Who are the Candidates for state office in NH…and where do they stand on the issues?

Filing for the November 2026 elections with New Hampshire State Office closed on June 12. Anyone who is hasn’t filed with the Secretary of State won’t be on the ballot in November (although write-in campaigns are not uncommon, especially for NH House races).

Your job (after you check your voter registration status and register if you haven’t already) is to find out who’s running for local offices in your town or district and learn about them. For incumbent candidates, this means finding out whether they voted with the GOP’s far-right agenda to defund public school, disenfranchise legal voters, and send property taxes skyrocketing in the process.

Step 1: Find out who’s running for NH House.

“Downballot” races–like the NH House–tend to get less attention than other races, but the House holds half the power to create and approve bills that become law! These positions are often won or lost by just a handful of votes, so it pays to understand exactly what your candidates stand for.

Check the Secretary of State’s updated list of candidates, check your town website, or call your town clerk and ask who has filed for NH House in your town or district. (Don’t forget to ask your town offices if they need help on voting day while you’re on the phone!)

Step 2: See which candidates are incumbents.

Although some candidates will be running for the first time, many will be currently serving in the New Hampshire House, which makes it easy for you to learn about what they’ve done in Concord. Find out if that friendly face from the town dump or outside the general store voted for a corporate tax cut that does nothing to improve the economy or help average granite staters, or to force towns to adopt tax caps or enroll students from other towns and districts and other far-right agenda items.

Use 603Forward’s handy tool to look up the names of your current Representatives in the NH House.
If any of your current representatives are on the list of 2026 candidates in your district, scroll down the page and see how your legislators voted on critical issues during the 2026 election.

Step 3: Spread the word.

Tell your friends who’s running and tell them how incumbents have voted in the past. Join a KSC Leafleting team or our Voting Rights Working Group. Contact your town Democratic Committee about hosting a house party or driving candidates around to canvass, or join our Kent Street Coalition Postcard or Letter-to-the-Editor teams.

Join a Kent Street Coalition Working Group or Action Team