New Hampshire

2024 NH state primary is Tuesday: Here’s our voters guide

Published

2 years ago

September 8, 2024

2024 NH state primary is Tuesday: Here’s our voters guide

The 2024 New Hampshire state primary is upon us. From the governor’s race to U.S. House and state representative battles, the Seacoast will see plenty of contested races on the ballot with the winners advancing to the general election.

Here’s what you need to know.

When is the New Hampshire state primary?

The state primary is on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

How to vote in the primary

New Hampshire residents can vote at their designating polling place on Election Day.

More: Seacoast polling times and places listed here

Registered Democrats and Republicans must vote in their respective party’s primaries. Undeclared voters can choose a Democratic or Republican ballot.

You can find sample ballots here, and you can check your voter information here.

If you are at least 18 years old, a U.S. citizen, and domiciled in a New Hampshire town or city ward, you may register to vote on Election Day at your polling location. You must fill out a voter registration form and show proof of identity, age, citizenship and having established a domicile. If you don’t have the documents with you on Election Day, you may prove those qualifications by completing an affidavit.

If you meet certain qualifications, you may also vote by absentee ballot.

Here is a guide.

U.S. House primary elections in NH

First Congressional District

The Republican primary for New Hampshire’s First Congressional District features seven candidates: Russell Prescott, Joe Kelly Lavasseur, Chris Bright, Walter McFarlane, Hollie Noveletsky, Andy Martin, and Max Abramson.

The winner will face incumbent Rep. Chris Pappas.

Second Congressional District

Maggie Goodlander and Colin Van Ostern are vying for the Democratic nomination for New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District.

There are 13 candidates on the Republican side. They are Tom Alciere, Gerard Beloin, Michael Anthony Callis, Randall Clark, Casey Crane, Robert D’Arcy, Bill Hamlen, William Harvey, Vikram Mansaramani, Jay Mercer, Jason Riddle, Lily Tang Williams, and Paul Wagner.

What voters need to know: NH races for governor, Congress get heated and personal

NH governor’s races for Democrats and Republicans

There is a contested primary in both the Republican and Democratic primaries for governor.

In the Republican primary, Kelly Ayotte and Chuck Morse lead a crowded field that includes Shaun Fife, Robert Wayne McClory, Richard A. McMenamon II, and Frank Negus Staples.

Whoever wins will face either Joyce Craig, Cinde Warmington, or Jon Kiper, all running in the Democratic primary, in November.

More: NH races for governor, Congress get heated and personal: What voters need to know

NH Executive Council

The Republican primary for Executive Council District 4, which includes Lee and Barrington, features six candidates: Terese Bastarache, Robert Burns, John Reagan, John Stephen, Ryan Terrell, and Ross Terrio. The winner will face Democrat Jim O’Connell in the general election.

Contested NH State Senate race in greater Seacoast

Bill Gannon and Emily Phillips are facing off in the Republican primary for State Senate District 23, which represents Brentwood, Chester, Danville, East Kingston, Epping, Fremont, Kensington, Kingston, Newton, Sandown, Seabrook, and South Hampton. The winner will meet Democrat Brenda Oldak in the November election in a heavily Republican district.

Contested NH House races in greater Seacoast

There are several contested state representative primary races.

In Rockingham County District 6 (Brentwood), Allen Cook and Thaddeus Paul Riley are facing off in the Republican primary for who will take on incumbent Democratic Rep. Eric Turer in November.

In Rockingham County District 32 (Brentwood, Danville, Fremont), Republicans Melissa Litchfield and Scott Wallace are competing for the nomination to face Democrat Diana West.

More: Brentwood Republicans face off in two competitive NH House primaries

In Rockingham County District 10 (Newfields, Newmarket), Democrats Michael Cahill, Ellen Read, Lela Porter Love, and Toni Weinstein are running for three spots. Those who advance will appear on the November ballot with one Republican candidate, Jeanene Cooper.

More: Democratic voters in Newmarket, Newfields have 4 choices for 3 spots in NH House primary

In Rockingham County District 11 (Exeter), Linda Haskins, Julie Gilman, Gaby Grossman, Mark Paige, and Katrina Heinrich are running for four spots in the Democratic primary. The winners will face Republicans Robert Goeman, Brian Griset, and William Smith.

More: Exeter voters: to choose from 5 Democrats running for 4 NH House seats

In Rockingham County District 29 (Hampton), the Republican primary features Nicholas Bridle, David Hagen, Ken Sheffert, Bruce Theriault, and George Attar. The four candidates who garner the most votes will compete against Chris Muns, Mike Edgar, Alan Scott Blair, and Erica de Vries in the general election.

In Rockingham County District 40 (Hampton, Seabrook), Linda McGrath and Richard Sawyer are facing off in the Republican primary. Whoever comes out on top will run against Democrat John Patrick Carty in the general election.

In Rockingham County District 30 (Seabrook), Republicans William Fowler, Jason Janvrin, Aboul Khan, and Matt Sabourin are running for two spots. The winners will face Democrats Bob Albright and Justin Gregory Packard in November.

More: Hampton and Seabrook Republicans face off in competitive NH House primaries

In Strafford County District 10 (Durham), Timothy Horrigan, Loren Selig, Marjorie Smith, Wayne Burton, and Gale Bailey are running for four seats. There are no Republicans running, so the four winners will be unopposed in November.

More: Durham has 5 Democrats to choose from for 4 seats in NH House

In Strafford County District 11 (Dover Ward 4, Madbury, Lee), Democrats Erik Johnson, Thomas Southworth, and Janet Wall are running for three spots in the primary. It is no longer a contested primary after fourth candidate Andrew Kennedy suspended his campaign, but he will still appear on the ballot due to his late exit. They will face Republicans Joe Bazo, Denis Grenier, and Bill Taylor in the general election in November.

More: NH House candidate in Dover area who faced police investigation drops out of race

In Strafford County District 15 (Dover Ward 2), Alice Wade and Lucas Veitch are vying for the Democratic nomination. Whoever wins will face Republican Keith Mistretta.

More: Alice Wade, Lucas Veitch compete for Dover Ward 2 state rep Democratic nomination

In Strafford County District 19 (Rochester Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6), Daniel Fitzpatrick, John Larochelle, Melena Lugo, and Seph Warren are competing in the Democratic primary. The three who advance to the November primary will be running against Republicans Kelley Potenza, David Walker, and Jenny Wilson.

More: What Rochester voters need to know about 4 Democrats in NH House primary

Strafford County sheriff

Three Democrats seeking to become the next Strafford County sheriff nominee are competing in the primary: Steven Bourque, Tracy Hayes, and Kathryn Mone. Voters will decide which will be on the ballot in November against Republican Scott Tingle.

More: Here are 3 Democrats running for Strafford County sheriff

Source link

Click to comment

New Hampshire

6 people injured after floor collapses at New Hampshire wedding venue

Published

1 hour ago

March 23, 2026

Press Room

6 people injured after floor collapses at New Hampshire wedding venue

Six people were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries after a floor collapsed at a wedding venue in Tamworth, New Hampshire, around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, a spokesperson for the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office said.

The collapse happened while a wedding party of about 140 people were present, according to a joint release from the Tamworth Fire/Rescue Department and the State Fire Marshal’s Office. The office confirmed there were no fatalities and said late Saturday that four of the people treated at the hospital had already been released.

A phone call to the venue, the Preserve at Chocorua, was not answered. Tamworth, a town of about 2,800 people, is around 115 miles (185 kilometers) north of Concord, New Hampshire, near the western border of Maine. Phone calls to the MaineHealth Memorial Hospital went unanswered Saturday night.

The Fire Marshal’s Office said while more than 100 people gathered in a building called the Sap House at the venue, the floor buckled creating a 20-foot by 20-foot opening and sending about 70 people into the basement. Several people were trapped by the fallen beams and by farm equipment that had been stored on the lower floor.

An office spokesperson said in a release late Saturday that before first responders arrived, other guests and staff helped some of the people who had fallen climb out of the basement with the aid of ladders, and were rendering first aid to people with minor injuries. It was unclear how many people were treated at the scene, and investigators are still determining the extent of injuries.

A photo from the Fire Marshal’s Office shows a chandelier and white bunting decorating the ceiling above the buckled floor boards, as well as stacked benches that had been used for seating for the wedding before the collapse.

A photo provided by the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office shows the buckled floor that collapsed Saturday, sending nearly 70 wedding guests into the basement of a building in Tamworth, N.H. Saturday, March 21, 2026. (New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office via AP)

The Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the collapse along with the Tamworth Fire/Rescue Department, a spokesperson said Saturday. Investigators believe the building “was over capacity” prior to the floor collapse, a spokesperson said in a release.

A first responder who arrived on scene shortly after 911 calls came in described half the floor of the building where the wedding ceremony was set to take place as having fallen into the basement over scanner traffic listened to on Broadcastify. He asked for more first responders to talk to witnesses, saying there were about 145 people present at the event. The responder also said they were carefully pulling people out of the building basement.

Source link

New Hampshire

Utility Pole Fire Knocks Out Power To Nearly 2,000 Unitil Customers in Concord

Published

14 hours ago

March 22, 2026

Press Room

Utility Pole Fire Knocks Out Power To Nearly 2,000 Unitil Customers in Concord

CONCORD, NH — About 2,000 Unitil electric customers were without power on Sunday afternoon, possibly due to a fire involving a utility pole in the North End.

Just before 4:30 p.m., Capital Region Fire Dispatch received a call from a Prospect Street resident reporting a utility pole on fire, down behind homes in the neighborhood toward the east, near Horseshoe Pond. Not long before that call, power outages were being reported in the North and West End neighborhoods.

Unitil later told fire dispatch the company believed the pole fire was the cause of the power outage. The cause of the pole fire was not known at the time of publication.

At around 4:30 p.m., 1,896 customers, about 2.3 percent of Unitil customers in the city, were without power. The outage spread from Swenson Avenue off and along North State Street to Fisk and Little Pond roads, Auburn Street, Ridge Road, and Penacook Street, and to most of the area north of Washington Street and surrounding White Park and the Old North Cemetery. Sections of downtown, in the area of North State Street, Centre Street, and Loudon Road by Bridge Street, were also without power.

A battalion commander reported seeing smoke and told dispatch to tell Unitil they would be able to access the pole by Horseshoe Pond, not Prospect Street.

News 603 posted a video on Facebook.

The Capital Plaza Towers, at 15 Pitman St., reported a tenant stuck in an elevator, according to scanner chatter. Streetlights were out all over North Main Street.

Source link