2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire
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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 Steady Steady
Popular vote 413,469 353,650
Percentage 52.59% 44.98%
Swing Decrease 1.94% Increase 1.36%
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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.

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
Endorsements
Chris Pappas
U.S. presidents
Organizations

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
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
Declined

Endorsements

Matt Mayberry
State officials
Matt Mowers
Federal officials
State officials
Organizations

Polling

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

Primary results

Republican primary results[17]
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

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 		YouTube P P N
1 October 21, 2020 New Hampshire Institute of Politics
WMUR 		YouTube P P N

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[19] Likely D August 14, 2020
Inside Elections[20] Likely D August 7, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[21] Likely D October 8, 2020
Politico[22] Lean D July 6, 2020
Daily Kos[23] Likely D October 26, 2020
RCP[24] Lean D June 9, 2020
Niskanen[25] Safe D July 26, 2020

Polling

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Chris
Pappas (D) 		Matt
Mowers (R) 		Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire October 24–28, 2020 451 (LV) ± 4.6% 48% 50% 2%[d] 0%
Saint Anselm College October 23–26, 2020 560 (LV) ± 4.1% 49% 44% 2%[e] 5%
University of New Hampshire October 9–12, 2020 477 (LV) ± 4.5% 53% 43% 1%[f] 3%
Saint Anselm College October 1–4, 2020 595 (LV) ± 4% 49% 41% 3%[g] 7%
University of New Hampshire September 24–28, 2020 504 (LV) ± 4.4% 56% 38% 2%[h] 4%
University of New Hampshire August 28 – September 1, 2020 925 (LV) – 52% 34% 2%[i] 12%
Hypothetical polling
with Matt Mayberry
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Chris
Pappas (D) 		Matt
Mayberry (R) 		Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire August 28 – September 1, 2020 926 (LV) – 52% 34% 2%[i] 12%
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 June 13–16, 2020 567 (RV) ± 4.1% 48% 42% 2% 8%
Saint Anselm College April 23–27, 2020 442 (RV) ± 4.7% 49% 43% 1% 6%

Results

New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, 2020[26]
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
Eliminated in primary

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
Eliminated in primary

Polling

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

Primary results

Republican primary results[17]
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
Local officials
Organizations
Steve Negron (R)
U.S. presidents
Organizations

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

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 		YouTube P P N

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[19] Safe D August 5, 2020
Inside Elections[20] Safe D August 7, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[21] Likely D July 23, 2020
Politico[22] Likely D July 6, 2020
Daily Kos[23] Safe D July 21, 2020
RCP[24] Lean D October 24, 2020
Niskanen[25] Safe D July 26, 2020

Polling

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
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 October 24–28, 2020 451 (LV) ± 4.6% 51% 41% 7% 0%[l] 1%
Saint Anselm College October 23–26, 2020 458 (LV) ± 4.6% 54% 39% 3% 1%[m] 3%
University of New Hampshire October 9–12, 2020 410 (LV) ± 4.8% 49% 45% 2% 0%[b] 3%
Saint Anselm College October 1–4, 2020 552 (LV) ± 4.1% 52% 38% 4% 2%[n] 5%
University of New Hampshire September 24–28, 2020 463 (LV) ± 4.5% 48% 42% 5% 0%[b] 5%
University of New Hampshire August 28 – September 1, 2020 917 (LV) – 52% 40% 2% 3%[o] 4%
Hypothetical polling
with Lynne Blankenbeker
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Annie
Kuster (D) 		Lynne
Blankenbeker (R) 		Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire August 28 – September 1, 2020 920 (LV) – 52% 39% 5%[p] 5%
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 Jun 13–16, 2020 505 (RV) ± 4.4% 44% 44% 3% 9%
Saint Anselm College Apr 23–27, 2020 378 (RV) ± 5% 47% 41% 5% 7%

Results

New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district, 2020[26]
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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b 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%

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