New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026 (September 8 Republican primary)

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New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: June 12, 2026
Primary: September 8, 2026
General: November 3, 2026
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Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic
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See also
New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd
New Hampshire elections, 2026
U.S. Congress elections, 2026
U.S. Senate elections, 2026
U.S. House elections, 2026

A Republican Party primary takes place on September 8, 2026, in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
June 12, 2026
September 8, 2026
November 3, 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.

This page focuses on New Hampshire's 2nd 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

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Lily Williams is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 8, 2026.

Candidate
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Lily Williams

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Voting information

See also: Voting in New Hampshire

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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Lily Williams Republican Party $422,903 $128,332 $424,051 As of September 30, 2025

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. 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.

District analysis

This section will contain facts and figures related to this district's elections when those are available.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in New Hampshire in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Hampshire, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
New Hampshire U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 100 $50 6/12/2026 Source
New Hampshire U.S. House Unaffiliated 1,500 $50 6/12/2026 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ New Hampshire General Court, "N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 659:14," accessed October 21, 2025
  2. ↑ New Hampshire General Court, "N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 654:34," accessed October 21, 2025


New Hampshire's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Maggie Hassan (D)
Jeanne Shaheen (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
Democratic Party (4)


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