2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire

2020 New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Annie Kuster; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Annie Kuster; Democratic

2020 New Hampshire's 1st congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Chris Pappas; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Chris Pappas; Democratic

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

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Withdrawn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

State officials

Craig Benson, former governor of New Hampshire (2003–2005) (along with 25 other people)^[12]

Matt Mowers

Federal officials

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	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

Zachary Dumont, Newmarket town councilor^[18]

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

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

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]