New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District

New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District

Incumbent

Maggie Goodlander

Assumed office: January 3, 2025

New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Maggie Goodlander (D).

As of the 2020 Census, New Hampshire representatives represented an average of 689,545 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 660,723 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Democratic primary)

New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Maggie Goodlander defeated Lily Williams in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maggie Goodlander (D)	52.9	211,641
		Lily Williams (R)	47.0	187,810
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	367

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 399,818
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sterling Sykes (Independent)
• Ryan Donnelly (Independent)

Democratic primary election

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

Maggie Goodlander defeated Colin Van Ostern in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maggie Goodlander	63.7	42,960
		Colin Van Ostern	36.1	24,342
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	160

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,462
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Neenos (D)
• Annie Kuster (D)
• Becky Whitley (D)

Republican primary election

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

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lily Williams	35.6	22,040
		Vikram Mansharamani	26.7	16,565
		Bill Hamlen	15.9	9,860
		Paul Wagner	3.8	2,329
		Casey Crane	3.3	2,046
		Randall Clark	3.0	1,866
	Submit photo	William Harvey	2.8	1,743
		Jay Mercer	2.5	1,573
		Jason Riddle	1.4	869
		Robert D'Arcy	1.2	714
		Michael Callis	1.0	632
		Tom Alciere	1.0	623
		Gerard Beloin	0.9	552
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	533

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 61,945
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mark Kilbane (R)
• Hillary Seeger (R)
• Robin Ng (R)

2022

See also: New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Incumbent Annie Kuster defeated Bob Burns in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annie Kuster (D)	55.8	171,636
		Bob Burns (R)	44.1	135,579
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	369

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 307,584
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Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Annie Kuster advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annie Kuster	99.3	48,630
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	324

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,954
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Republican primary election

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

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Burns	33.0	21,065
		George Hansel	29.8	19,024
		Lily Williams	24.6	15,729
		Scott Black	3.5	2,211
		Jay Mercer	3.3	2,085
		Dean Poirier	3.2	2,047
		Michael Callis	1.8	1,133
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	574

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,868
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeffrey Greeson (R)
• Jeff Cozzens (R)
• Jason Riddle (R)

2020

See also: New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Incumbent Annie Kuster defeated Steve Negron and Andrew Olding in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annie Kuster (D)	53.9	208,289
		Steve Negron (R)	43.7	168,886
		Andrew Olding (L)	2.4	9,119
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	147

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 386,441
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Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Annie Kuster defeated Joseph Mirzoeff in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annie Kuster	92.8	71,358
		Joseph Mirzoeff	7.2	5,500

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 76,858
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Republican primary election

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

Steve Negron defeated Lynne Blankenbeker, Matthew Bjelobrk, and Eli Clemmer in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Negron	48.1	30,503
	Submit photo	Lynne Blankenbeker	38.6	24,464
		Matthew Bjelobrk	6.9	4,381
	Submit photo	Eli Clemmer	6.1	3,850
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	153

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,351
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gilead Towne (R)

2018

See also: New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Incumbent Annie Kuster defeated Steve Negron and Justin O'Donnell in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annie Kuster (D)	55.5	155,358
		Steve Negron (R)	42.2	117,990
		Justin O'Donnell (L)	2.2	6,206
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	151

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 279,705 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Annie Kuster advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Annie Kuster

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Republican primary election

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

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Negron	26.0	11,166
	Submit photo	Stewart Levenson	25.3	10,858
	Submit photo	Lynne Blankenbeker	22.9	9,836
		Bob Burns	15.9	6,811
	Submit photo	Brian Belanger	5.6	2,388
		Jay Mercer	2.9	1,232
		Gerard Beloin	1.5	623

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 42,914
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Libertarian primary election

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

Justin O'Donnell defeated Tom Alciere in the Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Justin O'Donnell	74.6	428
		Tom Alciere	25.4	146

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 574
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2016

See also: New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Annie Kuster (D) won re-election, defeating Jim Lawrence (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Lawrence defeated Eric Estevez, Jack Flanagan, Walter Kelly, Andy Martin, Jay Mercer, and Casey Newell in the Republican primary on September 13, 2016.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Annie Kuster Incumbent	49.8%	174,371
	Republican	Jim Lawrence	45.3%	158,825
	Independent	John Babiarz	4.9%	17,076
Total Votes				350,272
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim Lawrence	39.9%	17,180
Jack Flanagan	28%	12,046
Walter Kelly	10%	4,287
Andy Martin	7.3%	3,145
Eric Estevez	5.7%	2,443
Jay Mercer	4.9%	2,113
Casey Newell	4.3%	1,839
Total Votes		43,053
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

2014

See also: New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 2nd Congressional District of New Hampshire held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Annie Kuster (D) defeated Marilinda Garcia (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Annie Kuster Incumbent	54.9%	130,700
	Republican	Marilinda Garcia	44.9%	106,871
	N/A	Scatter	0.3%	613
Total Votes				238,184
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

2012

See also: New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 2nd Congressional District of New Hampshire held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Democrat Ann McLane Kuster defeated incumbent Charlie Bass to win the election in the district.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Charles Bass Incumbent	45.4%	152,977
	Democratic	Ann McLane Kuster	50.2%	169,275
	Libertarian	Hardy Macia	4.4%	14,936
Total Votes				337,188
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

The primary was held on September 11, 2012.

New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Charles Bass	81.8%	39,605
Dennis Lamare	8.8%	4,263
Will Dean	4.4%	2,129
Miroslaw Dziedzic	2.7%	1,310
Gerard Beloin	2.3%	1,127
Total Votes		48,434

2010
On November 2, 2010, Charles Bass won election to the United States House. He defeated Ann McLane Kuster (D), Tim vanBlommesteyn (Independent) and Howard L. Wilson (Libertarian) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Charles Bass	48.3%	108,610
	Democratic	Ann McLane Kuster	46.8%	105,060
	Independent	Tim vanBlommesteyn	2.8%	6,197
	Libertarian	Howard L. Wilson	2.1%	4,796
Total Votes				224,663

2008
On November 4, 2008, Paul W. Hodes won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jennifer Horn (R) and Chester L. Lapointe II (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Paul W. Hodes incumbent	56.4%	188,332
	Republican	Jennifer Horn	41.4%	138,222
	Libertarian	Chester L. Lapointe II	2.1%	7,121
Total Votes				333,675

2006
On November 7, 2006, Paul W. Hodes won election to the United States House. He defeated Charles F. Bass and Ken Blevens (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Paul W. Hodes	52.7%	108,743
	Republican	Charles F. Bass incumbent	45.6%	94,088
	Libertarian	Ken Blevens	1.6%	3,305
	Scattering		0.1%	156
Total Votes				206,292

2004
On November 2, 2004, Charles F. Bass won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Paul W. Hodes (D) and Richard B. Kahn (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Charles F. Bass incumbent	58.3%	191,188
	Democratic	Paul W. Hodes	38.2%	125,280
	Libertarian	Richard B. Kahn	3.4%	11,311
	Scattering		0.1%	415
Total Votes				328,194

2002
On November 5, 2002, Charles F. Bass won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Katrina Swett (D), Rosalie T. Babiarz (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Charles F. Bass incumbent	56.8%	125,804
	Democratic	Katrina Swett	40.9%	90,479
	Libertarian	Rosalie T. Babiarz	2.3%	5,051
	Scattering		0.1%	122
Total Votes				221,456

2000
On November 7, 2000, Charles F. Bass won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Barney Brannen (D), Brian Christeson (L) and Roy Kendel (Constitution) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Charles F. Bass incumbent	56.2%	152,581
	Democratic	Barney Brannen	40.7%	110,367
	Libertarian	Brian Christeson	2.3%	6,188
	Constitution	Roy Kendel	0.8%	2,204
Total Votes				271,340

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in New Hampshire after the 2020 census

On May 31, 2022, the New Hampshire Supreme Court gave final approval to a new congressional map drawn by a redistricting special master. This map took effect for New Hampshire's 2022 congressional elections.

The New Hampshire House of Representatives approved an initial congressional map 186-164 on January 5, 2022. On March 17, the New Hampshire State Senate voted 13-11 to approve the map. On the same day, Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said he planned to veto the map.

On April 11, the New Hampshire Supreme Court announced it would take jurisdiction over the redistricting process if the legislature and governor were not able to draw a new congressional map. The action was in response to a lawsuit filed by former New Hampshire House Speaker Terie Norelli (D) and several voters.

A revised congressional map was approved by a 176-171 vote in the New Hampshire House and a 14-10 vote in the New Hampshire Senate on May 26, 2022. On the same day, Sununu said he planned to veto the revised map. On May 27, the New Hampshire Supreme Court released a draft map drawn by redistricting special master Nathaniel Persily.

How does redistricting in New Hampshire work? In New Hampshire, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.

State law requires that state legislative districts "be contiguous, and maintain the boundaries of towns, wards, or unincorporated places." There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.

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2010-2011

This is the 2nd Congressional District of New Hampshire after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in New Hampshire after the 2010 census

In 2011, the New Hampshire State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

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

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made New Hampshire's 2nd the 190th most Republican district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Hampshire's 2nd the 201st most Democratic district nationally.

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) 53.6%-44.7%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Hampshire's 2nd the 200th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 53.6% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 44.7%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage point more Democratic than the national average. This made New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District the 188th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.10. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.10 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in New Hampshire
• New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
• New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
• New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
• New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 2

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)