Primary Battles Brewing for Major NH Offices

Some very tough primary contests are brewing now that the state candidate filing period has ended. The filing window closed at 5 p.m. Friday.

Here is a look at some key primary battles:

Democrats running for governor:

• Jackie Cilley of Barrington
• Maggie Hassan of Exeter
• Bill Kennedy of Danbury

Republicans running for governor:

• Ovide Lamontagne of Manchester
• Kevin Smith of Litchfield
• Robert M. Tarr of Manchester

Libertarian for governor: John Babiarz of Grafton

Executive Council District 4, Republicans:

• Bob Burns of Bedford
• Tom DeBlois of Manchester
• Chuck Rolecek of Bedford

Executive Council District 2, Democrats:

• Shawn Mickelonis 
• John D. Shea
• Colin Van Ostern

Executive Council District 1, Republicans

• Incumbent Raymond S. Burton, the dean of the Council, of Bath.
• Gerard L. Thibodeau of Romney

1st Congressional District, Democrats:

• Carol Shea-Porter
• Diane Soracco

1st Congressional District, Republicans:

• Rep. Frank Guinta
• Vern Clough
• Rick Parent

2nd Congressional District, Democrats:

Ann McLane Kuster

2nd Congressional District, Republicans:

• Rep. Charles Bass
• Gerard Beloin of concord
• Will Dean of Amherst
• Miroslaw Dzledzic of Windham
• Dennis Lamare of Lee

State Senate Races:

• District 9, Republicans filed are: Ken Hawkins, Michael F. Kenney, and Andy Sanborn, all of Bedford.
• District 6, Republicans filed: Sam Cataldo of Farmington and former Sen. Dick Green of Rochester.
• District 23, Republicans filed: Dennis F. Acton of Fremont and incumbent Russell Prescott of Kingston.

PDFs of the Republicans and Democrats filing for various state offices is attached here. Also attached, the PDF of declaration filings, including John Babiarz, Libertarian for governor.