Manchester: who represents it, and who is running

U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects governor (two-year term); U.S. Senator (open — Shaheen not running); U.S. Representative NH-1 (open — Pappas running for Senate); Executive Councilor; State Senator (Manchester: SD-16, 18, 20); State Representatives (ward base districts plus floterial districts — Ward 3: Hillsborough 23 (2 seats) and Hillsborough 40 (4 seats)); Hillsborough County Sheriff, County Attorney, Treasurer, Register of Deeds, Register of Probate, Commissioner; one constitutional amendment (abolish Register of Probate) and a ward statutory question on Manchester School District tax caps (HB 1300). No City of Manchester offices..

Holding office22
the sitting council
On the ballot12
5 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Manchester is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): New Hampshire's 1st congressional district (City Hall, One City Hall Plaza; whole city in NH-1 on a 28-point sample) — Chris Pappas (Democratic)

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Mayor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Jay Ruais ✉️ Elected Mayor Independent City of Manchester
2

Alderman

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Bill Barry ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 10 City of Manchester
Bryce Kaw-uh ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 1 City of Manchester
Christine Fajardo ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 4 City of Manchester
Crissy Kantor ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 6 City of Manchester
Dan Goonan ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 2 City of Manchester
Dan O'Neil ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent At-Large City of Manchester
Dana Dexter ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 3 City of Manchester
Edward J. Sapienza ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 8 City of Manchester
Jason Bonilla ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 5 City of Manchester
Jim Burkush ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 9 City of Manchester
June Trisciani ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent At-Large City of Manchester
Kelly Thomas ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 12 City of Manchester
Norm Vincent ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 11 City of Manchester
Ross Terrio ✉️ Elected Alderman Independent Ward 7 City of Manchester
3

Governor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Kelly Ayotte Elected Governor → Running Republican City of Manchester
Cinde Warmington Governor Running Democratic City of Manchester City Clerk
Stephen Villee Governor Running Libertarian City of Manchester City Clerk
4

State Representative — Hillsborough 23

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Jean L. Jeudy ✉️ Elected State Representative → Running Democratic New Hampshire General Court
Mary Ngwanda Georges ✉️ Elected acclaimed State Representative → Running Democratic New Hampshire General Court
5

State Senator — SD-20

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Pat Long ✉️ Elected State Senator → Running Democratic New Hampshire General Court
Patrick Binder State Senator Running Republican City of Manchester City Clerk
6

U.S. Senator

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Jeanne Shaheen Elected U.S. Senator Democratic @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
Margaret Wood Hassan Elected U.S. Senator Democratic @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
Chris Pappas Elected U.S. Representative → Running for U.S. Senator Democratic U.S. House of Representatives
Edmond Laplante U.S. Senator Running Constitution City of Manchester City Clerk
John E. Sununu U.S. Senator Running Republican City of Manchester City Clerk
7

U.S. Representative — NH-1

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Anthony DiLorenzo U.S. Representative Running Republican City of Manchester City Clerk
Stefany Shaheen U.S. Representative Running Democratic City of Manchester City Clerk
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Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

  • Candidates: the Manchester City Clerk's official sample ballots for the 2026-11-03 general election (image PDFs, read visually; 12 wards downloaded, Ward 3 — City Hall's ward and House district Hillsborough 23 — transcribed). Names and party columns as printed. Recorded: Governor, U.S. Senate, NH-1 (identical on every ward ballot), SD-20 and Hillsborough 23 (City Hall). Not recorded as people (per brief scope): Executive Councilor (Jim O'Connell D v. John Stephen R), Hillsborough 40 floterial (D: Robert Richard-Snipes, Trinidad Tellez, Erin Kerwin, Mark S. Mackenzie; R: Bill O'Brien, Robert Rivera, Lynne M. Cumming, Carlos Gonzalez), and county offices (Sheriff: Brian Newcomb on both D and R lines; County Attorney Travis Bennett D v. John J. Coughlin R; Treasurer Beverly Cotton D v. Christopher Maidment R; Register of Deeds Mary Ann Crowell D v. Dennis Hogan R; Register of Probate June Trisciani D v. Ross W. Terrio R; County Commissioner Pierre A. Cetoute D v. Toni Pappas R). Write-ins skipped.
  • Hillsborough 23 has only two Democratic candidates for its two seats (no other party line filled) — counted as unopposed.
  • Districts: City Hall geocodes (Census coordinates endpoint) to CD-1, SD-20 and House Hillsborough 23; the Senate page says SD-20 = Manchester Wards 2, 3, 4, 10, 11 and 12. A 7x7 grid put 28 points in Manchester city: all CD-1; Senate 16 (3), 18 (15), 20 (10); House base districts Hillsborough 15-24 and 26 (wards), plus floterials such as Hillsborough 40 that the geocoder does not return. Only City Hall's SD-20 and Hillsborough 23 members recorded.
  • Sitting members: NH-1 from house.gov/representatives; Senators from the CC0 @unitedstates list; SD-20 from gc.nh.gov (Senator page); Hillsborough 23 representatives from the General Court's members.txt (official gc.nh.gov emails only; the file prints capitol addresses and phones — not copied). Governor Ayotte: governor.nh.gov, nh.gov and www.sos.nh.gov return Akamai 403 even for robots.txt (one page request to governor.nh.gov was sent after its robots.txt 403 and was also refused — not retried); sos.nh.gov returned 503. Her office is sourced to the City of Manchester press room.
  • Municipal: Mayor Jay Ruais and 14 Aldermen (12 ward + 2 at-large) from manchesternh.gov (robots allows; Crawl-delay 2 honoured) — names from the Aldermen page, official @manchesternh.gov emails from the City's "Manchester City Government 2026-2027" email-list PDF. That PDF prints aldermen's home street addresses and personal phone numbers — NOT copied; the downloaded copy was deleted. Non-partisan ballot. School Board skipped.
  • Next City of Manchester municipal election: November 2027 (Mayor and Aldermen serve two-year terms elected in odd years; the City list is headed 2026-2027). Inferred from the term heading — the Election Schedules page was not read.
  • Hosts: www.manchesternh.gov (Crawl-delay 2), gc.nh.gov (Crawl-delay 11, honoured), www.house.gov, geocoding.geo.census.gov, unitedstates.github.io — no blocks. Blocked: www.sos.nh.gov (403), sos.nh.gov (503), www.governor.nh.gov (403), www.nh.gov (403). standsFor null for everyone. No home addresses, phones or personal emails.
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Sources

Prepared 2026-10-31. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.