Democratic Party primaries in New Hampshire, 2026

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Democratic Party primaries, 2026

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Primary Date
September 8, 2026

Federal elections
Democratic primaries for U.S. House

State party
Democratic Party of New Hampshire
State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Democratic primaries that will take place in New Hampshire on September 8, 2026.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New Hampshire uses a semi-closed primary system. Unaffiliated voters may vote in the primary, but in order to do so, they have to choose a party before voting. This changes their status from unaffiliated to affiliated with that party unless they fill out a card to return to undeclared status.[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Federal elections

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2026 (September 8 Democratic primary)

A Democratic Party primary takes place on September 8, 2026, in New Hampshire to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Karishma Manzur and Chris Pappas are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on September 8, 2026.


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U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in New Hampshire, 2026 (September 8 Democratic primaries)
The U.S. House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect two candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's two U.S. House districts. The primary is September 8, 2026. The filing deadline is June 12, 2026. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.
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District 1

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 2

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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State elections

State Senate

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2026
Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is September 8, 2026. The filing deadline is June 12, 2026. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2026

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Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24


House of Representatives

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2026
Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is September 8, 2026. The filing deadline is June 12, 2026. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2026

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Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Belknap 1
Belknap 2  (2 seats)
Belknap 3
Belknap 4
Belknap 5  (4 seats)
Belknap 6  (4 seats)
Belknap 7  (3 seats)
Belknap 8  (2 seats)
Carroll 1  (3 seats)
Carroll 2  (2 seats)
Carroll 3  (2 seats)
Carroll 4  (2 seats)
Carroll 5
Carroll 6  (2 seats)
Carroll 7
Carroll 8  (2 seats)
Cheshire 1
Cheshire 2
Cheshire 3
Cheshire 4
Cheshire 5
Cheshire 6  (2 seats)
Cheshire 7
Cheshire 8
Cheshire 9
Cheshire 10  (2 seats)
Cheshire 11
Cheshire 12
Cheshire 13
Cheshire 14
Cheshire 15  (2 seats)
Cheshire 16
Cheshire 17
Cheshire 18  (2 seats)
Coos 1  (2 seats)
Coos 2
Coos 3
Coos 4
Coos 5  (2 seats)
Coos 6
Coos 7
Grafton 1  (3 seats)
Grafton 2
Grafton 3
Grafton 4
Grafton 5  (2 seats)
Grafton 6
Grafton 7
Grafton 8  (3 seats)
Grafton 9
Grafton 10
Grafton 11
Grafton 12  (4 seats)
Grafton 13
Grafton 14
Grafton 15
Grafton 16
Grafton 17
Grafton 18
Hillsborough 1  (4 seats)
Hillsborough 2  (7 seats)
Hillsborough 3  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 4  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 5  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 6  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 7  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 8  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 9  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 10  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 11  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 12  (8 seats)
Hillsborough 13  (6 seats)
Hillsborough 14  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 15  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 16  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 17  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 18  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 19  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 20  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 21  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 22  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 23  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 24  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 25  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 26  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 27
Hillsborough 28  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 29  (4 seats)
Hillsborough 30  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 31
Hillsborough 32  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 33  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 34  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 35  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 36  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 37
Hillsborough 38  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 39  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 40  (4 seats)
Hillsborough 41  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 42  (3 seats)
Hillsborough 43  (4 seats)
Hillsborough 44  (2 seats)
Hillsborough 45
Merrimack 1
Merrimack 2
Merrimack 3  (2 seats)
Merrimack 4  (2 seats)
Merrimack 5  (2 seats)
Merrimack 6
Merrimack 7  (2 seats)
Merrimack 8  (3 seats)
Merrimack 9  (4 seats)
Merrimack 10  (4 seats)
Merrimack 11
Merrimack 12  (2 seats)
Merrimack 13  (2 seats)
Merrimack 14
Merrimack 15
Merrimack 16
Merrimack 17
Merrimack 18
Merrimack 19
Merrimack 20
Merrimack 21
Merrimack 22
Merrimack 23
Merrimack 24
Merrimack 25
Merrimack 26
Merrimack 27  (2 seats)
Merrimack 28
Merrimack 29
Merrimack 30
Rockingham 1  (3 seats)
Rockingham 2  (3 seats)
Rockingham 3
Rockingham 4  (3 seats)
Rockingham 5  (2 seats)
Rockingham 6
Rockingham 7
Rockingham 8
Rockingham 9  (2 seats)
Rockingham 10  (3 seats)
Rockingham 11  (4 seats)
Rockingham 12  (2 seats)
Rockingham 13  (10 seats)
Rockingham 14  (2 seats)
Rockingham 15  (2 seats)
Rockingham 16  (7 seats)
Rockingham 17  (4 seats)
Rockingham 18  (2 seats)
Rockingham 19
Rockingham 20  (3 seats)
Rockingham 21
Rockingham 22
Rockingham 23
Rockingham 24  (2 seats)
Rockingham 25  (9 seats)
Rockingham 26
Rockingham 27
Rockingham 28
Rockingham 29  (4 seats)
Rockingham 30  (2 seats)
Rockingham 31  (2 seats)
Rockingham 32
Rockingham 33
Rockingham 34
Rockingham 35
Rockingham 36
Rockingham 37
Rockingham 38
Rockingham 39
Rockingham 40
Strafford 1  (2 seats)
Strafford 2  (3 seats)
Strafford 3
Strafford 4  (3 seats)
Strafford 5
Strafford 6
Strafford 7
Strafford 8
Strafford 9
Strafford 10  (4 seats)
Strafford 11  (3 seats)
Strafford 12  (4 seats)
Strafford 13
Strafford 14
Strafford 15
Strafford 16
Strafford 17
Strafford 18
Strafford 19  (3 seats)
Strafford 20
Strafford 21  (3 seats)
Sullivan 1
Sullivan 2
Sullivan 3  (3 seats)
Sullivan 4
Sullivan 5
Sullivan 6  (3 seats)
Sullivan 7
Sullivan 8  (2 seats)


State executive offices

See also: New Hampshire state executive official elections, 2026

Six state executive offices are up for election in New Hampshire in 2026:

Governor
State Executive Council (5 seats)


To see a full list of candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Governor of New Hampshire

Democratic primary candidates

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New Hampshire Executive Council

District 1
Democratic primary candidates

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    District 2
    Democratic primary candidates

    Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

      District 3
      Democratic primary candidates

      Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

        District 4
        Democratic primary candidates

        Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

          District 5
          Democratic primary candidates

          Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

            Voting information

            See also: Voting in New Hampshire

            Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.


            Context of the 2026 elections

            New Hampshire Party Control: 1992-2025
            Four years of Democratic trifectas  •  Fourteen years of Republican trifectas
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            Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
            Governor R R R R R D D D D D D R R D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R
            Senate R R R R R R R D S R R R R R R D D D D R R R R R R R R D D R R R R R
            House R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D R R D D R R R R D D R R R R R

            State party overview

            Democratic Party of New Hampshire

            See also: Democratic Party of New Hampshire


            State political party revenue

            See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

            State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.

            The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic state party affiliates.


            Pivot Counties

            See also: Pivot Counties by state

            Three of 10 New Hampshire counties—30 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

            Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
            County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
            Coos County, New Hampshire 8.89% 17.54% 18.19%
            Hillsborough County, New Hampshire 0.20% 1.12% 3.73%
            Sullivan County, New Hampshire 2.58% 13.27% 17.93%

            In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won New Hampshire with 46.8 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 46.5 percent. In presidential elections between 1789 and 2016, New Hampshire voted Republican 50 percent of the time and Democratic 31 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, New Hampshire voted Democratic with the exception of the 2000 presidential election.[3]

            Presidential results by legislative district

            The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Senate districts in New Hampshire. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[4][5]

            In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 12 out of 24 state Senate districts in New Hampshire with an average margin of victory of 17.3 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 10 out of 24 state Senate districts in New Hampshire with an average margin of victory of 14.5 points. Clinton won two districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
            In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 12 out of 24 state Senate districts in New Hampshire with an average margin of victory of 5.6 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 14 out of 24 state Senate districts in New Hampshire with an average margin of victory of 9.6 points. Trump won two districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

            Presidential results by legislative district

            The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in New Hampshire. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[6][7]

            In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 145 out of 204 state House districts in New Hampshire with an average margin of victory of 17.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 101 out of 204 state House districts in New Hampshire with an average margin of victory of 17.1 points.
            In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 59 out of 204 state House districts in New Hampshire with an average margin of victory of 9.9 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 103 out of 204 state House districts in New Hampshire with an average margin of victory of 12.9 points.


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