2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire

2022 New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district election
← 2020 2024 →
	Municipality results; Kuster: 50–60% 60–70% 70-80%; 80-90%; Burns: 50–60% 60–70% 70-80%; Tie
U.S. Representative before election; Annie Kuster; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Annie Kuster; Democratic

2022 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district election
← 2020 2024 →
	Municipality results; Pappas: 50–60% 60–70% 70-80%; 80-90%; Leavitt: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. Representative before election; Chris Pappas; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Chris Pappas; Democratic

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

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	167,391	54.00%	142,229	45.89%	342	0.11%	309,962	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 2	171,636	55.80%	135,579	44.08%	369	0.12%	307,584	100.00%	Democratic hold
Total	339,027	54.90%	277,808	44.99%	711	0.11%	617,546	100.00%

Popular vote

Democratic			54.90%
Republican			44.99%
Other			0.11%

House seats

Democratic			100.00%

District 1

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]

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Pappas (incumbent)	41,990	100.0
Total votes			41,990	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Karoline Leavitt, former U.S. Office of the Press Secretary staffer^[14]

Eliminated in primary

Tom Alciere, former state representative and perennial candidate^[15]
Tim Baxter, state representative^[16]
Gail Huff Brown, news correspondent and wife of former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Scott Brown^[17]
Mark Kilbane, businessman
Mary Maxwell^[15]
Matt Mowers, former chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party and nominee for this district in 2020^[18]
Russell Prescott, former Executive Councillor^[19]
Kevin Rondeau^[15]
Gilead Towne, sales associate^[20]

Withdrawn

Julian Acciard, security specialist and Iraq War veteran (running for governor)^[21]^[22]

Endorsements

Tim Baxter

U.S. senators

Rand Paul, U.S. Senator from Kentucky (2011–present)^[23]

U.S. representatives

Thomas Massie, U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 4th congressional district (2012–present)^[24]
Dana Rohrabacher, former U.S. Representative from California's 48th congressional district (1989–2019)^[25]

State representatives

Max Abramson, state representative^[26]
Keith Ammon, state representative^[27]
Glenn Bailey, state representative^[27]
Melissa Blasek, state representative for Merrimack^[27]
Lex Berezhny, state representative^[27]
Alan Bershtein, state representative^[27]
Tim Comerford, former state representative^[26]
Leah Cushman, state representative for Weare^[27]
Dustin Dodge, state representative for Raymond^[27]
Bob Elliott, state representative for Salem^[26]
William Foster, state representative^[27]
Ted Gorski, state representative for Bedford^[27]
Juliet Harvey-Bolia, state representative^[27]
James Horgan, state representative for Farmington^[26]
Dawn Johnson, state representative for Laconia^[27]
Diane Kelley, state representative^[27]
Aboul Khan, state representative^[27]
Erica Layon, state representative for Derry^[27]
Alicia Lekas, state representative^[27]
Tony Lekas, state representative^[27]
John Lewicke, state representative^[27]
David Love, state representative for Derry^[27]
Mark McLean, state representative^[27]
Hershel Nunez, state representative for Pelham^[27]
Diane Pauer, state representative^[27]
Lisa Post, state representative^[27]
Andrew Prout, state representative for Pelham^[27]
Matthew Santonastaso, state representative^[27]
Matthew Simon, state representative^[27]
Jonathan Smith, state representative^[27]
Julius Soti, state representative for Windham^[27]
Michael Sylvia, state representative for Belmont^[27]
Mark Warden, state representative for Manchester^[27]
Nick White, state representative^[27]
Michael Yakubovich, state representative for Hooksett^[27]
Josh Yokela, state representative^[27]

Gail Huff Brown

Executive branch officials

John Bolton, United States National Security Advisor (2018–2019), United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2005–2006)^[28]
K.T. McFarland, former Deputy National Security Advisor (2017)^[29]
Linda McMahon, former Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2017–2019) and co-founder of WWE^[30]
Robert C. O'Brien, former United States national security advisor (2019–2021)^[31]

U.S. representatives

Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Representative from Georgia's 6th congressional district (1979–1999) and former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1995–1999)^[32]

Individuals

Sean Hannity, Fox News talk show host and conservative political commentator^[33]

Organizations

National Border Patrol Council^[34]

Newspapers

New Hampshire Union Leader^[35]

Karoline Leavitt

U.S. senators

Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas (2013–present)^[36]
Mike Lee, U.S. Senator from Utah (2011–present)^[37]

Statewide officials

Chris Sununu, Governor of New Hampshire (2017–) (post primary)^[38]

U.S. representatives

Madison Cawthorn, U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 11th congressional district (2021–2023)^[39]
Jim Jordan, U.S. Representative from Ohio's 4th congressional district (2007–present)^[40]
Elise Stefanik, U.S. Representative from New York's 21st congressional district (2015–present)^[41]

State legislators

Al Baldasaro, state representative for Londonderry^[42]^[43]
Harry Bean, state representative^[44]
Ralph Boehm, state representative for Litchfield^[42]^[43]
Debra DeSimone, state representative^[42]^[43]
Linda Gould, state representative for Bedford^[42]^[43]
John Janigian, state representative for Salem^[42]^[43]
Thomas Kaczynski Jr., state representative for Rochester^[42]^[43]
James Kofalt, state representative^[45]
David Lundgren, state representative for Londonderry^[44]
Tom Ploszaj, state representative^[44]
Ken Sheffert, former state representative^[42]^[43]
James Spillane, state representative^[44]
Paul Terry, state representative^[44]

Individuals

Rico Petrocelli, former Boston Red Sox player^[42]^[43]

Matt Mowers

Federal officials

Nikki Haley, former United States ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018) and former governor of South Carolina (2011–2017)^[46]
Mike Pompeo, former United States Secretary of State (2018–2021), former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2017–2018) and former U.S. Representative from Kansas's 4th congressional district (2011–2017)^[47]

U.S. representatives

Ashley Hinson, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district (2021–present)^[48]
Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader (2019–present), U.S. Representative from California's 23rd congressional district (2013–present) and 22nd district (2007–2013)^[49]
Steve Scalise, Minority Whip (2019–present), U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 1st congressional district (2008–present)^[49]

Governors

Craig Benson, former governor of New Hampshire (2003–2005)^[50]

State legislators

Kimberly Rice, Speaker Pro Tempore of the New Hampshire House of Representatives^[51]

State senators

Regina Birdsell, state senator from the 19th district^[52]
Harold French, state senator from the 7th district^[52]
Bill Gannon, state senator from the 23rd district^[52]
John Reagan, state senator from the 17th district^[52]

Organizations

Citizens United^[53]

Individuals

David Bossie, president of Citizens United^[53]

Forums and debates

2022 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district republican primary candidate forum & debate
No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W 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		^[54]	N	P	P	N	P	N	P	P	N	N
2	Sep. 6, 2022	New Hampshire Institute of Politics WMUR	Adam Sexton	^[55]	N	P	P	N	P	N	P	P	N	N

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Julian Acciard	Tom Alciere	Tim Baxter	Gail Huff Brown	Mark Kilbane	Karoline Leavitt	Matt Mowers	Russell Prescott	Gilead Towne	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire^[56]	August 25–29, 2022	419 (LV)	± 4.8%	–	–	4%	16%	–	24%	26%	4%	–	0%	26%
Remington Research Group (R)^[57]^[A]	August 14–17, 2022	462 (LV)	± 4.5%	–	1%	9%	9%	0%	21%	21%	3%	0%	0%^[b]	35%
co/efficient (R)^[58]	August 13–14, 2022	829 (LV)	± 3.4%	–	–	9%	8%	–	16%	31%	3%	–	–	33%
Saint Anselm College^[59]	August 9–11, 2022	423 (RV)	± 4.8%	–	–	8%	9%	–	21%	25%	2%	–	1%	33%
The Tarrance Group (R)^[60]^[B]	August 1–4, 2022	302 (LV)	± 5.8%	–	–	10%	8%	1%	13%	37%	6%	–	3%	22%
Cygnal (R)^[61]^[C]	October 24–25, 2021	350 (LV)	± 5.2%	1%	–	1%	7%	–	6%	34%	–	–	–	51%
Praecones Analytica (R)^[62]	August 13–20, 2021	792 (LV)	± 3.5%	3%	–	4%	–	–	7%	43%	–	2%	–	42%

Results

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karoline Leavitt	25,931	34.6
	Republican	Matt Mowers	19,072	25.4
	Republican	Gail Huff Brown	12,999	17.3
	Republican	Russell Prescott	7,551	10.1
	Republican	Tim Baxter	6,970	9.3
	Republican	Mary Maxwell	673	0.9
	Republican	Kevin Rondeau	610	0.8
	Republican	Gilead Towne	466	0.6
	Republican	Mark Kilbane	347	0.5
	Republican	Tom Alciere	342	0.5
Total votes			74,961	100.0

General election

Debate

2022 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district debate
No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
					Chris Pappas	Karoline Leavitt
1	Nov. 3, 2022	New Hampshire Institute of Politics WMUR	Adam Sexton	^[63]	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[64]	Tossup	June 6, 2022
Inside Elections^[65]	Tilt D	June 7, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[66]	Lean D	September 14, 2022
Politico^[67]	Tossup	June 14, 2022
RCP^[68]	Lean R (flip)	October 21, 2022
Fox News^[69]	Lean D	November 1, 2022
DDHQ^[70]	Tossup	November 2, 2022
538^[71]	Lean D	November 1, 2022
The Economist^[72]	Tossup	November 2, 2022

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Chris Pappas (D)	Karoline Leavitt (R)	Undecided ^[c]	Margin
FiveThirtyEight^[73]	September 14 – November 6, 2022	November 6, 2022	48.1%	48.5%	3.4%	Leavitt +0.4

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Chris Pappas (D)	Karoline Leavitt (R)	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire^[74]	November 2–6, 2022	1,043 (LV)	± 3.0%	50%	49%	0%	1%
Saint Anselm College^[75]	October 28–29, 2022	791 (LV)	± 3.5%	45%	51%	–	4%
co/efficient (R)^[76]	October 25–26, 2022	525 (LV)	± 4.0%	48%	44%	–	8%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D)^[77]^[D]	October 2–6, 2022	250 (LV)	± 4.4%	48%	47%	2%	3%
Saint Anselm College^[78]	September 27–28, 2022	450 (RV)	± 4.9%	49%	41%	3%^[d]	7%
University of New Hampshire^[79]	September 15–19, 2022	423 (LV)	± 4.8%	50%	43%	1%^[e]	6%
Emerson College^[80]	September 14–15, 2022	415 (LV)	± 3.4%	47%	42%	5%^[f]	6%

Hypothetical polling

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Generic Democrat	Generic Republican	Other	Undecided
Saint Anselm College^[59]	August 9–11, 2022	961 (RV)	± 4.8%	42%	48%	2%	9%
Saint Anselm College^[81]	March 23–24, 2022	663 (RV)	± 3.8%	41%	48%	3%	8%
Saint Anselm College^[82]	January 11–12, 2022	640 (RV)	± 3.9%	40%	48%	3%	9%
Saint Anselm College^[83]	October 20–22, 2021	692 (RV)	± 3.7%	41%	48%	4%	7%
Saint Anselm College^[84]	August 24–26, 2021	991 (RV)	± 3.1%	43%	47%	2%	7%
Saint Anselm College^[85]	March 4–6, 2021	439 (RV)	± 4.7%	48%	39%	3%	10%

Chris Pappas vs. generic opponent

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Chris Pappas (D)	Generic Opponent	Undecided
Saint Anselm College^[59]	August 9–11, 2022	961 (RV)	± 4.8%	38%	47%	15%

Results

New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, 2022^[86]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Pappas (incumbent)	167,391	54.00
	Republican	Karoline Leavitt	142,229	45.89
	Write-in		342	0.11
Total votes			309,962	100.00
	Democratic hold

By county

Sources^[86]^[87]

County	Chris Pappas Democratic		Karoline Leavitt Republican		Write-in		Margin		Total
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total
Belknap	13,139	45.96%	15,429	53.97%	21	0.07%	-2,290	-8.01%	28,589
Carroll	12,500	49.89%	12,528	50.01%	25	0.10%	-28	-0.11%	25,053
Hillsborough	38,434	55.76%	30,403	44.11%	94	0.14%	8,031	11.65%	68,931
Merrimack	3,337	50.13%	3,319	49.86%	1	0.01%	18	0.27%	6,657
Rockingham	66,128	53.20%	58,055	46.70%	127	0.10%	8,073	6.49%	124,310
Strafford	33,853	60.00%	22,495	39.87%	74	0.13%	11,358	20.13%	56,422

District 2

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]