2024 US House General Election
District 1
What towns and wards are represented?
Alton, Auburn, Barnstead, Barrington, Bartlett, Bedford, Belmont, Brentwood, Brookfield, Candia, Chatham, Chester, Conway, Danville, Derry, Dover-Ward 1, Dover-Ward 2, Dover-Ward 3, Dover-Ward 4, Dover-Ward 5, Dover-Ward 6, Durham, East Kingston, Eaton, Effingham, Epping, Exeter, Farmington, Freedom, Fremont, Gilford, Gilmanton, Goffstown, Greenland, Hale's Location, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Hart's Location, Hooksett, Kensington, Kingston, Laconia-Ward 1, Laconia-Ward 2, Laconia-Ward 3, Laconia-Ward 4, Laconia-Ward 5, Laconia-Ward 6, Lee, Londonderry, Madbury, Madison, Manchester-Ward 1, Manchester-Ward 2, Manchester-Ward 3, Manchester-Ward 4, Manchester-Ward 5, Manchester-Ward 6, Manchester-Ward 7, Manchester-Ward 8, Manchester-Ward 9, Manchester-Ward 10, Manchester-Ward 11, Manchester-Ward 12, Meredith, Merrimack, Middleton, Milton, Moultonborough, New Castle, New Durham, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Nottingham, Ossipee, Plaistow, Portsmouth-Ward 1, Portsmouth-Ward 2, Portsmouth-Ward 3, Portsmouth-Ward 4, Portsmouth-Ward 5, Raymond, Rochester-Ward 1, Rochester-Ward 2, Rochester-Ward 3, Rochester-Ward 4, Rochester-Ward 5, Rochester-Ward 6, Rollinsford, Rye, Sanbornton, Sandown, Seabrook, Somersworth-Ward 1, Somersworth-Ward 2, Somersworth-Ward 3, Somersworth-Ward 4, Somersworth-Ward 5, South Hampton, Strafford, Stratham, Tamworth, Tilton, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, Wolfeboro
Representative, U.S. House of Representatives (2018 - present); Executive Councilor (2012 - 2018); Representative, NH House of Representatives (2002 - 2006); Co-Owner, Puritan Backroom Restaurant; Treasurer, Hillsborough County
Chris Pappas has served as a U.S. Representative since 2018. Prior to that he served as an executive councilor. (His family is also known for their world-famous chicken tenders at the Puritan Backroom Restaurant in Manchester.) In Congress Rep. Pappas is more moderate than many of his Democratic colleagues, and broke with the Democratic majority on bills from the Laken Riley Act to the Middle Class Borrower Protection Act.
Executive Councilor (2016 - 2020); Senator, NH Senate (2000 - 2004, 2010 - 2016); President and owner, R.E. Prescott Company
Former executive councilor Russell Prescott jumped into the Republican congressional General in July 2023, and he has been building a base of support ever since. In his campaign announcement he wrote, "Our state's leadership in Congress has forgotten the independent 'Live Free or Die' values we pride ourselves on in New Hampshire. We need a fresh voice who has the business and elected experience to change the status quo."
District 2
What towns and wards are represented?
Acworth, Albany, Alexandria, Allenstown, Alstead, Amherst, Andover, Antrim, Ashland, Atk. & Gil. Academy Grant, Atkinson, Bath, Bean's Grant, Bean's Purchase, Bennington, Benton, Berlin, Bethlehem, Boscawen, Bow, Bradford, Bridgewater, Bristol, Brookline, Cambridge, Campton, Canaan, Canterbury, Carroll, Center Harbor, Chandler's Pur., Charlestown, Chesterfield, Chichester, Claremont-Ward 1, Claremont-Ward 2, Claremont-Ward 3, Clarksville, Colebrook, Columbia, Concord-Ward 1, Concord-Ward 2, Concord-Ward 3, Concord-Ward 4, Concord-Ward 5, Concord-Ward 6, Concord-Ward 7, Concord-Ward 8, Concord-Ward 9, Concord-Ward 10, Cornish, Crawford's Pur., Croydon, Cutt's Grant, Dalton, Danbury, Deerfield, Deering, Dix's Grant, Dixville, Dorchester, Dublin, Dummer, Dunbarton, Easton, Ellsworth, Enfield, Epsom, Errol, Erving's Location, Fitzwilliam, Francestown, Franconia, Franklin-Ward 1, Franklin-Ward 2, Franklin-Ward 3, Gilsum, Gorham, Goshen, Grafton, Grantham, Green's Grant, Greenfield, Greenville, Groton, Hadley's Purchase, Hancock, Hanover, Harrisville, Haverhill, Hebron, Henniker, Hill, Hillsborough, Hinsdale, Holderness, Hollis, Hopkinton, Hudson, Jackson, Jaffrey, Jefferson, Keene-Ward 1, Keene-Ward 2, Keene-Ward 3, Keene-Ward 4, Keene-Ward 5, Kilkenny, Lancaster, Landaff, Langdon, Lebanon-Ward 1, Lebanon-Ward 2, Lebanon-Ward 3, Lempster, Lincoln, Lisbon, Litchfield, Littleton, Livermore, Loudon, Low & Burbank's Grant, Lyman, Lyme, Lyndeborough, Marlborough, Marlow, Martin's Location, Mason, Milan, Milford, Millsfield, Monroe, Mont Vernon, Nashua-Ward 1, Nashua-Ward 2, Nashua-Ward 3, Nashua-Ward 4, Nashua-Ward 5, Nashua-Ward 6, Nashua-Ward 7, Nashua-Ward 8, Nashua-Ward 9, Nelson, New Boston, New Hampton, New Ipswich, New London, Newbury, Newport, Northfield, Northumberland, Northwood, Odell, Orange, Orford, Pelham, Pembroke, Peterborough, Piermont, Pinkham's Grant, Pittsburg, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Plymouth, Randolph, Richmond, Rindge, Roxbury, Rumney, Salem, Salisbury, Sandwich, Sargent's Purchase, Second College Gt, Sharon, Shelburne, Springfield, Stark, Stewartstown, Stoddard, Stratford, Success, Sugar Hill, Sullivan, Sunapee, Surry, Sutton, Swanzey, Temple, Thompson & Mes's Purchase, Thornton, Troy, Unity, Walpole, Warner, Warren, Washington, Waterville Valley, Weare, Webster, Wentworth, Wentworth's Loc., Westmoreland, Whitefield, Wilmot, Wilton, Winchester, Windham, Windsor, Woodstock
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice (2022 - present); Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law (2019 - 2021); Law Clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer (2017 - 2018); Law Clerk to Chief Judge Merrick Garland (2016 - 2017); Senior Advisor to Senator John McCain (2013); Speechwriter & Foreign Policy Advisor to Senator Joseph Lieberman (2009 - 2012)
Maggie Goodlander is an attorney with extensive federal government experience, from working as a speech writer for the late Sen. Joe Lieberman to serving as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice. She is also married to Jake Sullivan, President Biden's National Security Advisor. Until recently Goodlander lived in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, but that does not bar her from running in the 2nd District.
Lily Tang Williams came in third in the 2022 Republican General in District 2. A year later she announced she would run again in 2024. Williams is a native of China and a fierce critic of the Chinese Communist Party. In her campaign announcement she said, "I fear that the country I love is becoming like the country I left. That is why I am running for Congress."
