2026 General Election
Voter's Guide Now Available
The online version of the 2026 General Election Voter's Guide is now available, later than expected, but with more content than our first two election cycles.
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At the moment, the Voter's Guide is better viewed on a computer
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We'll be working on the mobile version this week
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The paper version will be out by Pumpkin Fest on Oct. 24th. Stop by!
See the General Election Voter's Guide
Reasonable & Responsible is Our Goal
There are many excellent reasonable and responsible candidates from which to choose. Well-qualified candidates who've lived and been active in their community, have been responsible when campaigning and answering questions, and been proactive in learning how to best to represent ALL voters, not just their party.
Did They Show Up & Vote?
This year we've included some Citizens Count survey statistics for incumbent candidates, including the percentage of days they attended, and the percentage of roll call votes in which they voted. One Belknap rep, Peter Varney, voted in only 19%, when the House average is 88%!
Who's a Libertarian?
We've also included NH Liberty Alliance libertarian scores, for which B and higher helps you identify extreme libertarians and Free Staters. Five Belknap reps were endorsed by that organization. We've marked them and others with strong libertarian leanings with a porcupine:
Did They Answer the Questionnaire?
This year we've also made a list of those candidate who responded to our Primary Election and General Election Questionnaires -- and who did not. The questionnaires were sent to NH House candidates, but for positions like County Treasurer or County Attorney.
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It's our opinion that NOT answering our Citizens for Belknap questionnaire on Belknap County issues, or other such surveys such as Citizens Count is an insult to the voters the candidates aim to represent.
Know for Whom You're Voting
Our goal is to educate Belknap County voters about the people for whom their voting, and recommend those we see as reasonable and responsible stewards of Belknap County, no matter their party.
We hope you find it helpful.
The Citizens for Belknap Steering Committee
WILL YOU HELP?
Become a Supporter
Take action and sign up for our supporter list to stay informed. In addition to joining our list, you'll also be asked if you will:
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Help with the Campaign. We have been successful because of our great volunteers in every Belknap County town!
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Write a Letter to the Editor or Contact your Rep - Use our "Make Your Voice Heard" tool for contacts and guidance on writing letters to media outlets and our Belknap County reps.
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Follow us on Facebook See Delegation meeting videos, streamed candidate forums, and more by following our Facebook page!
Like it or not, we must stand up to the extreme anti-county forces in the county. We are already busy laying the groundwork for the Citizens for Belknap Voter's Guide, and it takes money for signs, printing, advertising, and event costs.
If you're able to chip in seed money for the campaign ahead ASAP, we'd be grateful.
Laconia Wards
1, 3, 4, 5 & 6
District 5 Candidate Forum
Oct. 27
Oct. 27th at Levitt Park's Park House, Citizens for Belknap and the League of Women Voters host a Belknap District 5 Candidate Forum. Doors open at 6 pm, and the forum begins at 6:30 pm.
As with our past forums, anyone can come, but only those residents in District 5 can submit questions.
Those questions are sorted by the moderator into topics, then the moderator -- not Citizens for Belknap -- selects the questions, sometimes combining similar questions.
This forum's moderator will be former NH Senator Jeanie Forrester of Meredith, who ran our Meredith forum in September and did an excellent job.
For more information, visit the event page!
With Your Help,
We Kept 2 Gunstock Troublemakers Off the Nov. 3 Ballot
The GOP did not put forward a candidate for County Attorney, County Treasurer or County Probate by the June deadline.
Citizens for Belknap learned of an extreme libertarian write-in campaign just before the Primary. With your help, we shut down this back-door effort to get Gunstock troublemakers Norm Silber and David Strang on the ballot.
The results posted by the New Hampshire Secretary of State's office show our Republican ballot write-in recommendation, current county attorney Keith Cormier, prevailed over Norm Silber. Likewise, we joined the the Belknap County GOP in recommending Travis O'Hara, who won over Dr. David Strang.
Thanks for your help in keeping these extreme libertarians off the general election ballot.
WHO WE ARE
CITIZENS FOR BELKNAP is a group of citizens from across the political spectrum with the common purpose of restoring reasonable, responsible, and representative government to our county. We are Republicans, we are Democrats, we are undeclared, we are united.
We are fed up with runaway extremism in our County Delegation. We are fed up with representatives who do not represent - but speak for a tiny fraction of their constituents. And we are fed up with Free Staters and Libertarians who call themselves Republicans and are seeking to shrink the scope of state and local government.
We are committed to helping our citizens rid Belknap County of this invasive species at the ballot box this fall.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Click on the graphic for more info & RSVP
We did three successful candidate forums in the contested Primary races in State House Districts 2, 4 & 6. We may conduct others for the general. Check our events list!
See Recordings of the Forums!
District 6 - Gilford/Gilmanton/LaconiaW2
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
HOW YOU CAN HELP
SHARE
Please share your support for this vital organization with others who, like you, recognize the vital importance of the Citizens for Belknap cause.
VOTE
Remember -
Bad officials are elected by good
citizens who don't vote.
Plan to vote in the September primaries
and the November general election