New Hampshire Primary 9-10-2024

New Hampshire will elect a female governor for the third time in November after former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig won their respective primaries. Current Gov. Republican Chris Sununu is not seeking reelection after four terms. Ayotte is a Republican who was New Hampshire’s first female attorney general. Craig is a Democrat who was the first female mayor of the state’s largest city.

As in the governor’s race, there was no incumbent running in NH’s 2nd Congressional District, where U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster is retiring after six terms. The seat has not been open since 2010. Former White House aide Maggie Goodlander won the Democratic primary for that seat, defeating former Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern, who previously ran for governor and secretary of state and had been endorsed by Kuster.

In the Republican 2nd District primary, second-time candidate Lily Tang Williams defeated a dozen opponents to finish first this time.

In the 1st Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas won the Democratic primary as he seeks a fourth term, defeating Kevin Rondeau, who ran in the Republican primary two years ago before switching parties.

Former state Sen. Russell Prescott won the Republican nomination in the 1st Congressional District.  Prescott, who lost the same primary two years ago, defeated six other Republicans, including Joseph Kelly Levasseur, Chris Bright, Holly Noveletsky and Walter McFarlane.