2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire

The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of New Hampshire, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire

← 2018 November 3, 2020 2022 →
All 2 New Hampshire seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 2 0 Seats won 2 0 Seat change Popular vote 413,469 353,650 Percentage 52.59% 44.98% Swing 1.94% 1.36%
District results Municipality results Democratic   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Republican   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

Overview

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	205,606	51.32%	185,159	46.21%	9,896	2.47%	400,661	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 2	208,289	53.91%	168,886	43.70%	9,266	2.40%	386,441	100.0%	Democratic hold
Total	413,469	52.59%	353,650	44.98%	19,136	2.43%	787,102	100.0%

Popular vote Democratic   52.59% Republican   44.98% Other   2.43%

House seats Democratic   100.00%

District 1

2020 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district election

← 2018 2022 →

Nominee Chris Pappas Matt Mowers Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 205,606 185,159 Percentage 51.3% 46.2%

Municipality results Pappas:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Mowers:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Chris Pappas Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Chris Pappas Democratic

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 elected with 53.6% of the vote in 2018.^[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Chris Pappas, incumbent U.S. Representative

Endorsements

Chris Pappas

U.S. presidents

• Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009–2017), U.S. senator from Illinois (2005–2008)^[2]

Organizations

• League of Conservation Voters Action Fund^[3]
• LGBTQ Victory Fund^[4]
• Sierra Club^[5]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Pappas (incumbent)	70,643	100.0
Total votes			70,643	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Matt Mowers, former executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party and former U.S. State Department staffer^[7]

Eliminated in primary

• Michael Callis^[8]
• Jeff Denaro^[8]
• Matt Mayberry, U.S. Air Force veteran and former Dover city councilor^[9]
• Kevin Rondeau^[8]

Withdrawn

• William Fowler, state representative (endorsed Mowers)^[10]

Declined

• Eddie Edwards, former police chief of South Hampton, former chief of the New Hampshire State Division of Liquor Enforcement, and nominee for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in 2018^[11]

Endorsements

Matt Mayberry

Federal officials

• Jeb Bradley, former U.S. representative from this district (2003–2007)^[12]

State officials

• Craig Benson, former governor of New Hampshire (2003–2005)^[12]
• Ruth Griffin, former member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire (1987–2007)^[12]
• Tom Rath, former Attorney General of New Hampshire (1978–1980)^[12]

State legislators

• Keith Ammon, former state representative from the Hillsborough 40th district (2014–2018)^[12]
• David Boutin, former state senator (2010–2016)^[12]
• Sharon Carson, state senator from the 14th district^[12]
• Bob Clegg, former state senator (2002–2008)
• Harold French, state senator from the 7th district^[12]
• Dennis Green, state representative^[12]
• Bob Giuda, state senator from the 2nd district^[12]
• Dan Innis, former state senator (2016–2018)^[12]
• Sean Morrison, former state representative (2016–2019)^[12]
• Chuck Morse, Minority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate^[12]
• Jason Osborne, state representative from the Rockingham 4th district^[12]
• John Reagan, state senator from the 17th district^[12]
• Ruth Ward, state senator from the 8th district^[12]
• Ken Weyler, state representative from the Rockingham 13th district^[12]

Matt Mowers

Federal officials

• Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader and Representative for California's 23rd congressional district^[13]
• Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States^[14]

State officials

• Chris Sununu, Governor of New Hampshire (2017–present)^[15]

Organizations

• Tea Party Express, conservative PAC^[16]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Matt Mayberry	Matt Mowers	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire[17]	August 28 – September 1, 2020	323 (LV)	–	17%	48%	0%[b]	34%
Saint Anselm College[18]	August 15–17, 2020	261 (RV)	± 6.1%	12%	23%	8%[c]	57%

Debate

2020 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district republican primary debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Matt Mayberry	Matt Mowers
1	Sep. 2, 2020	New Hampshire Institute of Politics WMUR	Adam Sexton	[19]	P	P

Primary results

Republican primary results^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Mowers	41,100	59.4
	Republican	Matt Mayberry	18,479	26.7
	Republican	Kevin Rondeau	4,203	6.1
	Republican	Jeff Denaro	2,723	3.9
	Republican	Michael Callis	2,703	3.9
Total votes			69,208	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Zachary Dumont, Newmarket town councilor^[21]

General election

Debates

2022 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district debates

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican	Libertarian
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Chris Pappas	Matt Mowers	Zachary Dumont
1	October 7, 2020	NHPR New Hampshire PBS	Peter Biello Laura Knoy	[22]	P	P	N
1	October 21, 2020	New Hampshire Institute of Politics WMUR		[23]	P	P	N

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[24]	Likely D	August 14, 2020
Inside Elections[25]	Likely D	August 7, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[26]	Likely D	October 8, 2020
Politico[27]	Lean D	July 6, 2020
Daily Kos[28]	Likely D	October 26, 2020
RCP[29]	Lean D	June 9, 2020
Niskanen[30]	Safe D	July 26, 2020

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Chris Pappas (D)	Matt Mowers (R)	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire[31]	October 24–28, 2020	451 (LV)	± 4.6%	48%	50%	2%[d]	0%
Saint Anselm College[32]	October 23–26, 2020	560 (LV)	± 4.1%	49%	44%	2%[e]	5%
University of New Hampshire[33]	October 9–12, 2020	477 (LV)	± 4.5%	53%	43%	1%[f]	3%
Saint Anselm College[34]	October 1–4, 2020	595 (LV)	± 4%	49%	41%	3%[g]	7%
University of New Hampshire[35]	September 24–28, 2020	504 (LV)	± 4.4%	56%	38%	2%[h]	4%
University of New Hampshire[17]	August 28 – September 1, 2020	925 (LV)	–	52%	34%	2%[i]	12%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Chris Pappas (D)	Matt Mayberry (R)	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire[17]	August 28 – September 1, 2020	926 (LV)	–	52%	34%	2%[i]	12%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Generic Democrat	Generic Republican	Other	Undecided
Saint Anselm College[36]	June 13–16, 2020	567 (RV)	± 4.1%	48%	42%	2%	8%
Saint Anselm College[37]	April 23–27, 2020	442 (RV)	± 4.7%	49%	43%	1%	6%

Hypothetical polling

with Matt Mayberry

Generic Democrat vs Generic Republican

Results

New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, 2020^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Pappas (incumbent)	205,606	51.3
	Republican	Matt Mowers	185,159	46.2
	Libertarian	Zachary Dumont	9,747	2.4
	N/A	Scatter	149	0.0
Total votes			400,661	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

2020 New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district election

← 2018 2022 →

Nominee Annie Kuster Steve Negron Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 207,863 168,491 Percentage 53.9% 43.7%

Municipality results Kuster:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100% Negron:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Annie Kuster Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Annie Kuster Democratic

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 55.3% of the vote in 2018.^[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Annie Kuster, incumbent U.S. representative^[39]

Eliminated in primary

• Joseph Mirzoeff^[40]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annie Kuster (incumbent)	71,358	92.8
	Democratic	Joseph Mirzoeff	5,500	7.2
Total votes			76,858	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steve Negron, former state representative and nominee for this seat in 2018

Eliminated in primary

• Matthew Bjelobrk, Haverhill town selectman^[40]
• Lynne Blankenbeker, former state representative and candidate for this district in 2018^[41]
• Eli Clemmer, school media specialist^[42][43]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Lynn Blankenbeker	Steve Negron	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire[17]	August 28 – September 1, 2020	367 (LV)	–	20%	50%	1%[j]	29%
Saint Anselm College[18]	August 15–17, 2020	216 (RV)	± 6.7%	15%	37%	4%[k]	44%

Primary results

Republican primary results^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Negron	30,503	48.3
	Republican	Lynne Blankenbeker	24,464	38.7
	Republican	Matthew Bjelobrk	4,381	6.9
	Republican	Eli Clemmer	3,850	6.1
Total votes			63,198	100.0

Endorsements

Annie Kuster (D)

U.S. presidents

• Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009–2017), U.S. senator from Illinois (2005–2008)^[2]

Local officials

• Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012–2020), and former candidate for 2020 Democratic presidential nomination^[44]

Organizations

• J Street PAC^[45]
• League of Conservation Voters Action Fund^[46]
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund^[47]
• Sierra Club^[5]

Steve Negron (R)

U.S. presidents

• Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States^[48]

Organizations

• Maggie's List^[49]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Andrew Olding^[40]

General election

Debate

2022 New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican	Libertarian
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Annie Kuster	Steve Negron	Andrew Olding
1	October 22, 2020	New Hampshire Institute of Politics WMUR		[50]	P	P	N

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[24]	Safe D	August 5, 2020
Inside Elections[25]	Safe D	August 7, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[26]	Likely D	July 23, 2020
Politico[27]	Likely D	July 6, 2020
Daily Kos[28]	Safe D	July 21, 2020
RCP[29]	Lean D	October 24, 2020
Niskanen[30]	Safe D	July 26, 2020

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Annie Kuster (D)	Steve Negron (R)	Andrew Olding (L)	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire[31]	October 24–28, 2020	451 (LV)	± 4.6%	51%	41%	7%	0%[l]	1%
Saint Anselm College[32]	October 23–26, 2020	458 (LV)	± 4.6%	54%	39%	3%	1%[m]	3%
University of New Hampshire[33]	October 9–12, 2020	410 (LV)	± 4.8%	49%	45%	2%	0%[b]	3%
Saint Anselm College[34]	October 1–4, 2020	552 (LV)	± 4.1%	52%	38%	4%	2%[n]	5%
University of New Hampshire[35]	September 24–28, 2020	463 (LV)	± 4.5%	48%	42%	5%	0%[b]	5%
University of New Hampshire[17]	August 28 – September 1, 2020	917 (LV)	–	52%	40%	2%	3%[o]	4%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Annie Kuster (D)	Lynne Blankenbeker (R)	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire[17]	August 28 – September 1, 2020	920 (LV)	–	52%	39%	5%[p]	5%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Generic Democrat	Generic Republican	Other	Undecided
Saint Anselm College[36]	Jun 13–16, 2020	505 (RV)	± 4.4%	44%	44%	3%	9%
Saint Anselm College[37]	Apr 23–27, 2020	378 (RV)	± 5%	47%	41%	5%	7%

Hypothetical polling

with Lynne Blankenbeker

Generic Democrat vs Generic Republican

Results

New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district, 2020^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annie Kuster (incumbent)	208,289	53.9
	Republican	Steve Negron	168,886	43.7
	Libertarian	Andrew Olding	9,119	2.4
	N/A	Scatter	147	0.0
Total votes			386,441	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2020 New Hampshire elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Another candidate" with 0%
3. "Someone else" with 8%
4. Dumont (L) with 2%; "Other" with no voters
5. Dumont (L) and "Someone else" with 1%
6. Dumont (L) with 1%; "Another Candidate" with no voters
7. Olding (L) with 2%; "Someone else" with 1%
8. Dumont (L) with 2%; "Another Candidate" with no voters
9. Dumont (L) with 1%; "Another candidate" with 1%
10. "Another candidate" with 1%
11. "Someone else" with 4%
12. "Other" with no voters
13. "Someone else" with 1%
14. "Someone else" with 2%
15. "Another candidate" with 3%
16. "Another candidate" with 3%; Olding (L) with 2%