Dover

Strafford County. 20 people are on the November ballot for the House and Senate seats that cover this town: 12 already in office, 8 challengers. 12 are rated DSA Preferred.

On your 2026 ballot

Running here in 2026

Everyone on the November 3 ballot for a State House or State Senate seat that covers Dover, after the September 8 primary. A sitting member is scored on how they voted; a challenger on what they said: their Citizens Count survey answers or, where they answered nothing, the platform on their own campaign website. The two are not the same kind of evidence and are never ranked against each other. A challenger with nothing to score is listed by name.

For the House

Districts: Strafford County District 11 · Strafford County District 13 · Strafford County District 14 · Strafford County District 15 · Strafford County District 16 · Strafford County District 17 · Strafford County District 20 · Strafford County District 21

Already in office · scored on their votes

Alice Wade
Alice WadeD
State Representative · Strafford District 15 · Dover
DSA Preferred CandidateRunning in a different district in 2026
Fully Socialist
100%
33 of 33 votes
Seth Miller
Seth MillerD
State Representative · Strafford District 21 · Dover
DSA Preferred CandidateRunning again in 2026
Fully Socialist
100%
33 of 33 votes
Erik JohnsonD
State Representative · Strafford District 11
DSA Preferred CandidateRunning again in 2026
Fully Socialist
100%
36 of 36 votes
Jessica LaMontagne
Jessica LaMontagneD
State Representative · Strafford District 17 · Dover
DSA Preferred CandidateRunning again in 2026
Fully Socialist
100%
36 of 36 votes
Allan Howland
Allan HowlandD
State Representative · Strafford District 20 · Durham
DSA Preferred CandidateRunning again in 2026
Fully Socialist
100%
32 of 32 votes
Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey SmithD
State Representative · Strafford District 21 · Dover
DSA Preferred CandidateRunning again in 2026
Fully Socialist
100%
23 of 23 votes
Gary Gilmore
Gary GilmoreD
State Representative · Strafford District 16 · Dover
DSA Preferred CandidateRunning again in 2026
Fully Socialist
100%
29 of 29 votes
Peter Bixby
Peter BixbyD
State Representative · Strafford District 13 · Dover
DSA Preferred CandidateRunning again in 2026
Fully Socialist
100%
36 of 36 votes
Janet Wall
Janet WallD
State Representative · Strafford District 11 · Madbury
DSA Preferred CandidateRunning again in 2026
Fully Socialist
100%
36 of 36 votes
Thomas Southworth
Thomas SouthworthD
State Representative · Strafford District 11 · Dover
DSA Preferred CandidateRunning again in 2026
Fully Socialist
100%
33 of 33 votes
Peter Schmidt
Peter SchmidtD
State Representative · Strafford District 14 · Dover
DSA Preferred CandidateRunning again in 2026
Fully Socialist
93.9%
31 of 33 votes
  • Alice Wade is State Representative for Strafford County District 15 today, and has filed for Strafford County District 21, which covers Dover. The score is their voting record.

Also on the ballot · nothing to score

Returned no survey and published no platform we could read. No score is not a score of zero.

How candidates are scored, and every candidate in the state

Statewide, on the same ballot

Governor

Everyone in New Hampshire votes in this one. The sitting governor is scored on the bills she signed and vetoed, her challenger on the positions she has published. Neither answered the 2026 candidate survey.

Every bill and every position behind these two numbers

Not on this ballot

Represents Dover today, not running here

This member holds a seat that covers Dover now and is not on its November ballot: no 2026 filing, lost the September 8 primary, or filed in a district that does not reach Dover. The record is what they did with the seat; the seat itself is above, with the people who want it.

Note on larger cities. Dover is split into 8 House districts by ward. This page lists everyone for the whole city (the district is printed under each chamber), not only the ones for your ward. Check your ward on your voter registration to identify your own.

Granite Solutions rating, from public roll call records and published candidate surveys. Not a DSA endorsement. Methodology

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