Kelly Ayotte

Cash on hand

Not in our data

Governors report to their state, not the Federal Election Commission.

Last election

51.4%

Share of the vote. As NBC News counted it on November 5, 2026, with 94.7% of the expected vote in.10

Election held in 2026

The state in 2024

Harris won New Hampshire in 2024.

Earlier offices

• U.S. Senate, 2011 to 2017
• New Hampshire attorney general, 2004 to 2009

2028 plans

No public statement on record.

Lean is the state’s 2025 Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI): R+5 to R+9 is lean Republican, R+10 and up solidly Republican, and D+ leans Democratic. Approval is the latest published Morning Consult rating, from its quarterly survey of registered voters in each state. Last election is the share of the vote the governor won. Cash on hand is the campaign’s money at the end of the reporting period named.

Minimum age

30 years oldStated in New Hampshire RSA 655:5, Governor, which restates Part 2, Article 42 of the state constitution (opens in a new tab).

Citizenship

A U.S. citizen, by birth or by naturalization.RSA 655:1 covers every elective office in the state, not only governor.Stated in New Hampshire RSA 655:1, Citizenship, which applies to any elective office (opens in a new tab).

Residency

An inhabitant of New Hampshire for the 7 years right before the election.RSA 655:2 also asks every candidate for elective office to have a domicile in the state.Stated in New Hampshire RSA 655:5, Governor, which restates Part 2, Article 42 of the state constitution (opens in a new tab).

Qualified voter

Not listed as a requirementThe cited section does not list this.Not stated in New Hampshire RSA 655:5, Governor (opens in a new tab).

Governor elections

The next is November 7, 2028. New Hampshire elects its governor every two years.

Where candidates file

New Hampshire Secretary of State, Elections Division (opens in a new tab)Confirmed by RSA 655:15, Official With Whom to File: for the offices of governor, United States senator, representative in Congress, councilor, state senator and county office, the secretary of state (opens in a new tab).The office’s own site (sos.nh.gov) returned HTTP 403 to every fetch, so the page at this URL was not opened. The filing office is confirmed by RSA 655:15.

State government

nh.gov (opens in a new tab)Not opened: nh.gov returned HTTP 403 to every fetch. The link is the one the New Hampshire General Court’s home page (gc.nh.gov), which was opened, gives for the state portal.

Stated: the cited text says it. Follows from: it follows from two cited provisions, named in the note. Not stated: the cited text lists the rules and this is not among them. Not verified: the source could not be opened, so nothing is recorded. Pages opened October 3, 2026.

2026 election

Won with 51.4% of the voteAs NBC News counted it on November 5, 2026, with 94.7% of the expected vote in.Official results (opens in a new tab)

2028

The governor’s race is on the ballot November 7, 2028.New Hampshire elects its governor every two years.

Cash on hand

Not reported

Governors report campaign money to their own state, not the Federal Election Commission. The site shows it only where the state’s latest report could be checked.

The Cato Institute’s Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors, a letter grade with its score out of 100. Its latest edition (2024) grades only governors then in office. The group’s name links to its scorecard.

“No score published” means the group published none, not zero.

Endorsed: the group endorsed the officeholder in that race. None on record: no endorsement found in the sources listed.