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New Hampshire will elect a female governor for the third time in November after former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig won their respective primaries. Ayotte is a Republican who was New Hampshire’s first female attorney general. Craig is a Democrat who was the first female mayor of the state’s largest city.

In the 2nd Congressional district, Former White House aide Maggie Goodlander won the Democratic primary for that seat, defeating former Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern, who previously ran for governor and secretary of state and had been endorsed by Kuster. In the Republican 2nd District primary, second-time candidate Lily Tang Williams defeated a dozen opponents to finish first. She is a native of China who became a U.S. citizen.

In the 1st Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas won the Democratic primary as he seeks a fourth term. Former state Sen. Russell Prescott won the Republican nomination in the 1st Congressional District. Prescott defeated six other Republicans, including Joe Kelly Levasseur, Chris Bright, Holly Noveletsky and Walter McFarlane.

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