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Free public service for New Hampshire votersNo candidate endorsementsGuide sources checked October 1, 2026General election November 3, 2026

Official printed candidates for every New Hampshire statewide contest

Who is running in New Hampshire?

The New Hampshire Secretary of State's September 17 candidate list confirms 6 printed candidates in 2 statewide candidate contests for November 3, 2026.

Name source: The official 46-page candidate list is dated September 17 and was checked October 1. The qualified declarations list confirms the Constitution and Libertarian candidates. The current withdrawals list contains no statewide candidate.
View every printed statewide candidate as a table

The table presents the same candidates in a compact format.

Printed candidates in New Hampshire's statewide Governor and U.S. Senate contests and their finance source status
OfficeCandidate or ticketBallot affiliationFinance source
GovernorCinde WarmingtonDemocraticState record matched
GovernorKelly AyotteRepublicanState record matched
GovernorStephen VilleeLibertarianState record matched
United States SenatorChris PappasDemocraticFEC record matched
United States SenatorJohn E. SununuRepublicanFEC record matched
United States SenatorEdmond LaplanteConstitutionFEC record matched
Separate from printed choices

No official named statewide general-election write-in roster

The current September 17 candidate list and 2026 election details page publish no named statewide general-election write-in roster. RSA 656:12 requires blank lines voters may use to write in a name for each office. The zero count here means zero officially published statewide names, not that write-in voting is unavailable.

Read the official write-in blank law
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Official candidate and election documents

2026 General Election Candidate ListOfficial September 17 list used for the complete printed Governor and U.S. Senate roster and party labels.Qualified Declarations of IntentOfficial list confirming Stephen Villee for Governor and Edmond Laplante for U.S. Senator.2026 WithdrawalsOfficial current withdrawal list, which contains no statewide candidate.RSA 656 ballot preparationOfficial state law requiring write-in blanks for each office.
Coverage boundary: This page covers candidate contests decided by all New Hampshire voters: Governor and U.S. Senator. U.S. House, Executive Council, State Senate, State House, county, municipal, and local contests are excluded because they are not voted statewide. The municipal and school-district property-tax question authorized by HB 1300 is local and is not counted as a statewide question. Judges are appointed rather than elected or retained statewide. No withdrawn, removed, primary-only, district, local, or unprinted candidate is restored by inference. Read the full coverage boundary.