Andy Martin (New Hampshire)

Andy Martin (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on September 10, 2024.

Biography

Andy Martin was born in Middletown, Connecticut. He earned both a bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois in 1966 and 1969, respectively. His career experience includes working as a public interest lawyer.^[1]

Elections

2024

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Democratic primary)

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Incumbent Chris Pappas defeated Russell Prescott in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chris Pappas (D)	54.0	218,577
	Russell Prescott (R)	45.9	185,936
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	295

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 404,808
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Incumbent Chris Pappas defeated Kevin Rondeau in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 10, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chris Pappas	94.8	54,927
	Kevin Rondeau	4.8	2,783
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	209

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,919
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 10, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Russell Prescott	26.0	17,408
	Hollie Noveletsky	23.7	15,896
	Joseph Kelly Levasseur	23.0	15,418
	Christian Bright	13.0	8,733
	Walter McFarlane III	8.1	5,421
	Max Abramson	3.3	2,180
	Andy Martin	2.3	1,563
	Other/Write-in votes	0.6	417

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,036
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jake Frazier (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Martin in this election.

2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Incumbent Maggie Hassan defeated Don Bolduc, Jeremy Kauffman, and Tejasinha Sivalingam in the general election for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Maggie Hassan (D)	53.5	332,193
	Don Bolduc (R)	44.4	275,928
	Jeremy Kauffman (L)	2.0	12,390
	Tejasinha Sivalingam (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	464

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 620,975
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Thomas Sharpe V (Independent)
Kevin Kahn (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Incumbent Maggie Hassan defeated Paul Krautmann and John Riggieri in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maggie Hassan	93.8	88,146
		Paul Krautmann	3.9	3,629
	Submit photo	John Riggieri	1.8	1,680
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	546

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,001
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Don Bolduc	36.9	52,629
		Chuck Morse	35.7	50,929
		Kevin Smith	11.7	16,621
		Vikram Mansharamani	7.5	10,690
		Bruce Fenton	4.5	6,381
		John Berman	0.7	961
		Andy Martin	0.6	920
		Tejasinha Sivalingam	0.6	832
	Submit photo	Dennis Lamare	0.5	773
		Edmond Laplante	0.5	723
		Gerard Beloin	0.4	521
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	623

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 142,603
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Devon Fuchs (R)

2020

United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2020 (September 8 Democratic primary)

United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2020 (September 8 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Incumbent Jeanne Shaheen defeated Bryant Messner and Justin O'Donnell in the general election for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jeanne Shaheen (D)	56.6	450,778
	Bryant Messner (R)	41.0	326,229
	Justin O'Donnell (L)	2.3	18,421
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	486

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 795,914
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Incumbent Jeanne Shaheen defeated Paul Krautmann and Tom Alciere in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on September 8, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jeanne Shaheen	94.0	142,012
	Paul Krautmann	3.9	5,914
	Tom Alciere	2.0	2,992
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	137

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 151,055
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Bryant Messner defeated Don Bolduc, Andy Martin, and Gerard Beloin in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on September 8, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Bryant Messner	50.5	69,801
	Don Bolduc	42.5	58,749
	Andy Martin	4.7	6,443
	Gerard Beloin	2.2	3,098
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	241

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 138,332
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

William O'Brien (R)

2018

See also: New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Chris Pappas defeated Eddie Edwards and Dan Belforti in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chris Pappas (D)	53.6	155,884
	Eddie Edwards (R)	45.0	130,996
	Dan Belforti (L)	1.4	4,048

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 290,928 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Pappas	42.2	26,875
		Maura Sullivan	30.4	19,313
		Mindi Messmer	9.7	6,142
		Naomi Andrews	7.1	4,508
		Lincoln Soldati	3.1	1,982
		Deaglan McEachern	2.7	1,709
		Levi Sanders	1.8	1,141
		Mark S. Mackenzie	1.2	746
	Submit photo	Terence O'Rourke	1.0	656
		Paul Cardinal	0.5	317
	Submit photo	William Martin	0.4	230

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,619
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eddie Edwards	48.0	23,510
		Andy Sanborn	41.6	20,364
		Andy Martin	4.2	2,072
		Michael Callis	2.6	1,254
		Jeff Denaro	2.0	963
	Submit photo	Bruce Crochetiere	1.6	766

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,929
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Mark Hounsell (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Dan Belforti advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Dan Belforti

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Dylan Robinson (L)

2016

See also: New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Annie Kuster (D) won re-election, defeating Jim Lawrence (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Lawrence defeated Eric Estevez, Jack Flanagan, Walter Kelly, Andy Martin, Jay Mercer, and Casey Newell in the Republican primary on September 13, 2016.^[2]^[3]

**U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Annie Kuster Incumbent	49.8%	174,371
	Republican	Jim Lawrence	45.3%	158,825
	Independent	John Babiarz	4.9%	17,076
Total Votes				350,272
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

**U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim Lawrence	39.9%	17,180
Jack Flanagan	28%	12,046
Walter Kelly	10%	4,287
Andy Martin	7.3%	3,145
Eric Estevez	5.7%	2,443
Jay Mercer	4.9%	2,113
Casey Newell	4.3%	1,839
Total Votes		43,053
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

2014

See also: United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, 2014

Martin ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, to represent New Hampshire. Martin sought the Republican nomination in the primary on September 9, 2014, but was defeated by Scott Brown.^[4]

**U.S. Senate, New Hampshire Republican Primary, 2014**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Scott Brown	50%	58,775
Jim Rubens	23.1%	27,089
Bob Smith	22.6%	26,593
Walter Kelly	1.2%	1,376
Bob Heghmann	0.7%	784
Andy Martin	0.6%	734
Mark Farnham	0.6%	733
Miroslaw Dziedzic	0.4%	508
Gerard Beloin	0.4%	492
Robert D'Arcy	0.3%	397
Total Votes		117,481
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State - Official Election Results

Campaign themes

2024

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys

Andy Martin participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on August 27, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Andy Martin's responses follow below.^[5]

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

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Work to end the partisan bickering and gridlock in the U. S. House^[6]^[7]

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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

“ Fighting endemic corruption in government and politicsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many^[7] ”

Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Andy Martin answered the following:

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?

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Abraham Lincoln^[7]

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What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

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To stand up against prevailing orthodoxy^[7]

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What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

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I have a long and successful career of fighting for ordinary citizens an fighting against corrupt public officials and institutions.^[7]

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What legacy would you like to leave?

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Not ready for a legacy; still enjoying life.^[7]

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What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at that time?

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Korean War, 5 years old^[7]

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What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

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After school, busboy^[7]

”

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

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It was intended to be and remains the institution closest to the people because of the two-year term.^[7]

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Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

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You need experience, lots of it. People from the private sector are not used to how vicious politics can be so, yes, some political involvement is essential. We saw it just this year in my own primary.^[7]

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Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

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Yes.^[7]

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Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

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I hear them every day.^[7]

”

Campaign finance summary

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Andy Martin campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House New Hampshire District 1	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. Senate New Hampshire	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. Senate New Hampshire	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. House New Hampshire District 1	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

↑ The Andy Martin Story, "BIOGRAPHY," accessed August 21, 2024
↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 13, 2016
↑ Politico, "New Hampshire House Primary Results," September 13, 2016
↑ Associated Press, "New Hampshire - 2014 Primary Results," accessed September 9, 2014
↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Andy Martin's responses," August 27, 2018
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New Hampshire's current delegation to the United States Congress

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Maggie Goodlander (D)

Democratic Party (4)

[orgbio-1] The Andy Martin Story, "BIOGRAPHY," accessed August 21, 2024

[list16-2] New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 13, 2016

[primaryresults16-3] Politico, "New Hampshire House Primary Results," September 13, 2016

[ap-4] Associated Press, "New Hampshire - 2014 Primary Results," accessed September 9, 2014

[5] Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.

[BPsurvey-6] Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Andy Martin's responses," August 27, 2018

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Andy Martin (New Hampshire)

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

2014

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

2020

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

Campaign finance summary

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