U.S. House — NH-02 · New Hampshire · 2026
General election · 2 on the November ballot · Incumbent running
Model rating Leans Democratic (Held) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.
8 polls on file from pollsters we have not verified yet — shown below, not averaged. Model inputs: 4 of 7, updated yesterday. Sources · What is validated
News attention 57/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated 4 days ago. How it works
On the November ballot (2)
From reported primary results, checked 2026-09-29. Each state certifies its own ballot; see the source below.
Ran in the primary (2)
Lost a primary or runoff for this seat — not on the November ballot.
Ballot source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Hampshire&oldid=1377255686
Latest verified field polling
Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.
No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.
Polling average
8 polls on file for this race, all from quarantined (U-tier) pollsters — visible below, not yet averaged.
Campaign money (FEC)
Candidate committee totals for the cycle from the Federal Election Commission (public domain), as of each committee's latest report.
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maggie Goodlander | $4,155,360 | $1,512,294 | $2,701,065 | 2026-08-19 |
| Lily Tang Williams | $1,199,750 | $701,451 | $627,779 | 2026-08-19 |
| Paige Beauchemin | $43,749 | $38,956 | $4,793 | 2026-08-19 |
| Victor D Orlando | $170,941 | $169,816 | $9,596 | 2026-08-19 |
Results
Vote counts as reported by the state; transcribed from the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the state's official results.
Democratic primary
| Maggie Goodlander (incumbent) won | 59,817 | 81.8% |
| Paige Beauchemin | 13,205 | 18.0% |
Republican primary
| Lily Tang Williams won | 31,402 | 64.9% |
| Dan Nicholson | 6,471 | 13.4% |
| Victor Orlando | 6,309 | 13.0% |
| Michael A. Callis | 3,808 | 7.9% |
Source: Wikipedia article revision (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-09-29 · parser wiki-race-1.0.0
Key dates
Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.
- 2026-09-08 — Primary election: U.S. House
- 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House
Source: FEC election dates (public domain).
Primary and hypothetical polls (8)
Kept on file, never averaged into this race. Polls listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each linked to the pollster's own release.
- Democratic primary · University of New Hampshire · 2026-08-20–2026-08-24 · n=430 · Maggie Goodlander (D) 59%, Paige Beauchemin (D) 19% · release
- Republican primary · University of New Hampshire · 2026-08-20–2026-08-24 · n=387 · Lily Tang Williams (R) 58%, Victor Orlando (R) 2% · release
- Democratic primary · Saint Anselm College · 2026-08-17–2026-08-18 · n=374 · Maggie Goodlander (D) 66%, Paige Beauchemin (D) 17% · release
- Republican primary · Saint Anselm College · 2026-08-17–2026-08-18 · n=327 · Lily Tang Williams (R) 53%, Victor Orlando (R) 7% · release
- Republican primary · Saint Anselm College · 2026-06-24–2026-06-25 · n=362 · Lily Tang Williams (R) 56%, Victor Orlando (R) 7% · release
- Democratic primary · Saint Anselm College · 2026-06-24–2026-06-25 · n=412 · Maggie Goodlander (D) 76%, Paige Beauchemin (D) 9% · release
- Democratic primary · University of New Hampshire · 2026-01-15–2026-01-19 · n=893 · Maggie Goodlander (D) 66%, Paige Beauchemin (D) 12% · release
- Democratic primary · Saint Anselm College · 2025-11-18–2025-11-19 · n=515 · Maggie Goodlander (D) 62%, Paige Beauchemin (D) 6% · release
Signals (experimental)
Attention 57 Vector D · Held
Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)
Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly
Vugol Me Vector (experimental)
Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: medium
Daily precision telemetry
Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans
Sources
- Roster — official filings; fundraising from FEC datapoints where on file (https://api.open.fec.gov/).
- Attention inputs — Wikipedia pageviews (https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/) and GDELT news volume and tone (https://www.gdeltproject.org/).
- Polls and results — individual polls and primary results listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each poll linked to the pollster's release; money and election dates from the FEC (public domain). How rows are checked.
- Models pulse-1.0.0 · vector-1.1.0 · attention inputs SHA-256 59f1e9364a29 · methodology · license CC BY 4.0 (data license).
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