Carlos Cardona

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Carlos Cardona

Democratic Party

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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Carlos Cardona (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire State Senate to represent District 2. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 2

Incumbent Timothy Lang Sr. defeated Carlos Cardona in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timothy Lang Sr. (R)	58.3	20,117
		Carlos Cardona (D)	41.6	14,372
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	28

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,517
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2

Carlos Cardona advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carlos Cardona	99.1	4,582
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	41

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,623
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2

Incumbent Timothy Lang Sr. advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timothy Lang Sr.	99.2	6,056
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	46

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,102
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cardona in this election.

Pledges

Cardona signed the following pledges.

• U.S. Term Limits

2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gregg Hough (R)	14.4	4,212
✔		Mike Bordes (R)	13.9	4,085
✔	Submit photo	Dawn Johnson (R)	13.5	3,948
✔	Submit photo	Richard Littlefield (R)	13.2	3,854
		David Huot (D)	12.1	3,541
	Submit photo	Marcia Hayward (D)	11.7	3,417
	Submit photo	Gail Ober (D)	11.2	3,273
		Carlos Cardona (D)	10.1	2,972

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,302
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 (4 seats)

Incumbent David Huot, Gail Ober, Marcia Hayward, and Carlos Cardona defeated Samuel Hoehn in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Huot	25.3	902
✔	Submit photo	Gail Ober	22.7	807
✔	Submit photo	Marcia Hayward	22.6	803
✔		Carlos Cardona	20.3	721
	Submit photo	Samuel Hoehn	8.7	311
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	15

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,559
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 (4 seats)

Gregg Hough, Mike Bordes, Dawn Johnson, and Richard Littlefield advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gregg Hough	27.5	1,123
✔		Mike Bordes	24.5	1,000
✔	Submit photo	Dawn Johnson	23.8	973
✔	Submit photo	Richard Littlefield	23.2	947
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	42

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,085
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Franklin Tilton (R)	14.0	3,002
✔	Submit photo	Peter Spanos (R)	14.0	3,000
✔		David Huot (D)	13.4	2,875
✔	Submit photo	Richard Beaudoin (R)	12.1	2,588
	Submit photo	Gail Ober (D)	12.1	2,586
		Philip Spagnuolo Jr. (D)	11.9	2,542
	Submit photo	Hans Larsson (R)	11.7	2,504
		Carlos Cardona (D)	10.9	2,344

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,441
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 (4 seats)

Incumbent David Huot, Gail Ober, incumbent Philip Spagnuolo Jr., and Carlos Cardona advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Huot	27.1	963
✔	Submit photo	Gail Ober	26.5	941
✔		Philip Spagnuolo Jr.	24.3	865
✔		Carlos Cardona	22.1	784

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,553
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 (4 seats)

Incumbent Franklin Tilton, incumbent Peter Spanos, Richard Beaudoin, and Hans Larsson advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Franklin Tilton	28.0	1,051
✔	Submit photo	Peter Spanos	26.8	1,006
✔	Submit photo	Richard Beaudoin	23.4	878
✔	Submit photo	Hans Larsson	21.9	824

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,759
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2010

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2010

Cardona failed to advance past the November 2, 2010, general election.

Cardona advanced past the September 14 primary election. He faced incumbent Leigh Webb (D), incumbent David Palfrey (R), incumbent Dennis Reed (R), Delaney Carrier (D), and Kathy Lauer-Rago (R) in the November 2 general election.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 2 general election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
David Palfrey (R)		1,456
Dennis Reed (R)		1,397
Kathy Lauer-Rago (R)		1,343
Leigh Webb (D)		1,131
Delaney Carrier (D)		831
Carlos Cardona (D)		638

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Carlos Cardona did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Carlos Cardona campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	New Hampshire State Senate District 2	Lost general	$3,887	$0
2018	New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3	Lost general	$760	N/A**
Grand total			$4,647	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.

Marianne Williamson presidential campaign, 2024

See also: Marianne Williamson presidential campaign, 2024

Campaign strategy

In an interview with Newsweek, Cardona said:

“

We're not anti-Joe Biden. We're not anti-Democratic Party. We're running because we believe that our policies are better and the American public have been asking for these. So I don't think the American public has to be convinced, they just have to know that there's somebody out there running and fighting along these lines, and fighting for these policies. [...] Ultimately, this is not about winning or losing. This is about making sure that our democracy lives on, and that the American public has an option that is not the lesser of two evils.

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Key staff members

See also: Marianne Williamson presidential campaign staff, 2024

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Media

Interviews and profiles

• Newsweek, "Marianne Williamson's New Campaign Manager Ready to 'Expose' Democrats" (June 29, 2023)
• The Washington Post, "The Startling Political Power of One New Hampshire Resident" (August 1, 2019)

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Current members of the New Hampshire State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Sharon Carson

Majority Leader:Regina Birdsell

Senators

District 1

David Rochefort (R)

District 2

Timothy Lang (R)

District 3

Mark McConkey (R)

District 4

David Watters (D)

District 5

Suzanne Prentiss (D)

District 6

James Gray (R)

District 7

Dan Innis (R)

District 8

Ruth Ward (R)

District 9

Denise Ricciardi (R)

District 10

Donovan Fenton (D)

District 11

Tim McGough (R)

District 12

Kevin Avard (R)

District 13

Lucinda Rosenwald (D)

District 14

Sharon Carson (R)

District 15

Tara Reardon (D)

District 16

Keith Murphy (R)

District 17

Howard Pearl (R)

District 18

Victoria Sullivan (R)

District 19

Regina Birdsell (R)

District 20

Patrick Long (D)

District 21

Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D)

District 22

Daryl Abbas (R)

District 23

William Gannon (R)

District 24

Debra Altschiller (D)

Republican Party (16)

Democratic Party (8)