2026 New Hampshire House of Representatives election

Not to be confused with 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire.

2026 New Hampshire House of Representatives election

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All 400 seats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives 201 seats needed for a majority
Leader Sherman Packard Alexis Simpson Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Rockingham 16 Rockingham 33 Last election 222 178
Incumbent Speaker Sherman Packard Republican

The 2026 New Hampshire House of Representatives election will be held on November 3, 2026, alongside the other 2026 United States elections. ^[1] Voters will elect all 400 members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives to serve a two-year term. ^[2]

Background

In the 2024 New Hampshire House of Representatives election, Republicans picked up 21 seats, expanding their narrow one-seat majority. ^[3]

Retirements

Democratic

• Strafford 4th: Heath Howard is retiring to run for U.S. house. ^[4]

Republican

• Hillsborough 26th: Brian Cole is retiring to run for U.S. house ^[5]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [6]	Tossup	January 22, 2026

Summary of results by district

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election

District		Incumbent	Party		District		Elected Representative	Outcome
Belknap	1	Tom Ploszaj		Rep	Belknap	1	TBD
	2	Matthew Coker		Rep		2	TBD
		Matthew Lunney		Rep			TBD
	3	Juliet Harvey-Bolia		Rep		3	TBD
	4	Travis Toner		Rep		4	TBD
	5	Mike Bordes		Rep		5	TBD
		Sheri Minor		Rep			TBD
		Steven Bogert		Rep			TBD
		Charlie St. Clair		Dem			TBD
	6	Harry Bean		Rep		6	TBD
		Russell Dumais		Rep			TBD
		David Nagel		Rep			TBD
		Glen Aldrich		Rep			TBD
	7	Peter Varney		Rep		7	TBD
		Paul Terry		Rep			TBD
		Barbara Comtois		Rep			TBD
	8	Douglas Trottier		Rep		8	TBD
		Lisa Freeman		Rep			TBD
Carroll	1	Stephen Woodcock		Dem	Carroll	1	TBD
		David Paige		Dem			TBD
		Thomas Buco		Dem			TBD
	2	Anita Burroughs		Dem		2	TBD
		Chris McAleer		Dem			TBD
	3	Karel Crawford		Rep		3	TBD
		Joseph Hamblen		Rep			TBD
	4	Lino Avellani		Rep		4	TBD
		Mike Belcher		Rep			TBD
	5	Jonathan Smith		Rep		5	TBD
	6	Katy Peternel		Rep		6	TBD
		John MacDonald		Rep			TBD
	7	Glenn Cordelli		Rep		7	TBD
	8	Richard Brown		Rep		8	TBD
		Brian R. Taylor		Rep			TBD
Cheshire	1	Dylan Germana		Dem	Cheshire	1	TBD
	2	Dru Fox		Dem		2	TBD
	3	Philip Jones		Dem		3	TBD
	4	Jodi Newell		Dem		4	TBD
	5	Lucy Weber		Dem		5	TBD
	6	Paul Berch		Dem		6	TBD
		Cathryn Harvey		Dem			TBD
	7	Terri O'Rorke		Dem		7	TBD
	8	Lucius Parshall		Dem		8	TBD
	9	Rich Nalevanko		Rep		9	TBD
	10	Barrett Faulkner		Dem		10	TBD
		Sly Karasinski		Rep			TBD
	11	Denis Murphy		Rep		11	TBD
	12	Dick Thackston		Rep		12	TBD
	13	Richard Ames		Dem		13	TBD
	14	John B. Hunt		Rep		14	TBD
	15	Samantha Jacobs		Dem		15	TBD
		Nicholas Germana		Dem			TBD
	16	James Gruber		Dem		16	TBD
	17	Jennifer Rhodes		Rep		17	TBD
	18	Jim Qualey		Rep		18	TBD
		Rita Mattson		Rep			TBD
Coös	1	Sean Durkin		Rep	Coos	1	TBD
		James Tierney Jr.		Rep			TBD
	2	Arnold Davis		Rep		2	TBD
	3	Mike Ouellet		Rep		3	TBD
	4	Seth King		Rep		4	TBD
	5	Marc Tremblay		Rep		5	TBD
		Pete Morency		Rep			TBD
	6	Michael Murphy		Rep		6	TBD
	7	Lori Korzen		Rep		7	TBD
Grafton	1	Joseph Barton		Rep	Grafton	1	TBD
		Darrell Louis		Rep			TBD
		Calvin Beaulier		Rep			TBD
	2	Jared Sullivan		Dem		2	TBD
	3	Jerry Stringham		Dem		3	TBD
	4	Heather Baldwin		Dem		4	TBD
	5	Rick Ladd		Rep		5	TBD
		Marie Louise Bjelobrk		Rep			TBD
	6	Linda Franz		Rep		6	TBD
	7	Janet Lucas		Dem		7	TBD
	8	Sallie Fellows		Dem		8	TBD
		Peter Lovett		Dem			TBD
		Bill Bolton		Dem			TBD
	9	Thomas Oppel		Dem		9	TBD
	10	John Sellers		Rep		10	TBD
	11	Lex Berezhny		Rep		11	TBD
	12	Mary Hakken-Phillips		Dem		12	TBD
		Russell Muirhead		Dem			TBD
		Ellen Rockmore		Dem			TBD
		Terry Spahr		Dem			TBD
	13	Laurel Stavis		Dem		13	TBD
	14	George Sykes		Dem		14	TBD
	15	Thomas H. Cormen		Dem		15	TBD
	16	David Fracht		Dem		16	TBD
	17	Susan Almy		Dem		17	TBD
	18	Donald McFarlane		Rep		18	TBD
Hillsborough	1	Jeffrey Tenczar		Rep	Hillsborough	1	TBD
		Sandra Panek		Rep			TBD
		Tom Mannion		Rep			TBD
		Tim Mannion		Rep			TBD
	2	Catherine Rombeau		Dem		2	TBD
		Brian Labrie		Rep			TBD
		Kristin Noble		Rep			TBD
		Ted Gorski		Rep			TBD
		John Schneller		Rep			TBD
		Loren Foxx		Dem			TBD
		Linda Gould		Rep			TBD
	3	Paige Beauchemin		Dem		3	TBD
		Fred Davis Jr.		Dem			TBD
		Marc Plamondon		Dem			TBD
	4	Sue Newman		Dem		4	TBD
		Linda Ryan		Dem			TBD
		Ray Newman		Dem			TBD
	5	Heather Raymond		Dem		5	TBD
		Susan Elberger		Dem			TBD
		Dale Swanson		Dem			TBD
	6	Lee Ann Kluger		Dem		6	TBD
		Carry Spier		Dem			TBD
		Suzanne Vail		Dem			TBD
	7	Alicia Gregg		Dem		7	TBD
		Louis Juris		Dem			TBD
		Catherine Sofikitis		Dem			TBD
	8	Kevin Scully		Rep		8	TBD
		Christal Lloyd		Dem			TBD
		Efstathia Booras		Dem			TBD
	9	William Dolan		Dem		9	TBD
		Santosh Salvi		Dem			TBD
		Sanjeev Manohar		Dem			TBD
	10	Linda Harriott-Gathright		Dem		10	TBD
		Marty Jack		Dem			TBD
		Bill Ohm		Rep			TBD
	11	Manoj Chourasia		Dem		11	TBD
		Will Darby		Dem			TBD
		Laura Telerski		Dem			TBD
	12	Maureen Mooney		Rep		12	TBD
		Julie Miles		Rep			TBD
		Jeanine Notter		Rep			TBD
		Adam Presa		Rep			TBD
		Nancy Murphy		Dem			TBD
		William Boyd III		Rep			TBD
		Rosemarie Rung		Dem			TBD
		Wendy Thomas		Dem			TBD
	13	Cathy Kenny		Rep		13	TBD
		Dillon Dumont		Rep			TBD
		Andrew Prout		Rep			TBD
		Jordan Ulery		Rep			TBD
		Robert Wherry		Rep			TBD
		Jeremy Slottje		Rep			TBD
	14	Richard Lascelles		Rep		14	TBD
		Raymond Peeples		Rep			TBD
	15	Mark McLean		Rep		15	TBD
		Mark Proulx		Rep			TBD
	16	Larry Gagne		Rep		16	TBD
		Dan Bergeron		Dem			TBD
	17	Linda DiSilvestro		Dem		17	TBD
		David Preece		Dem			TBD
	18	Jessica Grill		Dem		18	TBD
		Steven Kesselring		Rep			TBD
	19	Matt Drew		Rep		19	TBD
		Suzanne Chretien		Dem			TBD
20	Alissandra Murray		Dem	20	TBD
	Pierre Dupont		Rep		TBD
21	Christine Seibert		Dem	21	TBD
	Matthew Wilhelm		Dem		TBD
22	Patricia Cornell		Dem	22	TBD
	Nicole Leapley		Dem		TBD
23	Mary Ngwanda Georges		Dem	23	TBD
	Jean Jeudy		Dem		TBD
24	Christopher Herbert		Dem	24	TBD
	Donald Bouchard		Dem		TBD
25	Kathleen Paquette		Rep	25	TBD
	Kathy Staub		Dem		TBD
26	Brian Cole †		Rep	26	TBD
	Patrick Long		Dem		TBD
27	Mary Murphy		Rep	27	TBD
28	Keith Erf		Rep	28	TBD
	Travis Corcoran		Rep		TBD
29	Joe Alexander		Rep	29	TBD
	Sherri Reinfurt		Rep		TBD
	Sheila Seidel		Rep		TBD
	Henry Giasson		Rep		TBD
30	Jim Creighton		Rep	30	TBD
	Riché Colcombe		Rep		TBD
	Jim Fedolfi		Rep		TBD
31	Molly Howard		Dem	31	TBD
32	Diane Kelley		Rep	32	TBD
	Jim Kofalt		Rep		TBD
	Shane Sirois		Rep		TBD
33	Peter Leishman		Dem	33	TBD
	Jonah Wheeler		Dem		TBD
34	Stephanie Grund		Dem	34	TBD
	Daniel LeClerc		Dem		TBD
	Daniel Veilleux		Dem		TBD
35	Liz Barbour		Rep	35	TBD
	Kat McGhee		Dem		TBD
36	Diane Pauer		Rep	36	TBD
	John Suiter		Rep		TBD
37	Megan Murray		Dem	37	TBD
38	Kimberly Rice		Rep	38	TBD
	Ralph Boehm		Rep		TBD
39	Mark Warden		Rep	39	TBD
	Jonathan Morton		Rep		TBD
40	Erin Kerwin		Dem	40	TBD
	Mark MacKenzie		Dem		TBD
	Trinidad Tellez		Dem		TBD
	Suraj Budathoki		Dem		TBD
41	Tim Hartnett		Dem	41	TBD
	Karen Hegner		Dem		TBD
	Lily Foss		Dem		TBD
42	Keith Ammon		Rep	42	TBD
	Lisa Post		Rep		TBD
	Gerald Griffin		Rep		TBD
43	Peter Petrigno		Dem	43	TBD
	Vanessa Sheehan		Rep		TBD
	Gary Daniels		Rep		TBD
	Paul Dargie		Dem		TBD
44	Lisa Mazur		Rep	44	TBD
	Ross Berry		Rep		TBD
45	Jack Flanagan		Rep	45	TBD
Merrimack	1	Ricky Devoid		Rep	Merrimack	1	TBD
	2	Gregory Hill		Rep		2	TBD
	3	Bryan Morse		Rep		3	TBD
		Ernesto Gonzalez		Rep			TBD
	4	Jose Cambrils		Rep		4	TBD
		Michael Moffett		Rep			TBD
	5	Louise Andrus		Rep		5	TBD
		Deborah Aylward		Rep			TBD
	6	Tom Schamberg		Dem		6	TBD
	7	Karen Ebel		Dem		7	TBD
		Gregory Sargent		Dem			TBD
	8	Tony Caplan		Dem		8	TBD
		Eileen Kelly		Dem			TBD
		Stephanie Payeur		Dem			TBD
	9	Eleana Colby		Dem		9	TBD
		Muriel Hall		Dem			TBD
		David Luneau		Dem			TBD
		James Newsom		Dem			TBD
	10	Thomas Walsh		Rep		10	TBD
		John Leavitt		Rep			TBD
		Stephen Boyd		Rep			TBD
		Yury Polozov		Rep			TBD
	11	Matthew Pitaro		Rep		11	TBD
	12	Peter Mehegan		Rep		12	TBD
		Brian Seaworth		Rep			TBD
	13	Clayton Wood		Rep		13	TBD
		Cyril Aures		Rep			TBD
	14	Dan McGuire		Rep		14	TBD
	15	Tracy Bricchi		Dem		15	TBD
	16	Connie Lane		Dem		16	TBD
	17	Beth Richards		Dem		17	TBD
	18	James MacKay		Dem		18	TBD
	19	Mary Jane Wallner		Dem		19	TBD
	20	Eric Gallager		Dem		20	TBD
	21	Timothy Soucy		Dem		21	TBD
	22	James Leon Roesener		Dem		22	TBD
	23	Merryl Gibbs		Dem		23	TBD
	24	Matthew Hicks		Dem		24	TBD
	25	James Thibualt		Rep		25	TBD
	26	Alvin See		Rep		26	TBD
	27	Carol McGuire		Rep		27	TBD
		Ray Plante		Rep			TBD
	28	Jim Snodgrass		Dem		28	TBD
	29	Kris Schultz		Dem		29	TBD
	30	Gary Woods		Dem		30	TBD
Rockingham	1	Scott Bryer		Rep	Rockingham	1	TBD
		James Guzofski		Rep			TBD
		Paul Tudor		Rep			TBD
	2	Jason Osborne		Rep		2	TBD
		James Spillane		Rep			TBD
		Kevin Verville		Rep			TBD
	3	Oliver Ford		Rep		3	TBD
	4	Mike Drago		Rep		4	TBD
		Brian Nadeau		Rep			TBD
		Cindy Bennett		Rep			TBD
	5	Mark Vallone		Dem		5	TBD
		Michael Vose		Rep			TBD
	6	Eric Turer		Dem		6	TBD
	7	Laurence Miner		Rep		7	TBD
	8	Sayra DeVito		Rep		8	TBD
	9	Donald Selby		Rep		9	TBD
		Vicki Wilson		Rep			TBD
	10	Michael Cahill		Dem		10	TBD
		Ellen Read		Dem			TBD
		Toni Weinstein		Dem			TBD
	11	Julie Gilman		Dem		11	TBD
		Mark Paige		Dem			TBD
		Gaby Grossman		Dem			TBD
		Linda Haskins		Dem			TBD
	12	Allison Knab		Dem		12	TBD
		Zoe Manos		Dem			TBD
	13	David Love		Rep		13	TBD
		Jodi Nelson		Rep			TBD
		Erica Layon		Rep			TBD
		Phyllis Katsakiores		Rep			TBD
		Charles Foote		Rep			TBD
		John Potucek		Rep			TBD
		Katherine Prudhomme O'Brien		Rep			TBD
		Stephen Pearson		Rep			TBD
		David Milz		Rep			TBD
		Richard Tripp		Rep			TBD
	14	Kenneth Weyler		Rep		14	TBD
		Pam Brown		Rep			TBD
	15	Joseph Guthrie		Rep		15	TBD
		Lilli Walsh		Rep			TBD
	16	Kristine Perez		Rep		16	TBD
		David Lundgren		Rep			TBD
		Tom Dolan		Rep			TBD
		Ron Dunn		Rep			TBD
		Douglas Thomas		Rep			TBD
		Sherman Packard		Rep			TBD
		Wayne MacDonald		Rep			TBD
	17	Charles McMahon		Rep		17	TBD
		Katelyn Kuttab		Rep			TBD
		Daniel Popovici-Muller		Rep			TBD
		Robert Lynn		Rep			TBD
	18	Debra DeSimone		Rep		18	TBD
		Jay Markell		Rep			TBD
	19	Susan Porcelli		Rep		19	TBD
	20	Robert Harb		Rep		20	TBD
		Charles Melvin		Rep			TBD
		James Summers		Rep			TBD
	21	Jennifer Mandelbaum		Dem		21	TBD
	22	Kate Murray		Dem		22	TBD
	23	Jim Maggiore		Dem		23	TBD
	24	Jaci Grote		Dem		24	TBD
		Dennis Malloy		Dem			TBD
	25	Joseph Sweeney		Rep		25	TBD
		Fred Doucette		Rep			TBD
Lorie Ball			Rep	TBD
Tanya Donnelly			Rep	TBD
John Janigian			Rep	TBD
John Sytek			Rep	TBD
Valerie McDonnell			Rep	TBD
Susan Vandecasteele			Rep	TBD
Dennis Mannion			Rep	TBD
26	Buzz Scherr		Dem	26	TBD
27	Gerry Ward		Dem	27	TBD
28	Carrie Sorensen		Dem	28	TBD
29	Chris Muns		Dem	29	TBD
	Nicholas Bridle		Rep		TBD
	Mike Edgar		Dem		TBD
	Erica de Vries		Dem		TBD
30	Aboul Khan		Rep	30	TBD
	Matt Sabourin		Rep		TBD
31	Jess Edwards		Rep	31	TBD
	Terry Roy		Rep		TBD
32	Melissa Litchfield		Rep	32	TBD
33	Alexis Simpson		Dem	33	TBD
34	Mark Pearson		Rep	34	TBD
35	Julius Soti		Rep	35	TBD
36	JD Bernardy		Rep	36	TBD
37	David Meuse		Dem	37	TBD
38	Peggy Balboni		Dem	38	TBD
39	Ned Raynolds		Dem	39	TBD
40	Linda McGrath		Rep	40	TBD
Strafford	1	Susan DeLemus		Rep	Strafford	1	TBD
		Robley Hall		Rep			TBD
	2	Glenn Bailey		Rep		2	TBD
		Michael Granger		Rep			TBD
		Claudine Burnham		Rep			TBD
	3	Susan DeRoy		Rep		3	TBD
	4	Len Turcotte		Dem		4	TBD
		Cassandra Levesque		Dem			TBD
		Heath Howard †		Rep			TBD
	5	Thomas Kaczynski Jr.		Rep		5	TBD
	6	Denise DeDe-Poulin		Rep		6	TBD
	7	Aidan Ankarberg		Rep		7	TBD
	8	Samuel Farrington		Dem		8	TBD
	9	Amy Malone		Rep		9	TBD
	10	Marjorie Smith		Dem		10	TBD
		Loren Selig		Dem			TBD
		Timothy Horrigan		Dem			TBD
		Wayne Burton		Dem			TBD
	11	Janet Wall		Dem		11	TBD
		Erik Johnson		Dem			TBD
		Thomas Southworth		Dem			TBD
	12	Billie Butler		Dem		12	TBD
		Myles England		Dem			TBD
		John Stone		Dem			TBD
		Wayne Pearson		Dem			TBD
	13	Peter Bixby		Dem		13	TBD
	14	Peter B. Schmidt		Dem		14	TBD
	15	Alice Wade		Dem		15	TBD
	16	Gary Gilmore		Dem		16	TBD
	17	Jessica LaMontagne		Dem		17	TBD
	18	Michael Harrington		Rep		18	TBD
	19	David Walker		Rep		19	TBD
		John Larochelle		Dem			TBD
		Kelley Potenza		Rep			TBD
	20	Allan Howland		Dem		20	TBD
	21	Luz Bay		Dem		21	TBD
		Seth Miller		Dem			TBD
		Geoffrey Smith		Dem			TBD
Sullivan	1	Brian Sullivan		Dem	Sullivan	1	TBD
	2	William Palmer		Dem		2	TBD
	3	Skip Rollins		Rep		3	TBD
		Steven D. Smith		Rep			TBD
		Walter Spilsbury		Rep			TBD
	4	Judy Aron		Rep		4	TBD
	5	George Grant		Rep		5	TBD
	6	Dale Girard		Dem		6	TBD
		John Cloutier		Dem			TBD
		Wayne Hemingway		Rep			TBD
	7	Margaret Drye		Rep		7	TBD
	8	Hope Damon		Dem		8	TBD
		Michael Aron		Rep			TBD

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