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Russan Chester
Russan Chester (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Hillsborough 2. She lost in the Republican primary on September 10, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Linda Gould (R) | 7.7 | 6,955 |
| ✔ |  | Kristin Noble (R) | 7.7 | 6,929 |
| ✔ |  | Ted Gorski (R) | 7.6 | 6,894 |
| ✔ |  | Brian Labrie (R)  | 7.6 | 6,888 |
| ✔ |  | Catherine Rombeau (D) | 7.3 | 6,602 |
| ✔ |  | Loren Foxx (D) | 7.3 | 6,575 |
| ✔ |  | John Schneller (R) | 7.2 | 6,546 |
 | Peter Kujawski (R) | 7.2 | 6,495 | |
| Danielle Evansic (R) | 7.1 | 6,443 | ||
| John Fitzgerald (D) | 6.8 | 6,118 | ||
 | Matthew Sullivan (D) | 6.7 | 6,089 | |
| Kevin Boyarsky (D) | 6.6 | 5,993 | ||
 | Jeffrey Kerr (D) | 6.6 | 5,976 | |
| Shana Potvin (D) | 6.6 | 5,968 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 32 | ||
| Total votes: 90,503 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Catherine Rombeau | 15.2 | 1,867 |
| ✔ | | Matthew Sullivan | 14.8 | 1,822 |
| ✔ | Shana Potvin | 14.2 | 1,754 | |
| ✔ | | Loren Foxx | 14.2 | 1,743 |
| ✔ | Kevin Boyarsky | 13.9 | 1,713 | |
| ✔ | John Fitzgerald | 13.9 | 1,710 | |
| ✔ | | Jeffrey Kerr | 13.7 | 1,683 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 12,311 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Labrie | 14.1 | 2,029 |
| ✔ | | Kristin Noble | 13.8 | 1,985 |
| ✔ | | Ted Gorski | 13.8 | 1,983 |
| ✔ | | Linda Gould | 13.5 | 1,946 |
| ✔ | | John Schneller | 12.1 | 1,744 |
| ✔ | | Peter Kujawski | 11.9 | 1,712 |
| ✔ | Danielle Evansic | 11.3 | 1,624 | |
 | Russan Chester | 9.4 | 1,350 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 25 | ||
| Total votes: 14,398 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Chester in this election.
2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Gould (R) | 7.7 | 5,607 |
| ✔ |  | Laurie Sanborn (R) | 7.7 | 5,602 |
| ✔ | | Ted Gorski (R) | 7.5 | 5,466 |
| ✔ | | Catherine Rombeau (D) | 7.4 | 5,397 |
| ✔ | | Kristin Noble (R) | 7.3 | 5,320 |
| ✔ |  | Dan Hynes (R) | 7.1 | 5,227 |
| ✔ | | Loren Foxx (D) | 7.1 | 5,223 |
| John Schneller (R) | 7.1 | 5,176 | |
| Kara LaMarche (D) | 7.1 | 5,168 | ||
| John Fitzgerald (D) | 7.0 | 5,107 | ||
| Britton Albiston (R) | 7.0 | 5,107 | ||
| Jeffrey Kerr (D) | 6.8 | 4,946 | |
| Shana Potvin (D) | 6.7 | 4,909 | ||
| Cheri Schmitt (D) | 6.6 | 4,818 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 34 | ||
| Total votes: 73,107 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Catherine Rombeau | 15.7 | 1,430 |
| ✔ | Kara LaMarche | 14.3 | 1,299 | |
| ✔ | Shana Potvin | 14.2 | 1,287 | |
| ✔ | John Fitzgerald | 14.1 | 1,284 | |
| ✔ | | Loren Foxx | 14.1 | 1,283 |
| ✔ | Cheri Schmitt | 13.9 | 1,260 | |
| ✔ | | Jeffrey Kerr | 13.7 | 1,244 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 9,094 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Laurie Sanborn | 15.5 | 2,137 |
| ✔ | | Linda Gould | 15.0 | 2,070 |
| ✔ | | Ted Gorski | 13.7 | 1,892 |
| ✔ | | Kristin Noble | 13.1 | 1,805 |
| ✔ | | Dan Hynes | 12.3 | 1,689 |
| ✔ | | John Schneller | 11.5 | 1,588 |
| ✔ | Britton Albiston | 10.7 | 1,478 | |
| Russan Chester | 7.8 | 1,069 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 46 | ||
| Total votes: 13,774 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Russan Chester did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Russan Chester completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Chester's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Work towards lifting others up to understand the importance of treating the disease instead of the symptoms that are causing the decay in our families, our communities and our state
- Take the time to stop and realize that all too often we want the similar things, but our sense of being on the "right side" gets in the way of being on the human side!
- I will always fight to the right for you to know ALL the truths whether they are easy to swallow or difficult
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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