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Cheshire County, NH

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

9 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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03609 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Cheshire County races

U.S. House, New Hampshire District 2
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Maggie Goodlander portrait
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Maggie Goodlander
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Maggie Goodlander of Concord is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the chamber's current membership roster, seeking a second term. She is a former Biden administration official, per New Hampshire Bulletin.
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
Lily Tang Williams portrait
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Lily Tang Williams
REP
Biography
Lily Tang Williams of Weare was the 2024 Republican nominee in this district and is making her third run here, per NHPR. She moved to New Hampshire from Colorado in 2019 as part of the Free State Project, has raised more than a million dollars this cycle, and told NHPR she does not have President Trump's endorsement this time.
Top Priorities
  • A personal-liberty message built on a childhood spent in poverty in China
  • Direct voter contact across the district
  • Running as an independent-minded Republican
Per the NHPR.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
September 8 primary result: incumbent Maggie Goodlander won the Democratic nomination over state Rep. Paige Beauchemin, and 2024 nominee Lily Tang Williams won the four-way Republican nomination, per NHPR and the Associated Press, setting up a rematch on the November 3 ballot. Counts are unofficial until the Secretary of State certifies the primary.
U.S. Senate
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Chris Pappas portrait
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Chris Pappas
DEM
Biography
Chris Pappas is the Democratic nominee for New Hampshire's open U.S. Senate seat and the four-term congressman from the 1st District. Born and raised in Manchester, he helps run his family's restaurant and previously served as an executive councilor. His campaign emphasizes an anti-corruption agenda and a tax-cuts-and-lower-costs blueprint for working families.
Top Priorities
  • Pass an anti-corruption agenda, including a congressional stock-trading ban
  • Cut taxes and lower costs for working families
  • Protect Social Security, Medicare, and veterans' care
Campaign Finance
$9,860,676 raised · top industries: Small-dollar donors under $200 (38% of receipts), Large donors giving $2,000+ (29% of receipts)
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
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John Sununu
REP
Biography
John E. Sununu is the Republican nominee for New Hampshire's open U.S. Senate seat, seeking to return to the chamber where he served from 2003 to 2009. A lifelong Granite Stater trained as an engineer, he previously served three terms in the U.S. House. His campaign emphasizes common-sense problem solving, cutting government waste, opposing tax hikes, and protecting privacy and seniors.
Top Priorities
  • Cut government waste and oppose tax increases
  • Protect the privacy and rights of ordinary Americans
  • Bring practical, engineering-minded problem solving to Washington
Campaign Finance
$2,475,941 raised · top industries: Large donors giving $2,000+ (66% of receipts), Small-dollar donors under $200 (12% of receipts)
Campaign siteFull profile
Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Kelly Ayotte
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Kelly Ayotte is New Hampshire's incumbent governor and the Republican nominee for re-election in 2026. A former U.S. senator and state attorney general, she took office in January 2025, and her campaign emphasizes keeping New Hampshire safe, prosperous, and free, with a focus on housing, schools, and protecting vulnerable citizens.
Top Priorities
  • Tackle the housing crisis and keep New Hampshire affordable
  • Strengthen schools and expand education options
  • Keep communities safe and protect vulnerable citizens
Campaign Finance
$5,900,000 raised · top industries: About $5.9 million raised since the campaign began and about $3 million on hand, per the Union Leader's reading of the campaign's latest state filing (Secretary of State campaign finance system), August 2026, Largest single receipt: a $2 million contribution reported July 24, 2026, per the Union Leader
Campaign siteFull profile
Cinde Warmington portrait
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Cinde Warmington
DEM
Biography
Cinde Warmington is the Democratic nominee for New Hampshire governor, an attorney and former executive councilor who was the only Democrat on the five-member Executive Council. Her campaign centers on the affordability crisis: bringing down costs, making health care more affordable, tackling housing, protecting public education, and repealing the state's private school voucher program.
Top Priorities
  • Bring down costs and make health care more affordable
  • Tackle the housing crisis
  • Protect public education and repeal the private school voucher program
Campaign Finance
$890,000 raised · top industries: Nearly $890,000 raised since the campaign began, per the Union Leader's reading of the campaign's latest state filing (Secretary of State campaign finance system), August 2026, Cash on hand was reported at about one seventh of Ayotte's roughly $3 million, per the Union Leader
Campaign siteFull profile

Countywide races in Cheshire County

ZIP 03609 sits in Cheshire County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Cheshire County races (31).

Cheshire County Sheriff
2 candidates
County ▾
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Eli Rivera
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Eli Rivera of Keene is Cheshire County's sitting sheriff, an office he has held across multiple terms, per the Keene Sentinel, which reported he carried every municipality in the county in his most recent contested reelection.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Aria DiMezzo
REP
Biography
Aria DiMezzo of Keene won the Republican nomination for this office in 2020 and lost that November to Sheriff Eli Rivera, per the Union Leader and the Keene Sentinel; the 2026 contest is a rematch. She withdrew a separate Democratic filing for the office, per the Secretary of State's withdrawals list, and appears on the Republican ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Sitting Sheriff Eli Rivera and Aria DiMezzo meet in a rematch, per WKBK; DiMezzo withdrew a Democratic filing and runs on the Republican side, per the Secretary of State's withdrawals list. This race is on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot.
Cheshire County Attorney
1 candidate
County ▾
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D. Chris McLaughlin
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
D. Chris McLaughlin of Westmoreland has been Cheshire County Attorney since 2013 after serving as an assistant county attorney from 2006, per the Keene Sentinel. A Dartmouth and UNH Law graduate, he created the county's Treatment Court for people with substance use disorder and its Behavioral Health Court, and says he is seeking one more term to finish his career, per the Keene Sentinel. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Continuing the Treatment Court and Behavioral Health Court diversion programs, per the Keene Sentinel
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
September 8 primary result: D. Chris McLaughlin (68.1 percent) won the Democratic nomination over David Jenkins (31.9 percent) and advances to the November 3 ballot, per the official results. The Democratic contest is the race: the sitting county attorney faces a former assistant from his own office, and no Republican filed, per WKBK. This race is on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot.
Cheshire County Treasurer
1 candidate
County ▾
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Jack Wozmak
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Jack Wozmak of Walpole is on the Secretary of State's certified filing list as the Democratic candidate for Cheshire County Treasurer. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
The only filer in either party. This race is on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot.
Cheshire County Register of Deeds
1 candidate
County ▾
AZ
Anna Z. Tilton
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Anna Z. Tilton is the sitting Cheshire County Register of Deeds, per the county government's website. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
The only filer in either party. This race is on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot.
Cheshire County Register of Probate
1 candidate
County ▾
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Jeremy LaPlante
DEM
Biography
Jeremy LaPlante, a Keene fire lieutenant, has served as Cheshire County's Register of Probate since 2016 and was re-elected to the post in 2022, per the Keene Sentinel. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
The only filer in either party. This race is on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot.

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