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

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New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District
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Filing deadline: June 14, 2024
Primary: September 10, 2024 General: November 5, 2024
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Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Democratic
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A Republican Party primary took place on September 10, 2024, in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

Lily Williams advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2.

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies. 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 55.8%-44.1%. 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%.

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.

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:

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

Candidates and election results

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)

Candidate profiles

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Tom Alciere

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "A former state representative running for U.S. House in District 2 of New Hampshire on a platform of liberty and justice for all."

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Key Messages

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Liberty and justice for all

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Bind the federal government down with the chains of the Constitution

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Unalienable rights, by definition, preempt the Rule of Law.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 in 2024.

Randall Clark

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "Under construction."

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Key Messages

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

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Under construction.

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Under construction.

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Under construction.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 in 2024.

Bill Hamlen

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "I grew up in a middle class home. My father was a Chemist and my mother was a nurse. I was raised as a Catholic and I was an altar boy and an Eagle Scout. In high school and college my first real job was working on a farm. I learned how to drive tractors and bail hay. I also took care of a herd of cows and two horses and I shoveled a lot of manure. Some weeks I worked up to 65 hours per week. That job taught me the value of hard work - a value I share with my fellow Granite Starters. When I was in high school, I heard about a college that had the best outing club in the country - and that was Dartmouth College and I was lucky enough to get in. So, at 18, I headed to Hanover, and I fell in love with NH. After college, I headed to Manhattan where I met my wife, Rowena. We have been married for 28 years and we have two beautiful daughters, Izzy and Sophia. Dartmouth’s Motto is that Dartmouth is the base camp to the world - and for me, this was true. I left base camp, traveled the world - lived the American Dream - and when it was time to settle down, I returned to base camp! I’m running for Congress because I want you and your children to have the same promise of the American Dream that I had."

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Key Messages

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

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Lowering inflation: The first thing Congress can do is to take away some of the rules and regulations that are hurting our oil and gas industry. Bringing down energy prices is the easiest thing we can do to fight inflation. Beyond that, I think our spending is out of control. We need to get the budget back under control. And it all comes down to how we do the budget. We need to reform how the budget is set and cut back on the unnecessary spending. When Congress passes these fat, overweight spending bills all at once, late at night, it limits debate and individual votes on specific issues. It is imperative that Congress return to debating and voting on individual appropriations to ensure greater transparency and accountability.

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We must secure the border. The biggest problem we face as a nation are the criminals crossing into our country, the fentanyl and other drugs coming in, and the human smugglers. I support building build a wall, but I also support bringing technology in. I would hire more border agents. And I would do all of this as fast as we can. I would also declare drug cartels as terriorist organizations, and expect our government to treat them accordingly

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Bring down the price of energy: We must unleash American oil and gas to help drive down energy costs for people in the second district. Joe Biden has handcuffed the oil and gas industry in our country. We must use American resources. New Hampshire families need to be able to heat their homes without worrying about breaking their bank accounts. We need to reduce regulations that are holding us back and take advantage of our resources.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 in 2024.

Jason Riddle

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "I am a recently released January 6th political prisoner with a message of hope. As the Capitol Riot continues to evolve in the media, the presence of an actual witness in politics will offer a voice to a new subjugated class. I believe there is room for compromise between Democrats and Republicans and I will fight to find common grounds for all Americans regardless of race, gender, or creed."

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Key Messages

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Prison and justice reforms begins with legalization of marijuana.

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Abortion like it or not, is here to stay.

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Guns don't kill people, regulations do.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 in 2024.

Lily Williams

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "I was born into poverty in Chengdu, China. I scored extremely well on national college exams and was accepted into and earned a BA in Law from Fudan University in 1985. Upon graduation, I was one of only five to be chosen to continue as the first faculty members of law following the Cultural Revolution. Later, I came to the United States legally as a foreign student where I obtained a MSSW from the University of Texas, Austin in 1991. My diverse career experience since coming to the United States includes working as a medical social worker in Wyoming, a expat Corporate Manager in Hong Kong for a world-wide sourcing company, and a Project Manager for a Telecom company in Colorado. Currently I am a self-employed entrepreneur working from home running three small businesses."

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Key Messages

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Economy: Let’s get special interests out of managing the economy. Instead of public-private partnerships and regulations that seem only to end up helping politically connected big players, Let’s remove subsidies to all businesses, large and small, unleashing true market competition. We must declare energy freedom, with appropriate controls on pollution, for all of our available resources: nuclear, oil, solar, coal, and wind. We should not be in an either/or political fight amongst ourselves on which energy sources to promote. Artificial energy restrictions not only do not make sense for national security, but it impoverishes the country. Lastly, the government must reduce its spending and start paying down the national debt.

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Freedom of Speech: People have to speak freely to think freely. We must exchange ideas and communicate with each other to get to the truth and arrive at mutually agreeable solutions to problems we face as a country. When others wish to control speech, they want to control thoughts, and keep those they wish to control from knowing the truth. Freedom of speech is meant to protect the listener first! Censorship exercised by collusion between government and big tech or the media is immoral and dangerous.

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Border Security: Border security is essential for our national security. We need to secure the border, enforce current laws, build necessary barriers to stop drug smuggling and human trafficking and prevent people who want to harm us from entering our country. Without a border, we no longer have a country. Because legal immigration has become inextricably linked to illegal immigration, we must recognize that our legal immigration system needs reform. To streamline the process and encourage people only to come here legally, those who insist on crossing the border illegally should be detained, identified, and sent back. No more catch and release.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 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
Tom Alciere	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Gerard Beloin	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Michael Callis	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Randall Clark	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Casey Crane	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Robert D'Arcy	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Bill Hamlen	Republican Party	$849,298	$849,296	$2	As of December 31, 2024
William Harvey	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Vikram Mansharamani	Republican Party	$539,919	$491,057	$59,388	As of December 31, 2024
Jay Mercer	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Jason Riddle	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Paul Wagner	Republican Party	$6,279	$5,693	$586	As of August 21, 2024
Lily Williams	Republican Party	$882,771	$783,085	$130,480	As of December 31, 2024
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.

• District map
• Competitiveness
• Presidential elections
• State party control

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

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 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.

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 2nd based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
53.6%	44.7%

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. The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
49.8	47.4	R+2.5

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	Chris Sununu
Secretary of State	David Scanlan
Attorney General	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	$50.00	6/14/2024	Source
New Hampshire	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	1,500	$50.00	8/6/2024	Source

See also

• New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Democratic primary)
• New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
• United States House elections in New Hampshire, 2024 (September 10 Democratic primaries)
• United States House elections in New Hampshire, 2024 (September 10 Republican primaries)
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2024
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2024
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024

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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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