Gov. Chris Sununu has a second challenger from within his party, a Stoddard senator is seeking re-election, and three more Republicans are running for Cheshire County government.
These are among the takeaways from the sixth day of filings for New Hampshire’s state primary.
Here’s a list of people who have filed so far to represent local residents in county, state and federal offices. The filing period runs through Friday. The primary is Sept. 8, ahead of the general election Nov. 3.
U.S. Senate
Already filed: Tom Alciere (D) of Hudson, Paul J. Krautmann (D) of Keene and Jeanne Shaheen (D) of Madbury (incumbent); Don Bolduc (R) of Stratham, Andy Martin (R) of Manchester and Corky Messner (R) of Wolfeboro
U.S. House, 2nd Congressional District
Matthew D. Bjelobrk (R) of Haverhill
Eli D. Clemmer (R) of Berlin
Already filed: Joseph Mirzoeff (D) of Keene; Lynne Blankenbeker (R) of Concord and Steven Negron (R) of Nashua
Seat is currently held by U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, a Democrat from Hopkinton. District includes all of the Monadnock Region.
Governor
Karen Testerman (R) of Franklin
Already filed: Nobody (R) of Keene
Seat is currently held by Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican from Newfields. Nobody was formerly known as Richard Paul before legally changing his name.
N.H. Executive Council, District 2
Already filed: Emmett Soldati (D) of Somersworth, Craig Thompson (D) of Harrisville and Cinde Warmington (D) of Concord; Stewart I. Levenson (R) of Hopkinton
Seat is currently held by Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky, D-Concord. District includes the local communities of Acworth, Alstead, Charlestown, Chesterfield, Dublin, Gilsum, Hancock, Harrisville, Hinsdale, Keene, Langdon, Marlborough, Marlow, Nelson, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Surry, Walpole, Westmoreland and Winchester.
N.H. Executive Council, District 5
Already filed: Debora B. Pignatelli (D) of Nashua (incumbent); Bob Clegg (R) of Hudson and Dave Wheeler (R) of Milford
District includes the local communities of Antrim, Bennington, Fitzwilliam, Greenfield, Jaffrey, Peterborough, Richmond, Rindge, Swanzey and Troy.
N.H. Senate, District 5
Already filed: Timothy O’Hearne (R) of Charlestown
Seat is currently held by N.H. Sen. Martha Hennessey, D-Hanover. District includes the local community of Charlestown.
N.H. Senate, District 8
Ruth Ward (R) of Stoddard (incumbent)
District includes the local communities of Acworth, Antrim, Bennington, Langdon, Marlow and Stoddard.
N.H. Senate, District 9
Denise Ricciardi (R) of Bedford
Seat is currently held by N.H. Sen. Jeanne Dietsch, D-Peterborough. District includes the local communities of Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Greenfield, Hancock, Jaffrey, Peterborough, Richmond and Troy.
N.H. Senate, District 10
Already filed: Daniel LeClair (R) of Swanzey
Seat is currently held by N.H. Sen. Jay Kahn, D-Keene. District covers Alstead, Chesterfield, Gilsum, Harrisville, Hinsdale, Keene, Marlborough, Nelson, Roxbury, Sullivan, Surry, Swanzey, Walpole, Westmoreland and Winchester.
N.H. Senate, District 12
Already filed: Kevin Avard (R) of Nashua
Seat is currently held by N.H. Sen. Melanie Levesque, D-Brookline. District includes the local community of Rindge.
N.H. House, Cheshire 1
Paul Berch (D) of Westmoreland (incumbent)
Richard Merkt (R) of Westmoreland
Already filed: Michael D. Abbott (D) of Hinsdale (incumbent), Cathryn A. Harvey (D) of Chesterfield (incumbent) and Lucy McVitty Weber (D) of Walpole (incumbent). District covers Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Walpole and Westmoreland and has four representatives in the N.H. House.
N.H. House, Cheshire 2
Already filed: John E. Mann (D) of Alstead (incumbent) and Rich Nalevanko (R) of Alstead
District covers Alstead, Marlow and Surry.
N.H. House, Cheshire 3
Robert D’Arcy (R) of Nelson
Seat is currently held by N.H. Rep. Daniel Eaton, D-Stoddard. District covers Gilsum, Nelson, Stoddard and Sullivan.
N.H. House, Cheshire 5
Already filed: John Bordenet (D) of Keene (incumbent) and Marilyn L. Huston (R) of Keene
District covers Keene’s Ward 2.
N.H. House, Cheshire 6
Already filed: Dru Fox (D) of Keene and Kyle LaBrie (R) of Keene
Seat is currently held by N.H. Rep. David R. Meader, a Democrat. District covers Keene’s Ward 3.
N.H. House, Cheshire 7
Already filed: Sparky Von Plinsky (D) of Keene (incumbent)
District covers Keene’s Ward 4.
N.H. House, Cheshire 8
Already filed: Donovan Fenton (D) of Keene (incumbent)
District covers Keene’s Ward 5.
N.H. House, Cheshire 9
Already filed: Richard Ames (D) of Jaffrey (incumbent) and Douglas Ley (D) of Jaffrey (incumbent); Rita Mattson (R) of Dublin and Leo Plante (R) of Dublin
District covers Dublin, Harrisville, Jaffrey and Roxbury and has two representatives in the N.H. House.
N.H. House, Cheshire 10
Already filed: Lucius Parshall (D) of Marlborough
Seat is currently held by N.H. Rep. Sandy Swinburne, D-Marlborough. District covers Marlborough and Troy.
N.H. House, Cheshire 11
Although not yet reflected Wednesday in the N.H. Secretary of State’s online filings roundup, Jim Qualey (R) of Rindge said in an email that he has filed for this seat.
Already filed: Gene Andersen (D) of Rindge and Patricia A. Martin (D) of Rindge; John B. Hunt (R) of Rindge (incumbent)
The two seats in this district are currently held by Hunt and N.H. Rep. John O’ Day, R-Rindge. District covers Fitzwilliam and Rindge.
N.H. House, Cheshire 12
Stephen K. Malone (R) of Swanzey
Already filed: Barry Faulkner (D) of Swanzey (incumbent) and Jennie Gomarlo (D) of Swanzey (incumbent)
District covers Richmond and Swanzey and has two representatives in the N.H. House.
N.H. House, Cheshire 13
Already filed: Henry A.L. Parkhurst (D) of Winchester (incumbent) and Natalie Quevedo (D) of Winchester
District covers Winchester and has one representative in the N.H. House.
N.H. House, Cheshire 14
Already filed: Matthew John Santonastaso (R) of Rindge and Franklin W. Sterling Jr. (R) of Jaffrey
Seat is currently held by N.H. Rep. Craig R. Thompson, D-Harrisville. District covers Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Harrisville, Jaffrey, Rindge and Roxbury.
N.H. House, Cheshire 15
Already filed: Bruce L. Tatro (D) of Swanzey (incumbent)
District covers Marlborough, Richmond, Swanzey, Troy and Winchester.
N.H. House, Cheshire 16
Already filed: Joe Schapiro (D) of Keene (incumbent) and Amanda Elizabeth Toll (D) of Keene; Ian Freeman (R) of Keene
The two seats in this district are currently held by Schapiro and N.H. Rep. William Pearson, D-Keene. District covers all five Keene wards.
N.H. House, Hillsborough 1
Already filed: Marjorie Porter (D) of Hillsboro (incumbent) and Susanne F. White (D) of Hillsboro; Jim Fedolfi (R) of Hillsboro (incumbent)
District includes the local community of Antrim and has two representatives in the N.H. House.
N.H. House, Hillsborough 3
David Bedard (R) of Hancock
Seat is currently held by N.H. Rep. Daniel Pickering, D-Hancock. District covers Bennington, Greenfield and Hancock.
N.H. House, Hillsborough 24
Already filed: Judy Wilson Ferstenberg (D) of Peterborough, Peter R. Leishman (D) of Peterborough (incumbent) and Ivy Vann (D) of Peterborough (incumbent)
District covers Peterborough and has two representatives in the N.H. House.
N.H. House, Hillsborough 38
Stephanie Hyland (D) of Francestown
Already filed: Jim Bosman (D) of Francestown (incumbent) and Riche Colcombe (R) of Hillsboro
The two seats in this district are currently held by Bosman and N.H. Rep. Chris Balch, D-Wilton. District includes the local communities of Antrim, Bennington, Greenfield and Hancock.
N.H. House, Sullivan 7
Already filed: Judy Aron (R) of Acworth (incumbent)
District includes the local communities of Acworth and Langdon.
N.H. House, Sullivan 8
Already filed: John W. Streeter (D) of Charlestown and Walter Spilsbury (R) of Charlestown
Seat is currently held by N.H. Rep. Thomas Laware, R-Charlestown. District covers Charlestown.
Cheshire County Attorney
Already filed: D. Chris McLaughlin (D) of Westmoreland (incumbent)
Cheshire County Sheriff
Aria DiMezzo (R) of Keene
Already filed: Eli Rivera (D) of Keene (incumbent)
Cheshire County Commissioner, District 1
Skipper DiBernardo (R) of Swanzey
Already filed: Jack Wozmak (D) of Walpole (incumbent) and Chester Lapointe II (R) of Winchester
District covers Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Surry, Swanzey, Walpole, Westmoreland and Winchester.
Cheshire County Commissioner, District 2
Already filed: Terry M. Clark (D) of Keene
Seat is currently held by Chuck Weed, D-Keene. District covers Keene, Marlborough and Roxbury.
Cheshire County Register of Deeds
Already filed: Anna Z. Tilton (D) of Keene (incumbent)
Cheshire County Treasurer
Joseph H. Cartwright (R) of Alstead
Hillsborough County Sheriff
Already filed: Bill Barry (D) of Manchester; Christopher Connelly (R) of Mont Vernon and Joshua Homes (R) of Manchester
Sullivan County Sheriff
Already filed: John P. Simonds (R) of Claremont (incumbent)
The following are seeking to be placed on the general election ballot by filing declarations of intent: Jo Jorgensen of Greenville, S.C., president; Bill Fortune of Lee, governor; Darryl W. Perry of Manchester, governor; Justin O’Donnell of Nashua, U.S. Senate; Andrew Olding of Nashua, U.S. House, N.H.’s 2nd Congressional District; Joanne Michelle Martin of Concord, Executive Council, District 2.
Third-party candidates are required by state law to file declarations of intent when seeking to run for office in general elections. As part of the declaration, the candidate agrees to file nomination papers by an established deadline and commit to participating in the election, if qualified.
According to the N.H. Secretary of State’s Office, declarations of intent are filed with fees ranging from $2 to $250. Signatures of registered voters required on nomination papers range from 150 to 3,000.
Full instructions for filing can be found at the Secretary of State’s Office at https://sos.nh.gov/2020ElecInfo.aspx.
