Employment Counselor, Merrimack County, Department of Employment & Training, Concord, NH (1976 - 1978)
  • Franklin Outreach Office Area Director, Belknap-Merrimack Community Action Program, Concord, NH (1975 - 1976)
  • VISTA Volunteer (1974 - 1975)
James Thibault
James Thibault    
Republican

Student, Saint Anselm College (present); Chairman, NH Legislative Youth Advisory Council

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