U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander decides against run for US Senate in 2026

Goodlander passes on U.S. Senate run, endorses Pappas

Goodlander has only been in Congress since January, but she looked hard at a run for Senate when Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced earlier this year that she would not be seeking reelection next year.

Goodlander Stays Out of U.S. Senate Race, Sparing NH Dems a Messy Primary

Maggie Goodlander had to decide: Barack Obama, or Chris Christie? On Thursday, she chose the latter. Goodlander, the freshman congresswoman representing New Hampshire’s 2nd District, announced that, after several weeks of consideration, she’s going to run for reelection rather than challenge fellow Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas in the U.S. Senate Democratic primary. “Humility isn’t a feeling easily expressed with words,” Goodlander said in a statem…

Goodlander passes on U.S. Senate campaign

First-term U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., has decided against a primary run for an open U.S. Senate seat and instead will seek a second term in the 2nd Congressional District in 2026.

Goodlander says she will not seek U.S. Senate seat in 2026

Maggie Goodlander, a Democrat and former Biden administration official who was elected in November to represent the state’s 2nd Congressional District, will not run for the U.S. Senate in 2026, she told WMUR Thursday. She had signaled she was considering…

U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander decides against run for US Senate in 2026

U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, has decided not to run for U.S. Senate in 2026.