Federal

U.S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 3
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A member of the U.S. House of Representatives votes on federal laws, taxes and spending on behalf of the district.

Candidates Compare by issue

Lily Tang Williams

Republican

Entrepreneur; speaker · Weare

The gist

Pledges to support congressional term limits.
Supports banning stock trading by members of Congress.
Supports a Balanced Budget Amendment and banning earmarks.
Proposes eliminating the federal Department of Education.
Supports a national constitutional carry law.
Supports detaining and returning people who cross illegally.
Proposes limiting federal borrowing from the Social Security Trust Fund.

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Pledges to support congressional term limits.
Issues – Lily Tang Williams for Congress
Campaign website · Lily Tang Williams for Congress · lilytangwilliams.com
“Cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits Amendment limiting U.S. House members to three terms and U.S. Senators to two terms”
Supports banning stock trading by members of Congress.
Issues – Lily Tang Williams for Congress
Campaign website · Lily Tang Williams for Congress · lilytangwilliams.com
“Prohibit members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from trading individual stocks while in office.”
Supports a Balanced Budget Amendment and banning earmarks.
Issues – Lily Tang Williams for Congress
Campaign website · Lily Tang Williams for Congress · lilytangwilliams.com
“Pass a constitutional amendment requiring the federal government to balance its budget”
Proposes eliminating the federal Department of Education.
Issues – Lily Tang Williams for Congress
Campaign website · Lily Tang Williams for Congress · lilytangwilliams.com
“it is time to eliminate the federal Department of Education and repeal all federal laws regulating K-12 education.”
Supports a national constitutional carry law.
Issues – Lily Tang Williams for Congress
Campaign website · Lily Tang Williams for Congress · lilytangwilliams.com
“I support a national constitutional carry law.”
Supports detaining and returning people who cross illegally.
Issues – Lily Tang Williams for Congress
Campaign website · Lily Tang Williams for Congress · lilytangwilliams.com
“those who insist on crossing the border illegally should be detained, identified, and sent back.”
Proposes limiting federal borrowing from the Social Security Trust Fund.
Issues – Lily Tang Williams for Congress
Campaign website · Lily Tang Williams for Congress · lilytangwilliams.com
“We must strengthen the protections of these benefits by severely limiting Federal Government borrowing from the Social Security Trust Fund.”

Robbie Mahrou

Independent

Entrepreneur · Walpole

The gist

Supports congressional term limits and a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Opposes raising the retirement age or means-testing Social Security.
Supports a federal right to choose abortion.
Supports limiting institutional investors' purchases of single-family homes.
Opposes the SAVE Act's proof-of-citizenship registration requirement.
Opposes reauthorizing the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Supports congressional term limits and a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Citizens Count: Robbie Mahrou profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Term limits and a balanced budget amendment are long overdue.”
Opposes raising the retirement age or means-testing Social Security.
Citizens Count: Robbie Mahrou profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Raising the retirement age, means testing, and raising the income cap are three different ways of breaking that promise.”
Supports a federal right to choose abortion.
Citizens Count: Robbie Mahrou profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The right to make decisions about your own body is a constitutional right.”
Supports limiting institutional investors' purchases of single-family homes.
Citizens Count: Robbie Mahrou profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“Forcing Americans to rent the American dream instead of having a true stake in it is criminal”
Opposes the SAVE Act's proof-of-citizenship registration requirement.
Citizens Count: Robbie Mahrou profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“The SAVE Act is not election security legislation.”
Opposes reauthorizing the Keystone XL pipeline.
Citizens Count: Robbie Mahrou profile
Candidate questionnaire · Citizens Count · citizenscount.org
“That is not a trade worth making.”

Maggie Goodlander

DemocraticIncumbent

U.S. Representative, 2nd District · Concord

The gist

Supports protecting access to abortion, contraceptives and IVF.
Supports legalizing marijuana at the federal level.
Supports raising the minimum wage and collective bargaining rights.
Supports closing tax loopholes for oil companies.
Opposes book bans and supports teachers and students.
Supports campaign finance reform and fair maps.
Supports immigration reform with a path to citizenship.

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Supports protecting access to abortion, contraceptives and IVF.
Priorities – Maggie Goodlander for Congress
Campaign website · Maggie for NH · maggiefornh.com
“Maggie will fight like hell to defend access to the full range of reproductive healthcare, including abortion, contraceptives, and IVF.”
Supports legalizing marijuana at the federal level.
Priorities – Maggie Goodlander for Congress
Campaign website · Maggie for NH · maggiefornh.com
“It also means legalizing marijuana at the federal level and delivering meaningful and much-needed criminal justice reforms.”
Supports raising the minimum wage and collective bargaining rights.
Priorities – Maggie Goodlander for Congress
Campaign website · Maggie for NH · maggiefornh.com
“It means protecting the rights of workers, including to collectively bargain, and raising the minimum wage.”
Supports closing tax loopholes for oil companies.
Priorities – Maggie Goodlander for Congress
Campaign website · Maggie for NH · maggiefornh.com
“work to close the tax loopholes that have allowed Big Oil to make record profits”
Opposes book bans and supports teachers and students.
Priorities – Maggie Goodlander for Congress
Campaign website · Maggie for NH · maggiefornh.com
“In Congress, Maggie will fight against book bans and for our teachers and our students.”
Supports campaign finance reform and fair maps.
Priorities – Maggie Goodlander for Congress
Campaign website · Maggie for NH · maggiefornh.com
“Maggie is ready to fight for voting rights, campaign finance reform, fair maps”
Supports immigration reform with a path to citizenship.
Priorities – Maggie Goodlander for Congress
Campaign website · Maggie for NH · maggiefornh.com
“a fairer immigration system that provides a path to citizenship for those already here, secures our borders”

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