2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire explained

Election Name:	2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire
Country:	New Hampshire
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives election in New Hampshire
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2024
Next Year:	2024
Seats For Election:	All 2 New Hampshire seats to the United States House of Representatives
Election Date:	November 8, 2022
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Last Election1:	2
Seats1:	2
Popular Vote1:	339,027
Percentage1:	54.90%
Swing1:	2.31%
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Last Election2:	0
Seats2:	0
Popular Vote2:	277,808
Percentage2:	44.99%
Swing2:	0.01%

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of New Hampshire, one from each of the state's two congressional districts.

Overview

scope=col rowspan=3	District	scope=col colspan=2	Democratic	scope=col colspan=2	Republican	scope=col colspan=2	Others	scope=col colspan=2	Total	scope=col rowspan=3	Result
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scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	%
	167,391	54.00%	142,229	45.89%	342	0.11%	309,962	100.00%	align=left	Democratic hold
	171,636	55.80%	135,579	44.08%	369	0.12%	307,584	100.00%	align=left	Democratic hold
Total	339,027	54.90%	277,808	44.99%	711	0.11%	617,546	100.00%

District 1

Election Name:	2022 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district election
Country:	New Hampshire
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire#District 1
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire#District 1
Next Year:	2024
Nominee1:	Chris Pappas
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	167,391
Percentage1:	54.0%
Nominee2:	Karoline Leavitt
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	142,229
Percentage2:	45.9%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Chris Pappas
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Chris Pappas
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
Map Size:	125px

See also: New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. The 1st district is based in southeastern New Hampshire, and includes Greater Manchester, the Seacoast and the Lakes Region. The incumbent was Democrat Chris Pappas, who was re-elected with 51.3% of the vote in 2020.^[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Chris Pappas, incumbent U.S. Representative^[2]

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Karoline Leavitt, former U.S. Office of the Press Secretary staffer^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Tom Alciere, former state representative and perennial candidate^[4]
• Tim Baxter, state representative^[5]
• Gail Huff Brown, news correspondent and wife of former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Scott Brown^[6]
• Mark Kilbane, businessman
• Mary Maxwell^[4]
• Matt Mowers, former chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party and nominee for this district in 2020^[7]
• Russell Prescott, former Executive Councillor^[8]
• Kevin Rondeau^[4]
• Gilead Towne, sales associate^[9]

Withdrawn

• Julian Acciard, security specialist and Iraq War veteran (running for governor)^{[10] [11]}

Forums and debates

2022 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district republican primary candidate forum & debate

	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican
Key: Participant  Absent  Not invited  Invited Withdrawn
					Tom Alciere	Tim Baxter	Gail Huff Brown	Mark Kilbane	Karoline Leavitt	Mary Maxwell	Matt Mowers	Russell Prescott	Kevin Rondeau	Gilead Towne
1	Aug. 4, 2022	New Hampshire Journal		YouTube
2	Sep. 6, 2022	New Hampshire Institute of Politics WMUR	Adam Sexton	YouTube

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Julian Acciard	Tom Alciere	Tim Baxter	Gail	Mark Kilbane	Karoline Leavitt	Matt Mowers	Russell Prescott	Gilead Towne	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire	August 25–29, 2022	419 (LV)	± 4.8%	–	–	4%	16%	–	24%		26%	4%	–	0%		26%
Remington Research Group (R)	August 14–17, 2022	462 (LV)	± 4.5%	–	1%	9%	9%	0%	21%	21%	3%	0%	0%		35%
co/efficient (R)	August 13–14, 2022	829 (LV)	± 3.4%	–	–	9%	8%	–	16%		31%	3%	–	–		33%
Saint Anselm College	August 9–11, 2022	423 (RV)	± 4.8%	–	–	8%	9%	–	21%		25%	2%	–	1%		33%
The Tarrance Group (R)	August 1–4, 2022	302 (LV)	± 5.8%	–	–	10%	8%	1%	13%		37%	6%	–	3%	22%
Cygnal (R)	October 24–25, 2021	350 (LV)	± 5.2%	1%	–	1%	7%	–	6%		34%	–	–	–		51%
Praecones Analytica (R)	August 13–20, 2021	792 (LV)	± 3.5%	3%	–	4%	–	–	7%		43%	–	2%	–	42%

Results

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report^[12]		June 6, 2022
align=left	Inside Elections^[13]		June 7, 2022
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball^[14]		September 14, 2022
Politico^[15]		June 14, 2022
RCP^[16]		October 21, 2022
align=left	Fox News^[17]		November 1, 2022
DDHQ^[18]		November 2, 2022
538^[19]		November 1, 2022
The Economist^[20]		November 2, 2022

Polling

Aggregate polls

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Chris Pappas (D)	Karoline Leavitt (R)	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire	November 2–6, 2022	1,043 (LV)	± 3.0%		50%	49%	0%	1%
Saint Anselm College	October 28–29, 2022	791 (LV)	± 3.5%	45%		51%	–	4%
co/efficient (R)	October 25–26, 2022	525 (LV)	± 4.0%		48%	44%	–	8%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D)	October 2–6, 2022	250 (LV)	± 4.4%		48%	47%	2%	3%
Saint Anselm College	September 27–28, 2022	450 (RV)	± 4.9%		49%	41%	3%	7%
University of New Hampshire	September 15–19, 2022	423 (LV)	± 4.8%		50%	43%	1%	6%
Emerson College	September 14–15, 2022	415 (LV)	± 3.4%		47%	42%	5%	6%

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Generic Democrat	Generic Republican	Other	Undecided
Saint Anselm College	August 9–11, 2022	961 (RV)	± 4.8%	42%		48%	2%	9%
Saint Anselm College	March 23–24, 2022	663 (RV)	± 3.8%	41%		48%	3%	8%
Saint Anselm College	January 11–12, 2022	640 (RV)	± 3.9%	40%		48%	3%	9%
Saint Anselm College	October 20–22, 2021	692 (RV)	± 3.7%	41%		48%	4%	7%
Saint Anselm College	August 24–26, 2021	991 (RV)	± 3.1%	43%		47%	2%	7%
Saint Anselm College	March 4–6, 2021	439 (RV)	± 4.7%		48%	39%	3%	10%

Chris Pappas vs. generic opponent

Results

District 2

Election Name:	2022 New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district election
Country:	New Hampshire
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire#District 2
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire#District 2
Next Year:	2024
Nominee1:	Annie Kuster
Party1:	Democratic Party (US)
Popular Vote1:	171,731
Percentage1:	55.8%
Nominee2:	Robert Burns
Party2:	Republican Party (US)
Popular Vote2:	135,567
Percentage2:	44.1%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Annie Kuster
Before Party:	Democratic Party (US)
After Election:	Annie Kuster
After Party:	Democratic Party (US)
Map Size:	125px

See also: New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. The 2nd district encompasses western and northern New Hampshire, and includes the cities of Nashua and Concord. The incumbent was Democrat Annie Kuster, who was re-elected with 53.9% of the vote in 2020.^[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Annie Kuster, incumbent U.S. Representative^[21]

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Robert Burns, former Hillsborough County Treasurer^[22]

Eliminated in primary

• Scott Black, Whitefield resident
• Michael Callis
• George Hansel, Mayor of Keene^[23]
• Jay Mercer
• Dean Poirier, Gulf War era veteran^[24]
• Lily Tang Williams, former chair of the Colorado Libertarian Party and Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in Colorado in 2016^[25]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Robert Burns	George Hansel	Williams	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire	August 25–29, 2022	469 (LV)	± 4.5%		32%	18%	10%	3%		37%
Saint Anselm College	August 9–11, 2022	397 (RV)	± 4.9%		12%	10%	8%	6%		65%

Results

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		September 14, 2022
align=left	Inside Elections		June 7, 2022
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		October 19, 2022
Politico		October 3, 2022
RCP		September 27, 2022
align=left	Fox News		September 20, 2022
DDHQ		November 2, 2022
538		October 18, 2022
The Economist		November 7, 2022

Polling

Aggregate polls

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Annie Kuster (D)	Robert Burns (R)	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire	November 2–6, 2022	1,027 (LV)	± 3.1%		53%	45%	2%	1%
Saint Anselm College	October 28–29, 2022	750 (LV)	± 3.6%		50%	42%	–	8%
co/efficient (R)	October 25–26, 2022	573 (LV)	± 4.0%	43%		44%	–	13%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D)	October 2–6, 2022	250 (LV)	± 4.4%		53%	43%	1%	3%
Saint Anselm College	September 27–28, 2022	451 (RV)	± 4.9%		49%	35%	9%	7%
University of New Hampshire	September 15–19, 2022	445 (LV)	± 4.6%		48%	45%	–	7%
Emerson College	September 14–15, 2022	385 (LV)	± 3.4%		54%	36%	6%	5%

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Generic Democrat	Generic Republican	Other	Undecided
Saint Anselm College	August 9–11, 2022	937 (RV)	± 4.9%	44%	44%	2%	10%
NRCC (R)	June 6–7, 2022	~319 (LV)	± 5.5%	43%		48%	–	9%
Saint Anselm College	March 23–24, 2022	602 (RV)	± 4.0%	43%		45%	1%	10%
Saint Anselm College	January 11–12, 2022	575 (RV)	± 4.1%	40%		44%	5%	11%
Saint Anselm College	October 20–22, 2021	631 (RV)	± 3.9%		45%	44%	3%	9%
Saint Anselm College	August 24–26, 2021	864 (RV)	± 3.3%	43%		45%	3%	9%
Saint Anselm College	March 4–6, 2021	432 (RV)	± 4.7%		48%	40%	4%	8%

Annie Kuster vs. generic opponent

Results

Notes

Partisan clients

External links

• • • Web site: League of Women Voters of New Hampshire . (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

Official campaign websites for 1st district candidates

• Karoline Leavitt (R) for Congress
• Chris Pappas (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates

• Robert Burns (R) for Congress
• Annie Kuster (D) for Congress

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gardner . William M. . Bill Gardner (politician) . 2020 General Election Results . New Hampshire Department of State . November 22, 2020 . November 19, 2020.
2. Web site: DiStaso . John . NH Primary Source: They're running again: Shaheen, Pappas file candidacies, reelection committees . WMUR . November 19, 2020 . April 19, 2021.
3. Web site: 23-Year-Old Republican Karoline Leavitt Launches Bid to Flip New Hampshire House Seat. July 20, 2021. Trunsky, Andrew. The Free Press.
4. Web site: 2022 Republican Cumulative Filings . 2022-07-10 . New Hampshire Secretary of State . en.
5. Web site: New Hampshire's 1st District could see another crowded primary. June 15, 2021.
6. Web site: Steinhauser . Paul . Gail Huff Brown, wife of Trump ambassador Scott Brown, launches bid in key congressional battleground . October 5, 2021 . Fox News . October 5, 2021.
7. Web site: Rogers . Josh . Matt Mowers To Run For Congress Again After 5 Point Loss In 2020 . www.nhpr.com . August 30, 2021 . August 31, 2021.
8. Web site: Sexton . Adam . Former state Sen. Prescott officially enters 1st District race . www.wmur.com. May 26, 2022. June 13, 2022.
9. Web site: DiStaso . John . Trump supporter Gilead Towne of Salme running for 1st District US House seat . www.wmur.com . June 17, 2021 . August 21, 2021.
10. Web site: New Hampshire - House District 01 . FEC . March 13, 2021 . January 31, 2021.
11. Web site: Acciard Leaves NH-01 Race to Challenge Sununu in Primary. NH Journal. May 5, 2022 . May 21, 2022. Graham, Michael.
12. Web site: 2022 House Race Ratings . The Cook Political Report . June 6, 2022.
13. Web site: House Ratings . The Rothenberg Political Report . June 7, 2022.
14. Web site: Sabato's Crystal Ball. 2022 House Ratings. June 8, 2022.
15. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast. June 14, 2022. Politico.
16. Web site: Battle for the House 2022. June 9, 2022 . RCP.
17. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast . Fox News . July 11, 2022 . July 11, 2022.
18. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast . DDHQ . July 20, 2022 . July 20, 2022.
19. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast . FiveThirtyEight . June 30, 2022 . June 30, 2022.
20. News: The Economist's 2022 House Election forecast . The Economist . September 28, 2022.
21. Web site: Annie Kuster's reelection campaign says it set fundraising record this past quarter . July 7, 2022 .
22. Web site: Sexton . Adam . August 21, 2018 . Robert Burns, Republican candidate for 2nd CD seat . December 17, 2021 . www.wmur.com . WMUR-TV.
23. Web site: Sexton . Adam . Hansel files to run against Kuster in NH-02 . www.wmur.com . . June 13, 2022 . June 7, 2022.
24. Web site: Meet Dean. October 15, 2021. October 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211028172252/https://www.deanpoirier4congress.com/meet-dean. dead.
25. Web site: Sexton . Adam . Lily Tang Williams joins race for NH's 2nd District . www.wmur.com . . June 13, 2022 . June 1, 2022.