New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

Elections in New Hampshire, 2022

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New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: June 10, 2022
Primary: September 13, 2022 General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
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Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): EVEN Cook Political Report: Toss-up Inside Elections: Tilt Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
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Incumbent Chris Pappas (D) defeated Karoline Leavitt (R) in the general election for New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District on November 8, 2022.

Pappas previously served on the New Hampshire Executive Council and in the state House of Representatives. He emphasized his experience owning a restaurant. Pappas said his record included working to bring affordable healthcare for New Hampshirites, to combat the opioid crisis, and to lower oil and prescription drug costs. Pappas called Leavitt "the most extreme, out-of-step nominee" the district had seen and criticized Leavitt's support for the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.

Leavitt was a presidential writer and assistant press secretary under President Donald Trump (R). She highlighted her experience working for her family's small business and her work in the Trump administration. Leavitt's priorities included securing the border, supporting police, banning critical race theory, and combating inflation. She said Pappas, along with President Joe Biden (D) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D), were "destroying our economy, brainwashing our children, and allowing illegals to invade."

For more on candidates' backgrounds and key messages, see below.

A Democrat represented the district since 2017. The 1st District changed party hands five times in elections between 2006 and 2016, alternating between Democrat Carol Shea-Porter and Republican Frank Guinta. Pappas was first elected in 2018, when he defeated Eddie Edwards (R) 54% to 45%. In 2020, Pappas defeated Matt Mowers (R) 51% to 46%.

Leavitt defeated Mowers in the 2022 Republican primary 33% to 26%.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 52.2% to 46.2% in the redrawn 1st District.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2022 (September 13 Democratic primary)
• New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2022 (September 13 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

General election

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

Incumbent Chris Pappas defeated Karoline Leavitt in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Pappas (D)	54.0	167,391
		Karoline Leavitt (R)	45.9	142,229
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	342

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 309,962
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Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Chris Pappas advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Pappas	99.1	41,990
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	378

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,368
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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 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karoline Leavitt	34.4	25,931
		Matt Mowers	25.3	19,072
		Gail Huff Brown	17.2	12,999
		Russell Prescott	10.0	7,551
		Tim Baxter	9.2	6,970
		Mary Maxwell	0.9	673
		Kevin Rondeau	0.8	610
		Gilead Towne	0.6	466
		Mark Kilbane	0.5	347
		Tom Alciere	0.5	342
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	440

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 75,401
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Julian Acciard (R)
• Jeremy Stockton (R)

Voting information

See also: Voting in New Hampshire

Election information in New Hampshire: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
• By mail: N/A by N/A
• Online: N/A

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: Nov. 7, 2022
• By mail: Received by Nov. 7, 2022
• Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
• By mail: Received by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

No

What were the early voting start and end dates?

N/A to N/A

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

N/A

Candidate comparison

Candidate profiles

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Chris Pappas

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office: 

• U.S. House of Representatives, New Hampshire's 1st District (Assumed office: 2019)
• New Hampshire Executive Council, District 4 (2013-2019)
• Hillsborough County treasurer (2006-2012)
• New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 8 (2002-2006)

Biography:  Pappas received a B.A. in government from Harvard University. He became co-owner and manager of his family's restaurant in 2004.

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Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

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Pappas said he was "a small business owner and community-driven leader" whose record included creating jobs, supporting small businesses, improving access to affordable healthcare, working to secure veterans' benefits, combating the opioid crisis, and working to lower prescription drug and oil costs.

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Pappas said Leavitt was "the most extreme, out-of-step nominee" the district had seen and emphasized Leavitt's support for the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. A Pappas campaign ad said, "If Karoline Leavitt gets her way, it won't be a woman's choice. It will be the government's choice."

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Pappas emphasized his support for banning members of Congress from stock trading. 

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Show sources

Sources: Chris Pappas' 2022 campaign website, "About Chris," accessed September 22, 2022; YouTube, "Whatever it Takes | Chris Pappas," August 9, 2022; YouTube, "Chris Pappas: Public Servant," September 7, 2022; YouTube, "Government's Choice," September 15, 2022; WMUR, "War of words underway in New Hampshire 1st District race," September 14, 2022; Chris Pappas' 2022 campaign website, "About Chris," accessed September 22, 2022; VoteSmart, "Chris Pappas' Biography," accessed September 22, 2022

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 in 2022.

Karoline Leavitt

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Biography:  Leavitt received a bachelor's degree in politics and communications from Saint Anselm College. While in college, she worked as a producer for Hearst Television. Leavitt served as a presidential writer and as assistant press secretary in the Trump administration. In January 2021, she became director of communications for Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.).

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Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

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Leavitt emphasized that she grew up working for her family's small business and that she worked as an assistant press secretary during the Trump administration, saying she "proudly helped advance President Trump's America First agenda, fight for the forgotten men and women of this country, and combat the biased, fake news media that attacked us every day."

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Leavitt said Democrats were leading the country into socialism. She said Pappas, President Joe Biden (D), and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) were "destroying our economy, brainwashing our children, and allowing illegals to invade." 

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Leavitt said securing the border, supporting police, banning critical race theory, and combating inflation were among her priorities. 

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Show sources

Sources: Karoline Leavitt's 2022 campaign website, "About Karoline," accessed September 22, 2022; YouTube, "Home," August 17, 2022; YouTube, "Hellbent," August 30, 2022; Fox, "Karoline Leavitt projected winner in fierce GOP congressional primary in battleground New Hampshire," September 13, 2022; WMUR, "War of words underway in New Hampshire 1st District race," September 14, 2022; YouTube, "Get Results," October 7, 2022; LinkedIn, "Karoline Leavitt," accessed September 22, 2022

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 in 2022.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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No candidate in this race completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign advertisements

This section includes a selection of up to three campaign advertisements per candidate released in this race, as well as links to candidates' YouTube, Vimeo, and/or Facebook video pages. If you are aware of other links that should be included, please email us.

Chris Pappas

September 15, 2022

September 7, 2022

August 9, 2022

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Karoline Leavitt

October 7, 2022

August 30, 2022

August 17, 2022

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• YouTube
• Facebook

Election spending

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election. It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees. Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report	Close of books	Filing deadline
Year-end 2021	12/31/2021	1/31/2022
April quarterly	3/31/2022	4/15/2022
July quarterly	6/30/2022	7/15/2022
October quarterly	9/30/2022	10/15/2022
Pre-general	10/19/2022	10/27/2022
Post-general	11/28/2022	12/08/2022
Year-end 2022	12/31/2022	1/31/2023

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Chris Pappas	Democratic Party	$5,163,533	$5,264,219	$113,226	As of December 31, 2022
Karoline Leavitt	Republican Party	$3,691,943	$3,672,512	$19,431	As of December 31, 2022
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.

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By candidate	By election
FEC - Pappas FEC - Leavitt	Open Secrets - NH-01 FEC - NH-01

Election competitiveness

Race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Polls

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The links below show polls for this race aggregated by FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, where available. Click here to read about FiveThirtyEight's criteria for including polls in its aggregation.

• FiveThirtyEight
• RealClearPolitics

Endorsements

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• Leavitt

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

• District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
• Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
• Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
• Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

New Hampshire District 1
until January 2, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

New Hampshire District 1
starting January 3, 2023

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Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in New Hampshire after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district. This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, New Hampshire
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
New Hampshire's 1st	52.2%	46.2%	52.2%	46.2%
New Hampshire's 2nd	53.6%	44.7%	53.5%	44.8%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in New Hampshire.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in New Hampshire in 2022. Information below was calculated on Augusr 2, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Nineteen candidates filed to run for New Hampshire's two U.S. House districts, including two Democrats and 17 Republicans. That's 9.5 candidates per district, more than the six candidates per district in 2020 and fewer than the 12.5 in 2018.

This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. New Hampshire was apportioned two districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census.

The 19 candidates who ran this year were seven more than the 12 who ran in 2020 and six fewer than the 25 who ran in 2018. Fourteen candidates ran in 2016, and 10 ran in 2014 and 2012.

Incumbents Chris Pappas (D-1st) and Annie Kuster (D-2nd) both filed to run for re-election, meaning there were no open seats this year. The last year there was an open U.S. House seat in New Hampshire was 2018. Neither incumbent faced a primary challenger.

There were two contested primaries this year, both Republican. That was fewer than the three contested primaries in 2020 and 2018, and the same number as in 2016, 2014, and 2012. Eleven candidates filed to run in the 1st district, the most candidates running for a seat this year. Republican and Democratic candidates filed to run in both districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party this year.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was EVEN. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were about the same as the national average. This made New Hampshire's 1st the 212th most Democratic district nationally.

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in New Hampshire's 1st based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
52.2%	46.2%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in New Hampshire, 2020

New Hampshire presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 13 Democratic wins
• 18 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	D	D	D	D	D

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in New Hampshire and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for New Hampshire
	New Hampshire	United States
Population	1,316,470	308,745,538
Land area (sq mi)	8,953	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	92.9%	72.5%
Black/African American	1.6%	12.7%
Asian	2.7%	5.5%
Native American	0.2%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0%	0.2%
Other (single race)	0.6%	4.9%
Multiple	2.1%	3.3%
Hispanic/Latino	3.7%	18%
Education
High school graduation rate	93.1%	88%
College graduation rate	37%	32.1%
Income
Median household income	$76,768	$62,843
Persons below poverty level	7.6%	13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of New Hampshire's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from New Hampshire, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	2	4
Republican	0	0	0
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	2	4

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in New Hampshire's top three state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in New Hampshire, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Chris Sununu
Secretary of State	David Scanlan
Attorney General	John Formella

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the New Hampshire General Court as of November 2022.

New Hampshire State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	10
	Republican Party	13
	Vacancies	1
Total		24

New Hampshire House of Representatives

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	177
	Republican Party	202
	Independent	1
	Vacancies	20
Total		400

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, New Hampshire was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

New Hampshire Party Control: 1992-2022
Four years of Democratic trifectas  •  Eleven years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

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
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
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
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

Election context

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in New Hampshire in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Hampshire, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
New Hampshire	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	100	$50.00	6/10/2022	Source
New Hampshire	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	1,500	$50.00	6/10/2022	Source

District election history

2020

See also: New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (September 8 Republican primary)

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (September 8 Democratic primary)

General election

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

Incumbent Chris Pappas defeated Matt Mowers and Zachary Dumont in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Pappas (D)	51.3	205,606
		Matt Mowers (R)	46.2	185,159
		Zachary Dumont (L)	2.4	9,747
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	149

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 400,661
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Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Chris Pappas advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Pappas	99.7	70,643
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	194

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 70,837
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kevin Freeman (D)

Republican primary election

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

Matt Mowers defeated Matt Mayberry, Kevin Rondeau, Jeff Denaro, and Michael Callis in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Mowers	59.3	41,100
		Matt Mayberry	26.6	18,479
		Kevin Rondeau	6.1	4,203
		Jeff Denaro	3.9	2,723
		Michael Callis	3.9	2,703
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	132

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,340
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• William Fowler (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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dylan Robinson (L)

2016

See also: New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Carol Shea-Porter (D) defeated incumbent Frank Guinta (R), Robert Lombardo (L), and businessman Shawn O'Connor (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Guinta defeated Republican challengers Jamieson Gradert, Rich Ashooh, Michael Callis, and Robert Risley in the Republican primary on September 13, 2016. This election marked the fourth contest between Guinta and Shea-Porter, who alternately won against one another in elections; Guinta defeated Shea-Porter in 2010 and 2014 and Shea-Porter defeated Guinta in 2012. Guinta was a member of the NRCC's Patriot Program, which was designed to assist vulnerable Republican incumbents seeking re-election.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Carol Shea-Porter	44.3%	162,080
	Republican	Frank Guinta Incumbent	43%	157,176
	Independent	Shawn O'Connor	9.5%	34,735
	Independent	Brendan Kelly	1.7%	6,074
	Libertarian	Robert Lombardo	1.5%	5,507
Total Votes				365,572
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 1 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Frank Guinta Incumbent	46.6%	26,400
Rich Ashooh	45.3%	25,678
Michael Callis	4%	2,243
Robert Risley	2.4%	1,347
Jamieson Gradert	1.8%	1,031
Total Votes		56,699
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

2014

See also: New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

The 1st Congressional District of New Hampshire held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Former Rep. Frank Guinta (R) defeated incumbent Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Carol Shea-Porter Incumbent	48.1%	116,769
	Republican	Frank Guinta	51.7%	125,508
	N/A	Scatter	0.2%	459
Total Votes				242,736
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 1 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Frank Guinta	49.1%	29,246
Dan Innis	40.9%	24,342
Brendan Kelly	8.4%	4,999
Everett Jabour	1.7%	996
Total Votes		59,583
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State - Official Election Results

2022 battleground elections

See also: Battlegrounds

This election was a battleground race. Other 2022 battleground elections included:

• Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
• Nebraska State Board of Education election, 2022 (May 10 District 7 primary)
• New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
• Oregon gubernatorial election, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primary)
• United States Senate election in Alabama, 2022 (May 24 Republican primary)

See also

New Hampshire	2022 primaries	2022 U.S. Congress elections
New Hampshire congressional delegation Voting in New Hampshire New Hampshire elections: 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018	Democratic primary battlegrounds Republican primary battlegrounds U.S. Senate Democratic primaries U.S. Senate Republican primaries U.S. House Democratic primaries U.S. House Republican primaries	U.S. Congress elections U.S. Senate elections U.S. House elections Special elections Ballot access

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Footnotes

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New Hampshire's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Maggie Hassan (D)

Jeanne Shaheen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Chris Pappas (D)

District 2

Maggie Goodlander (D)

Democratic Party (4)

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