Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. House · New Hampshire's 2nd District

3 candidates on the ballot.^1,2

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Maggie Goodlander

Democratic · Incumbent

Currently represents New Hampshire's 2nd District in the U.S. House.

Lily Tang Williams

Republican · Challenger

Robbie Mahrou

Independent · Challenger

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Fact	Maggie Goodlander	Lily Tang Williams	Robbie Mahrou
Party on the ballot	Democratic^1,2	Republican^1,2	Independent^1,2
Status	Incumbent³	Challenger	Challenger
Raised	$5,012,909 through October 14, 2026⁴	$1,443,796 through October 14, 2026⁵	Not found in the public sources we checked
Cash on hand	$1,821,563⁴	$472,230⁵	Not found in the public sources we checked
Outside spending	$150,000 for · $1,811 against⁶	$8,016 for · $0 against⁷	Not found in the public sources we checked
Abortion law	Her campaign website sets out a reproductive freedom agenda that includes establishing a federal right to abortion access that builds on the protections of Roe v. Wade.^8,9	Her campaign website has a page titled Promote Life that calls for supporting families, caring for the sick and elderly, working to reduce abortions, giving more support to pregnancy centers and women in crisis, and making adoption easier and less expensive.¹⁰	Not found in the public sources we checked
Birth control and IVF	Guarantee access to both in federal law, including insurance coverage for IVF Her campaign website lists establishing a federal right to IVF and a federal right to contraception among the items in her reproductive freedom agenda.⁸	Her campaign website says women should have easy access to education, counseling and birth control.¹⁰	Not found in the public sources we checked
Who sets abortion law	A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade Her campaign website says she would push for a federal right to abortion through the Women's Health Protection Act.⁸	Her campaign website says that by overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court returned abortion decisions to the people of each state, and urges respect for the Constitution, the legislative process and the independence of the courts.¹⁰	Not found in the public sources we checked
Social media content rules	Not found in the public sources we checked	Her campaign website says censorship carried out when government works together with large technology companies or the media is dangerous, and that constitutional rights, including free speech, apply in both the physical and the digital town square.¹¹	His campaign website says government pressure on technology and AI platforms is a growing threat to free speech, and lists support for the Free Speech Protection Act (S. 188) against government-directed censorship of lawful speech among the steps he would take.¹²
Tariffs	Her campaign website says she is working to end the Trump administration's trade wars, roll back tariffs and secure refunds for people who paid them, and lists among her accomplishments joining the Supreme Court challenge to the emergency tariffs, which the Court struck down.^9,13	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website lists offsetting tariffs, which it says work like hidden taxes on groceries, building materials and energy, among the steps he would take in Congress.¹²
US Department of Education	Keep the department and its programs, or expand it Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments challenging, in court, efforts to close the Department of Education.¹³	Close the department and move or end its programs Her campaign website says education is a states' rights issue and that the federal Department of Education should be abolished and federal laws that govern K-12 schools repealed.¹¹	Not found in the public sources we checked
Campaign finance rules	Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United Her campaign website says she is championing a constitutional amendment (H.J.Res. 122) to overturn Citizens United and is helping lead the Ban Corporate PACs Act, which would bar for-profit corporations from funding political campaigns.^9,13	Her campaign website says members of Congress should have to disclose their stock trades, campaign contributions and lobbying contacts to the public right away, so voters can hold them accountable.¹¹	Not found in the public sources we checked
Stock trading by members of Congress	Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks Her campaign website says she is leading bipartisan legislation, the Public Service Accountability Act, that would prohibit senior officials in the legislative, executive and judicial branches, and their families, from holding or trading individual stocks or wagering on prediction markets.^9,13	Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks Her campaign website says members of Congress, along with their spouses and dependent children, should not be allowed to trade individual stocks while serving.¹¹	Not found in the public sources we checked
Term limits for Congress	Her campaign website says she supports two bipartisan constitutional amendments on congressional term limits: one would limit House members to six two-year terms, the other to three two-year terms, and both would limit senators to two six-year terms.^9,13	Shorter limits, such as three House terms (six years) and two Senate terms (12 years) Her campaign website says she would sponsor or cosponsor and vote for a constitutional amendment limiting House members to three terms and senators to two terms.¹¹	Not found in the public sources we checked
Permitting for energy projects	Her campaign website says she is leading bipartisan hydropower permitting legislation (H.R. 9705) that would make Army Corps of Engineers reviews consistent so that dams already in place can be modified to generate hydropower.¹³	Her campaign website says she supports federal permitting reform to speed up the review of energy projects such as small modular reactors, natural gas infrastructure and power transmission.¹⁴	Not found in the public sources we checked
Iran's nuclear program and sanctions	Her campaign website lists the Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act, which passed the House and would sanction people involved in certain logistics deals or sanctions evasion tied to Iranian energy products, among the bills it highlights.¹³	Her campaign website says that, as the administration works to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the country should pursue diplomatic, economic and technological solutions wherever it can.¹¹	Not found in the public sources we checked
Who decides on military action	Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments championing three House-passed resolutions directing the president to end U.S. military involvement in hostilities with Iran, and says Congress should again be responsible, as the Constitution provides, for deciding whether to send Americans into combat.¹³	Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack Her campaign website says Congress has failed in one of its most important duties by not declaring war when the country has gone to war, and that Congress alone is responsible for ensuring citizens' consent before military conflicts abroad.¹¹	Let the president act first, but enforce the 60-day limit and end any action Congress doesn't approve His campaign website lists enforcing the War Powers Resolution so that sustained military action requires explicit approval from Congress, and repealing the 2001 authorization for use of military force and other broad, open-ended war authorizations.¹²
Permits to carry concealed guns	Not found in the public sources we checked	No permit needed for adults who can legally own a gun Her campaign website says she supports a national constitutional carry law and will work to repeal gun control laws she considers unconstitutional, including gun-free zones.¹¹	No permit needed for adults who can legally own a gun His campaign website says New Hampshire has been a constitutional carry state since 2017 and should stay one, and lists backing the National Constitutional Carry Act (H.R. 645) while keeping the federal law that removes carry rights from people convicted of a violent felony.¹²
Large investors buying single-family homes	Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments helping pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which it says restricts large corporate investors from buying single-family homes and reduces red tape that slows construction.¹³	Her campaign website says she would investigate and act on large institutional and private equity buyers that, it says, treat homes as investments rather than as places for families.¹⁴	Not found in the public sources we checked
Zoning and new housing	Not found in the public sources we checked	Leave zoning decisions to local governments Her campaign website says she would back zoning reform led by local communities to cut red tape and allow more homes to be built, with those decisions left to towns rather than Washington.¹⁴	Leave zoning decisions to local governments His campaign website says zoning and land-use decisions should return to local communities rather than be set by federal mandates.¹²
Immigration enforcement inside the country	Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments a court filing in Centro de Trabajadores Unidos v. Bessent that defended keeping taxpayer information private and apart from immigration enforcement.¹³	Her campaign website says current immigration laws should be enforced, that ICE must be adequately funded and supported, and that people who cross the border illegally should be detained, identified and sent back, with catch-and-release ended.^11,15	Not found in the public sources we checked
Federal spending levels	Not found in the public sources we checked	Cut spending enough to balance the budget within 10 years Her campaign website says the federal government must reduce its spending and calls for implementing Senator Paul's Six Penny Plan, under which federal spending would fall by six percent each year until the budget balances in five years.^11,14	His campaign website says he would back measures such as the Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act so that any debt ceiling increase is matched with spending discipline.¹²

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Maggie Goodlander — 18 issues

Abortion medication
Her campaign website says she would preserve access to medication abortion through telehealth, and calls for repealing the Comstock Act and adding federal protections for prescribing abortion medication by telehealth and mail.⁸
Government funding and abortion
Let Medicaid and other public programs cover abortion (ending the Hyde Amendment)
Her campaign website says she supports repealing the Hyde Amendment so that public health insurance programs cover abortion care.⁸
Supreme Court term limits
Set fixed terms, such as 18 years
Her campaign website says she supports the TERM Act, which would set 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices.^9,13
National Guard troops in cities
Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments court filings opposing the deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois and challenging a deployment in the District of Columbia over the objections of local elected leaders.¹³
Banking and investment rules
Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments a court filing in National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought that challenged efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.¹³
Collective bargaining for public employees
Restore bargaining rights at the federal agencies the 2025 order excluded, as the House-passed Protect America's Workforce Act would
Her campaign website lists the Protect America's Workforce Act, which passed the House and would reverse the executive order that removed collective bargaining protections from federal workers, among the bills it highlights.¹³
Small business loans and programs
Her campaign website lists more than a dozen small business bills that passed the House, many of them about Small Business Administration programs, including bills on federal contracting, loan oversight and rural outreach.¹³
Union organizing rules
Her campaign website lists the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which passed the House and would help newly unionized workers get a first contract without long employer delays, among the bills it highlights.¹³
Who sets tariffs
Her campaign website says she wants to restore Congress's constitutional authority over tariffs and taxation, and lists legal briefs defending that authority among her accomplishments.¹³
Data centers and electricity costs
Her campaign website lists the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed the House and would require consideration of protections so that large data centers pay for the grid upgrades they need instead of passing those costs to other customers.¹³
Child care costs
Her campaign website lists making child care affordable among the ways to lower costs for New Hampshire families.⁹
Aid to Ukraine
Her campaign website says she helped gather the signatures needed to force a House vote on the Ukraine Support Act and voted for it, and says the bill would help Ukraine defend itself and impose tougher sanctions on Russia.¹³
Foreign aid
Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments a court filing in American Foreign Service Association v. Trump that challenged what it calls attacks on USAID.¹³
AR-15-style rifles
Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments a court filing in Viramontes v. Cook County, Illinois, saying decisions about regulating assault weapons should remain with democratically accountable lawmakers.¹³
ACA premium tax credits
Bring them back for a limited time, such as through 2028, with or without changes such as income limits or minimum premiums
Her campaign website says she led bipartisan legislation, the Common Ground for Affordable Healthcare Act, which passed the House and would extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years.¹³
Birthright citizenship
Keep automatic citizenship for every child born in the US
Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments court filings opposing restrictions on birthright citizenship and defending constitutional citizenship protections.¹³
Data privacy
Her campaign website says she is championing the SLASH Prices Act, which would require companies to disclose when they use algorithms and personal information to set prices and would let people opt out without paying more or getting worse service.¹³
Veterans' disability and survivor benefits
Expand benefits for some groups, such as combat-injured retirees with under 20 years of service and surviving spouses who remarry
Her campaign website says she has made the Major Richard Star Act a top priority; the bill would end the offset that reduces retirement pay for combat-injured veterans who are medically retired.¹³

Lily Tang Williams — 12 issues

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs
Her campaign website criticizes diversity, equity and inclusion programs run by governments and corporations and says she will oppose such policies in Congress.¹⁶
Classroom teaching on race, gender and sexuality
Her campaign website says she rejects Critical Race Theory, criticizes the teaching of those ideas and of topics it calls age-inappropriate in public schools, and says parents should be able to know what their children are being taught.^16,17
Transgender students in school sports
Her campaign website says allowing biological males to compete against biological females threatens girls' sports.¹⁶
Vouchers and education savings accounts
Her campaign website says school choice should not be only for wealthy families, that she supports parents' right to choose a school for their children, and that funding should follow the child.¹⁷
Clean energy tax credits
End the remaining clean energy credits
Her campaign website says she will fight federal green energy mandates and subsidies, which it says interfere with markets and raise costs for New England ratepayers.¹⁴
Nuclear power
Speed up licensing further and expand federal support to build many new reactors
Her campaign website says she supports nuclear power, including protecting and expanding Seabrook Station and advancing small modular reactors, and says she would work to accelerate federal support for them and to streamline their reviews.¹⁴
Oil and gas drilling on federal land and offshore
Lease more federal land and offshore areas for drilling
Her campaign website says she supports allowing increased oil leasing on public lands.¹⁸
Asylum rules
Her campaign website says that, alongside strong borders, the country should offer refuge to people who seek political asylum and an efficient legal route to citizenship.¹⁵
Border wall and barriers
Her campaign website says the border should be secured, current laws enforced and necessary barriers built to stop drug smuggling and human trafficking.¹¹
Legal status for immigrants here without permission, including Dreamers
Her campaign website says she supported a proposal to secure the border first and then give Dreamers, including DACA recipients without criminal records, legal status with a pathway to citizenship.¹⁵
Balanced budget amendment
Add a balanced budget requirement to the Constitution
Her campaign website says she supports amending the Constitution to make a balanced federal budget mandatory.¹¹
Preventing government shutdowns
Her campaign website calls for ending funding by continuing resolutions and requiring on-time, full-year budgets, which it says would end the cycle of last-minute crises and shutdown threats.¹¹

Robbie Mahrou — 8 issues

Farm payments and crop insurance
His campaign website says he would fight subsidies for large agribusiness that push family farms out.^12,19
Federal Reserve independence
His campaign website says he supports H.R. 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, which he describes as requiring a complete outside audit of the Federal Reserve.¹²
Federal agencies' power to write rules
His campaign website lists championing the 10th Amendment, by limiting the authority of agencies whose leaders are not elected and shifting power back to states and localities, among the steps he would take in Congress.¹²
Business tax breaks
His campaign website says the deductions and offshore arrangements that let the largest corporations pay close to no tax should be shut down, and calls for ending corporate welfare, with savings it puts at $200 billion a year by the fifth year.¹²
Corporate tax rate
His campaign website proposes a 23 percent minimum tax on companies with more than $5 billion in annual revenue, while family farms and small businesses keep their current rate.¹²
Federal income tax rates
His campaign website proposes exempting each household's first $105,000 of income from federal income tax, phasing the break out for households above $750,000 and leaving the rates on income above that amount unchanged.¹²
State and local tax (SALT) deduction
His campaign website says the property tax deduction should stay in place permanently, with no expiration date.¹²
Taxes on tips and overtime
Make the tax break permanent or expand it
His campaign website says the tax breaks for tips and overtime should stay in place permanently, with no expiration dates.¹²

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.

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