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

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Filing deadline: June 14, 2024
Primary: September 10, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
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Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic
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A Republican Party primary took place on September 10, 2024, in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

Russell Prescott advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1.

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 54.0%-45.9%. 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%-46.2%.[2]

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
June 14, 2024
September 10, 2024
November 5, 2024


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.[3][4][5]

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

This page focuses on New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

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
✔
Image of Russell Prescott
Russell Prescott Candidate Connection
 
26.0
 
17,408
Image of Hollie Noveletsky
Hollie Noveletsky
 
23.7
 
15,896
Image of Joseph Kelly Levasseur
Joseph Kelly Levasseur
 
23.0
 
15,418
Image of Christian Bright
Christian Bright
 
13.0
 
8,733
Image of Walter McFarlane III
Walter McFarlane III
 
8.1
 
5,421
Image of Max Abramson
Max Abramson Candidate Connection
 
3.3
 
2,180
Image of Andy Martin
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

Candidate profiles

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Max Abramson

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Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "Three term state legislator and former member of the Winnacunnet Budget Committee, Seabrook Budget Committee, and Seabrook Planning Board. I've lived in New Hampshire for more than 20 years and have worked to get citizens petitions on the ballot allowing the voters to have their say in how their town and schools are run. I've introduced legislation to protect self-defense rights, to address corruption in our family courts and prosecutors' offices, and have worked to keep leftwing political advocacy out of the schools."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

There is a corrupt culture in Washington, D.C. that votes their family members $3.98 billion in federal contracts and gets rich off of insider trading that they make illegal for everyone else. The reason that ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi and many of her lieutenants have gotten so rich while in Congress is because of that insider trading. Meanwhile, those same members of Congress have buried Americans under a $34 trillion national debt, over $100,000 for every man, woman, and child in America. This is why we need to enact Term Limits for Congress, and why we need to refocus our attention on this one issue that unites us as a country.

Reduce federal spending. Under my proposed "007 Tax Cut Plan," there would be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare, disability, veterans, military family benefits, nor pensions. However, we would dramatically reduce other programs, bureaucracy, handouts to foreign governments, corporate bailouts, $116 billion in corporate welfare, $60 billion in porkbarrel spending, and billions spent on cruel animals studies. We would then repeal both the federal income and payroll tax, lift the $147,000 cap on the employer portion of payroll taxes, and return to everyone a $7,000 per person tax rebate to their Health Savings Account. The 007 Tax Cut Plan would cut federal spending from $21,500 to about $13,000 per year per American.

Bring the troops home from overseas and stop trying to be the world's policeman.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 in 2024.

Russell Prescott

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Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "A New Hampshire native of the Seacoast, Russell Prescott grew up in Exeter and currently lives in Kingston. For several decades, he was the co-owner and vice-president of R.E. Prescott Company, a wholesale distributor and manufacturer of water treatment systems. He purchased the business in 2020 and is now the president and sole owner. Russell practiced Professional Engineering for 30 years and designs many of the products his company manufactures. As a result, he holds several patents for removing arsenic and radon from water. The company, founded in 1954 by his father, employs approximately 50 people and has operated in the same Exeter building since 1963. Wanting to give back to his community, Prescott served five terms as a New Hampshire State Senator, being first elected in 2000 for two terms. He was re-elected in 2010, 2012, and again in 2014. As Senator, he represented Senate Districts 19 and 23, including towns from Newmarket to Plaistow and Derry to Seabrook. Prescott was then twice elected to the Executive Council, once in 2016 and again in 2018. He decided to retire from the Executive Council in 2021 after purchasing his company. He and his wife, Susan, have been married for 42 years, and they have five grown children and eight grandchildren. Following in their grandfather’s and father’s footsteps, his oldest three children are heavily involved with the daily operation and vision of the family business."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

Secure our Borders: First and foremost, our open border is a national security issue. Since President Biden took office in January of 2021, more than 9.2 million individuals have been encountered by the U.S. Border Patrol attempting to cross into the United States illegally. Those are just the ones we know of – countless more went undiscovered. Illegal migrants have also placed an unsustainable burden on our communities, including here in New Hampshire. America is and always will be the shining city on the hill, and people from around the world will continue to seek to come here. However, we should demand that those who immigrate to America do so legally.

Tackle Inflation: From higher fuel costs to increased grocery bills, inflation has hit New Hampshire families hard. Congress must look at ways to reduce spending, address problems in the housing market, and stop its constant aggression toward the American worker and domestic energy production. Addressing this issue will be one of my top priorities in Washington.

Lower taxes, cut spending, and reduce our debt and deficits: In Concord, I earned a reputation as one of the most fiscally conservative state senators in New Hampshire, fighting an income and sales tax at every turn. The overall problem is not that our government taxes too little; it is that it spends too much. I will take that same attitude to Washington, supporting a Balanced Budget Amendment, zero-based budgeting, and always looking for ways to give taxpayers back more of their hard-earned money.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in New Hampshire

Election information in New Hampshire: Sep. 10, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Sep. 10, 2024
  • 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: Sep. 9, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Sep. 9, 2024
  • Online: N/A

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

  • In-person: Sep. 9, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Sep. 10, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

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


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Max Abramson Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Christian Bright Republican Party $294,055 $292,207 $1,848 As of December 31, 2024
Joseph Kelly Levasseur Republican Party $141,610 $18,299 $123,908 As of December 31, 2024
Andy Martin Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Walter McFarlane III Republican Party $334,130 $332,147 $1,983 As of December 31, 2024
Hollie Noveletsky Republican Party $521,213 $518,626 $2,587 As of December 31, 2024
Russell Prescott Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

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 in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

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

New Hampshire U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices 		Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 2 2 1 24 4 2 2 100.0% 1 100.0%
2022 2 2 0 19 4 0 2 50.0% 0 0.0%
2020 2 2 0 12 4 1 2 75.0% 1 50.0%
2018 2 2 1 25 4 1 2 75.0% 0 0.0%
2016 2 2 0 14 4 0 2 50.0% 1 50.0%
2014 2 2 0 10 4 0 2 50.0% 0 0.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in New Hampshire in 2024. Information below was calculated on July 17, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Twenty-four candidates ran for New Hampshire’s two U.S. House districts, including four Democrats and 20 Republicans. That’s an average of 12 candidates per district. There was an average of 9.5 candidates per district in 2022, 6.0 candidates per district in 2020, and 12.5 in 2018.

The 2nd Congressional District was the only open district in 2024. Incumbent Rep. Annie Kuster (D-02) retired from public office. This was the second time in the last 10 years in which a district was open in New Hampshire.

Fifteen candidates—two Democrats and 13 Republicans—ran in the open 2nd Congressional District, the most candidates who ran in a district in 2024.

Four primaries were contested in 2024, that’s the most contested primaries in New Hampshire in the last 10 years.

Incumbent Rep. Chris Pappas (D-01) was in a contested primary in 2024. This was the third year in the last 10 years in which an incumbent in New Hampshire was in a contested primary.

Democratic and Republican candidates filed to run in both districts, meaning neither district was guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

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

Heading into the 2024 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 211th most Democratic district nationally.[6]

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 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
52.2% 46.2%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[7] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
47.7 49.6 R+2.0

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
See also: Party control of New Hampshire state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of New Hampshire's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from New Hampshire
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 May 2024.

State executive officials in New Hampshire, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Chris Sununu
Secretary of State Republican Party David Scanlan
Attorney General Republican Party John Formella

State legislature

New Hampshire State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 10
     Republican Party 14
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 24

New Hampshire House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 193
     Republican Party 201
     Independent 1
     Other 1
     Vacancies 4
Total 400

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

New Hampshire Party Control: 1992-2024
Four years of Democratic trifectas  •  Thirteen 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 23 24
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
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
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

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in New Hampshire in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Hampshire, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
New Hampshire U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 100[8] $50.00 6/14/2024 Source
New Hampshire U.S. House Unaffiliated 1,500[9] $50.00 8/6/2024 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  3. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed April 25, 2023
  4. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  5. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State,"Voting in Party Primaries," accessed April 25, 2023
  6. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  7. ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
  8. ↑ Petition signatures can be substituted for filing fee. They are not required.
  9. ↑ Petition signatures are required in addition to filing fee.


New Hampshire's current delegation to the United States Congress
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Maggie Hassan (D)
Jeanne Shaheen (D)
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