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2024 NH House General Election

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Strafford County District 21 (3 seats) (Floterial)

Renee Blaisdell
Renee l. Blaisdell    
Republican

Former police officer; veteran; several jobs in the service industry; fraud department, National Passport Center; paralegal

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John V. Caggiano    
Republican

Financial Planner, Northeast Planning Associates (2008 - present)

Gary Fratus
Gary Fratus    
Republican

34 years Broadband Technician for Comcast

Seth Miller
Seth Miller    
Democrat

Moderator, Dover Ward 5; aviation journalist; IT integrator

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Geoffrey Smith (incumbent)  
Democrat

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); Workforce Analyst

Sullivan County District 1

Represents Grantham
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Joel T. Hutchins    
Republican
Brian M. Sullivan (incumbent)  
Democrat

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2017 - present); Retired Teacher Advocate; Former Chair, Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee; Science Teacher (10 years); Chair, Sullivan County Nursing Home Work Group; Member, Sullivan County Executive Finance Committee; Former Vice-Chair, Sullivan County Delegation

Sullivan County District 2

Represents Cornish, Plainfield
Virginia Drye    
Republican

Reporter for a local newspaper; Director, Cornish Fair; Graduate of Leadership Upper Valley; Chair, NH Young Republicans; Vice President, Light Radio Network; former Intern, NH Executive Councilor Joe Kenney

William Palmer
William Palmer (incumbent)  
Democrat

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); Physician internal medicine (35 years); Cornish School Board (8 years); Saint Gaudens Memorial Trustee

Sullivan County District 3 (3 seats)

Nikki Murphy
Nikki Murphy    
Democrat
Skip Rollins (incumbent)  
Republican

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2012 - present)

Steven Smith (incumbent)  
Republican

Deputy Speaker, NH House of Representatives; Representative, NH House of Representatives (2010 - present); chair, Autonomous Vehicle Advisory Commission; Governor's appointee, Interagency Council on Homelessness; Software Tester, Trainer

Walter Spilsbury
Walter Spilsbury (incumbent)  
Republican

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present); Chairman, Charlestown Planning Board; Charlestown Finance Committee; formerly Chairman, Charlestown Heritage Commission; member, Charlestown schools site-based committee; Maritime Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation; Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Warren G. Magnusen (D, WA)

Sullivan County District 4

Judy Aron
Judy Aron (incumbent)  
Republican

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2018 - present); Member, Acworth Budget Committee (2014 - present)

Claudia Y. Istel    
Democrat

"39 years living in the district - teaching, volunteering, serving on town boards, raising a family."

Sullivan County District 5

Represents Springfield, Sunapee
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George C. Grant    
Republican

Retired Building Contractor

Linda Tanner
Linda Tanner (incumbent)  
Democrat

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2012 - 2014, 2016 - present); Teacher / coach, Kearsarge High School (retired, 35 years); Adjunct Professor, Colby Sawyer College; member, Sunapee Budget Committee; Sullivan County Executive Finance Committee

Sullivan County District 6 (3 seats)

John Cloutier
John R. Cloutier (incumbent)  
Democrat

Representative, NH House of Representatives (1992 - present); Chair, Sullivan County Democrats (2002 - present); Private Security Officer

Dale Girard
Dale Girard    
Democrat

Business owner; Paramedic; City Councilor & Mayor

Wayne Hemingway
Wayne J. Hemingway    
Republican

MSG/E8 NH Army National Guard (retired); Claremont City Councilor at Large

Sean McCarthy
Sean F. McCarthy    
Independent/Other

Claremont Cable Television Board of Directors (5 years)

McCarthy met the requirements to appear on the general election ballot as an independent candidate.

Gary Merchant (incumbent)  
Democrat

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2018 - present); pharmacist and healthcare executive; President, New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy

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Robert W. Merrill, Jr.    
Republican

College student

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Emily Sandblade    
Republican

Physicist, Physics and Computer Science Instructor (retired); Engineer (part-time); NH House of Representatives (2012 - 2014); Member, Goffstown Zoning Board of Adjustment (past)

Sullivan County District 7 (Floterial)

Margaret M. Drye (incumbent)  
Republican

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); Emergency Medical Technician; CPR Instructor; Cemetery Trustee, Plainfield; home educator

Jenny Ramsey
Jenny Ramsey    
Democrat

"Stay at home mom and Plainfield School Board Chair"

Sullivan County District 8 (2 seats) (Floterial)

Michael Aron
Michael Aron    
Republican

Information Technology Manager, Insurance Industry (retired); Acworth Planning Board; Fall Mountain Regional School District Budget Committee

Hope Damon
Hope Damon (incumbent)  
Democrat

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); retired dietitian; diabetes educator; small business owner; leader, WeStandUpForCroydonStudents; board member and grants co-chair, NH Women's Foundation

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Codi Raymond    
Democrat
Jonathan F. Stone
Jonathan F. Stone (incumbent)  
Republican

Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); small business partner; law enforcement (retired)

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