2024 NH House Primary
This page shows candidates for the NH House Primary, scheduled to be held on September 10, 2024. Our profiles include candidate issue positions and background information to help you make an informed decision on who to vote for.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the counterpart to the New Hampshire Senate in the NH Legislature. The House has 400 members across 204 voting districts. Representatives are elected by the voters of their district every two years.
Belknap County District 1
Democrat
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Republican
![Tom Ploszaj](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-07/TomPloszaj.png?itok=9StOdZOi)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present); Analytic Research Scientist (retired); UAW 626 Union Automotive employee (1973 - 1988); Union foundry employee (1971 - 1973); retail business; agriculture; construction; EMS; laboratory science
Belknap County District 2 (2 seats)
Democrat
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![Lynn Thomas](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2024-08/lynn-thomas.jpg?itok=wJjAqpRD)
Past chair, Meredith Democrats; Past Chair, Belknap County Democrats; Psychotherapist; organization development consultant for non-profits
Republican
![Matt Coker](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2022-07/matt-coker2.jpg?itok=YepT96HI)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); active Airline Pilot; Clerk, Belknap County Budget Committee; selected as an instructor pilot to teach new and current airline pilots how to operate a heavy jet in worldwide airline operations
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US Army (Retired); Inter-Lakes School District School Board (March 2024 - present)
Belknap County District 3
Democrat
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Planning Board Chair; Capital Improvements Committee Chair; Member, Solid Waste Committee; retired Electric Contractor
Republican
![Juliet Harvey-Bolia](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2022-08/juliet-harvey-bolia.jpg?itok=RssULobN)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present); Tilton Planning Board; Budget Committee; Main Street Committee
Belknap County District 4
Republican
![Travis Toner](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2024-08/travis-toner2.jpg?itok=mTTUkjug)
Law Enforcement; Unemployment Insurance; DOT; Home Repair; Home Security Automation
Belknap County District 5 (4 seats)
Democrat
![Wendy Chase](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2024-07/wendy-chase.jpg?itok=EgdFERMq)
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Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present, 2017 - 2020); Member, Laconia Planning Board; Executive Director, Laconia Motorcycle Week
Republican
![Steven Bogert](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2022-08/steven-bogert.jpg?itok=js06eCoj)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present)
![Mike Bordes](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-07/mike-bordes.png?itok=5vlBGae_)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present); Vice Chair, Brigid's House of Hope
![Dawn M. Johnson](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-07/dawn-m-johnson.png?itok=J5PkjMMV)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - 2022); Bookkeeper; Bartender; Laconia Elks Leading Knight; Treasurer, LRFRW
![Richard Littlefield](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-07/richard-littlefield.png?itok=71vfCxkN)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - 2022); retail work experience
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Belknap County District 6 (4 seats)
Democrat
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![Bob McLean](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2022-09/bob-mclean.jpg?itok=vJSTjA1c)
"I am currently working in construction and I have business management experience. I am currently on the Gilford School Board where I serve on the facilities and budget committees"
![Lena Nirk](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2024-08/Lena-Nirk.jpg?itok=66mLd2sG)
Retired Substance Use Recovery Coach; former Senior Policy Analyst, US Environmental Protection Agency; current volunteer rental support coordinator, St Vincent De Paul; current volunteer, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense
![Kurt Webber](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2022-09/kurt-webber.jpg?itok=BGswCBAP)
Army officer (retired, 23 years); Airborne, Ranger, Special Forces (Green Beret); Professor, Lakes Region Community College and New Hampshire Technical Institute (2001 - 2017)
Republican
![Ronnie Abbott](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2024-06/Ronnie-Abbott.jpg?itok=fYducAFC)
![Glen Aldrich](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-10/GlenAldrich.jpg?itok=a0gntO8K)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2014 - 2022); Member, House Science, Technology and Energy Committee; Owner, Glen Aldrich Construction; retired
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Representative, NH House of Representatives (2018 - present); Owner, H & P Apartments (rentals)
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Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present, 2018 - 2020); business owner (50 years)
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Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present, 2014 - 2016); Businessman
![David Nagel](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2022-09/david-nagel.jpg?itok=oqY0tFCx)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Belknap County District 7 (3 seats)
Democrat
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![Ruth Larson](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-07/RuthLarson.png?itok=4ANB0hOL)
Retired lawyer; former Supervisor of the Checklist, Alton; former Gunstock Area Commissioner
Republican
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Representative, NH House of Representatives (2016 - present); Member, Governor's Commission on the Humane Treatment of Animals; Member, UNH Belknap County Advisory Council; Member, NH Farm Bureau and Belknap County Farm Bureau
![Paul A. Terry](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-07/Paul-A-Terry.png?itok=dIt_XV-V)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present); Presbyterian minister (39 years, retired)
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Representative, NH House of Representatives (2014 - present); Owner / Engineer, ATS Applied Technical Services; Fire Chief, New Durham; Code Enforcement / Building Inspector, New Durham; owner of 2 small businesses
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Belknap County District 8 (2 seats) (Floterial)
Democrat
![Sheryl Anderson](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2022-10/sheryl-anderson.jpg?itok=aEnYt3hc)
![Don House](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-07/don-house.png?itok=Gh4fG646)
Republican
![](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/candidate-images/LisaFreeman.jpg?itok=5NSj3LOz)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2016 - 2018); Geriatric Occupational Therapist; Member, Manchester School District Board of School Committee
![Douglas R. Trottier](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-07/douglas-r-trottier.png?itok=t-t2nhAs)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present); business owner; law enforcement
Carroll County District 1 (3 seats)
Democrat
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Representative, NH House of Representatives (2004 - 2010, 2012 - present); Construction Worker; Realtor; Iron Worker
![David Paige](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2024-07/david-paige.jpg?itok=3mvJ31qP)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2022 - present); publishing executive; Trustee, Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School; Trustee, Conway Public Library (2014 – 2020); President, United for Libraries (2020 – 2021)
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Representative, NH House of Representatives (2018 - present); teacher and school principal (retired); school board (20 years); veteran, U.S. Army
Republican
![Karen Umberger](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-07/KarenUmberger.png?itok=lLp5MKwK)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2008 - 2018, 2020 - 2022); Clerk, North Conway Water Precinct (2008 - present); Member, Town of Conway Budget Committee; Selectman, Town of Conway (2001 - 2007); Secretary, Vaughan Community Service Incorporated (2008 - present); Colonel, United States Air Force (1970 - 1998)
Carroll County District 2 (2 seats)
Democrat
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Representative, NH House of Representatives (2018 - present); Marketing/Operations Management for healthcare consulting company
![Chris McAleer](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-07/chris-mcaleer.png?itok=81jvk6nP)
Representative, NH House of Representatives (2020 - present); retired from financial services; Trustee of Trust Funds, Jackson; former member, Jackson Planning Board
Independent/Other
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Carroll County District 3 (2 seats)
Democrat
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![Sandra Ringelstein](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2022-07/Sandra-Ringelstein.jpg?itok=-_I0AhBZ)
"18 years in local business office (accounting, payroll, tech), former Certified Childbirth Educator, Former elected School Board"
Republican
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Representative, NH House of Representatives (2012 - present); self-employed, business owner, driver education; Moultonborough School Board, Board Selectmen
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Carroll County District 4 (2 seats)
Democrat
![Donna V. Ackerman](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_70x88/public/2020-09/DonnaVAckerman.jpg?itok=S4Gtg-9o)
Member, Wakefield Conservation Commission; Teacher, Rochester School District