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Rochester-Ward 2, Strafford County, NH

Chamberlain Street School
65 Chamberlain Street
Rochester, NH 03867

Chamberlain Street School
65 Chamberlain Street
Rochester, NH 03867
United States

8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Kelly Anne Walters
31 Wakefield St
Rochester, NH 03867

31 Wakefield St
Rochester, NH 03867
United States

Phone:
332-2130
Fax:
509-1915

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 1

Democrat
Name Party % Vote Result
Christopher Pappas (incumbent) Democrat 95% Won!
Kevin Rondeau Democrat 5%
Republican
Name Party % Vote Result
Russell Prescott Republican 26% Won!
Hollie Noveletsky Republican 24%
Joseph Kelly Levasseur Republican 23%
Chris Bright Republican 13%
Walter J. McFarlane III Republican 8%
Max Abramson Republican 3%
Andy Martin Republican 2%

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 6

Democrat
Name Party % Vote Result
John Ceskavich Democrat 99% Won!
Republican
Name Party % Vote Result
James P. Gray (incumbent) Republican 99% Won!

2024 NH House Primary

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Strafford County District 6

Democrat
Name Party % Vote Result
Kathleen M. MacLeod Democrat 100% Won!
Republican
Name Party % Vote Result
Denise DeDe-Poulin Republican 99% Won!

Strafford County District 19 (3 seats) (Floterial)

Republican
Name Party % Vote Result
David Walker Republican 40% Won!
Kelley L. Potenza (incumbent) Republican 31% Won!
Jenny O. Wilson Republican 29% Won!
Democrat
Name Party % Vote Result
Daniel Fitzpatrick (incumbent) Democrat 28% Won!
John Larochelle Democrat 26% Won!
Melena Lugo Democrat 25% Won!
Seph Warren Democrat 21%

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 1

Christopher Pappas (incumbent)  
Democrat

Representative, U.S. House of Representatives (2018 - present); Executive Councilor (2012 - 2018); Representative, NH House of Representatives (2002 - 2006); Co-Owner, Puritan Backroom Restaurant; Treasurer, Hillsborough County

Chris Pappas has served as a U.S. Representative since 2018. Prior to that he served as an executive councilor. (His family is also known for their world-famous chicken tenders at the Puritan Backroom Restaurant in Manchester.) In Congress Rep. Pappas is more moderate than many of his Democratic colleagues, and broke with the Democratic majority on bills from the Laken Riley Act to the Middle Class Borrower Protection Act.

Russell Prescott
Russell Prescott    
Republican

Executive Councilor (2016 - 2020); Senator, NH Senate (2000 - 2004, 2010 - 2016); President and owner, R.E. Prescott Company

Former executive councilor Russell Prescott jumped into the Republican congressional General in July 2023, and he has been building a base of support ever since. In his campaign announcement he wrote, "Our state's leadership in Congress has forgotten the independent 'Live Free or Die' values we pride ourselves on in New Hampshire. We need a fresh voice who has the business and elected experience to change the status quo."

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

Proprietor, Teatotaller (2011 - present); Program Director, FarmersFirst:Africa (2016 - present); Chief Product Officer and Vice President, Weather Analytics (2013 - 2018)

2024 NH Senate General Election

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District 6

John Ceskavich
John Ceskavich    
Democrat

Retired Systems Engineering Director, Raytheon Company

James P. Gray (incumbent)  
Republican

Senator, NH Senate (2016 - present); Representative, NH House of Representatives (2012 - 2016); Senior Engineering Manager for Industrial Operation, Naval Sea Systems Command; Ward Moderator, Town of Rochester; School Board Member, Planning Board Member

2024 NH House General Election

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Strafford County District 6

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Denise DeDe-Poulin    
Republican

Family Services Specialist, State of NH (2008 - present)

Kathy MacLeod
Kathleen M. MacLeod    
Democrat

Retired; mother; grandmother

Strafford County District 19 (3 seats) (Floterial)

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Daniel Fitzpatrick (incumbent)  
Democrat

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present), "Retired City Manager of seven cities in five states over a 38-year span. Also, business experience as a CFO and Vice President."

John Larochelle
John Larochelle    
Democrat

Board Member, Rochester Police Commission

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Melena Lugo    
Democrat

Co-founder, Karlee's Home Team

Kelley Potenza
Kelley L. Potenza (incumbent)  
Republican

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); Vice Chair, Strafford County Republican Committee

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David Walker    
Republican
Engineering Supervisor, Pratt & Whitney (36 years); Mayor, City of Rochester (2004 – 2006); Rochester City Councilor (1996 – 2022)
Jenny O. Wilson    
Republican

U.S. Air Force

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