Maggie Goodlander

Democrat candidate for U.S. House in New Hampshire, the incumbent. Every point on this page links to its source. We don't grade candidates or tell you how to vote. As of 2026-09-29.

At a glance

PartyDemocrat
Running forU.S. House, New Hampshire
Born1986
EducationGroton School; Yale Law School; Yale College
Occupationlawyer, politician, naval officer

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Record

U.S. Representative, New Hampshire's 2nd district2025–presentBiographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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Full official biography, including earlier offices (Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress)

In Congress: 13 bills and resolutions sponsored, 356 cosponsored, 0 became law on their own (a bill folded into a larger law isn't counted). Congress.gov

Where they stand

In their own words, from their campaign and official websites, summarised in plain English. House roll-call votes are not included yet: the Senate's are, and the House's come from a different source still being added.

Economy and cost of living

Goodlander says she wants to lower costs by taking on corporate monopolies and restoring competition, and to make childcare, elder care and housing more affordable. She also says she wants to raise the minimum wage and protect workers' right to bargain collectively.

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Taxes and government spending

Goodlander says she wants a tax system that gives tax breaks to working families rather than to billionaires and big corporations. She also says she would close tax loopholes that benefit Big Oil.

“delivering tax breaks for working families – not handouts to billionaires and big corporations”
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Health care

Goodlander says healthcare is a right and that mental healthcare is healthcare. She says she wants to make care and prescription drugs more affordable and accessible, take on big health insurers and Big Pharma, and protect the Affordable Care Act.

“healthcare is a right, not a privilege, and that mental healthcare is healthcare.”
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Social Security and Medicare

Goodlander says she wants to protect Social Security and Medicare. She also lists making elder care more affordable as a goal.

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Immigration and the border

Goodlander points to the bipartisan 2012 Senate immigration bill she helped write as her framework. It would give a path to citizenship to people already here, secure the borders and curb fentanyl coming across. She says she will fight to stop fentanyl from entering communities and to bring those responsible to justice.

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Abortion

No stated position on their website.

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Energy and climate

Goodlander says she wants to combat climate change, stand up to Big Oil, and make America the world's clean energy superpower. She says she would close tax loopholes for oil companies and advance environmental justice.

“working to make America the world’s clean energy superpower”
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Guns

No stated position on their website.

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Foreign policy and defense

No stated position on their website.

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Elections and ethics in government

Goodlander says no politician is above the law, and cites her work as counsel in the first impeachment of President Trump. She says democracy is something people take part in, not watch from the sidelines.

“no politician is above the law”
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Money

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Maggie Goodlander (DEM, incumbent)

Raised
$4.2M through 2026-08-19 individuals $3.0M · PACs $325K · party $53 · from the candidate's other committees $853K · cash on hand $2.7M
Outside spending
$1,811 opposing Goodlander · $150K supporting Goodlander · latest reported 2026-09-28
Largest outside spenders
FELLOWSHIP PAC — $150K supporting Goodlander Largest donors: CANTOR FITZGERALD $10.0M (91%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); ANCHOR LABS INC $1.0M (9%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) AMERICA PAC — $1,811 opposing Goodlander Largest donors: Elon Musk $20.1M (>99%), Space Exploration Technologies Corp., CEO
86 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • A NEW DIRECTION PAC $10K
  • ABUNDANCE PAC $2,500
  • AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $3,500
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE PAC (AAJ PAC) $7,500
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS PAC $2,500
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES $10K
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $5,000
  • AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN MOBILIZATION PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTION $5,000
  • AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC $1,500
  • AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA $5,000
  • AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) $1,000
  • BEEPAC (BUILDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PAC) $1,000
  • BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PAC $1,000
  • BLUE HEN FEDERAL PAC $5,000
  • BLUE MOMENTUM PAC $2,000
  • BRIDGE THE GAP PAC $5,000
  • CAROLINA VICTORY FUND $2,000
  • CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $5,000
  • CLEARED TO LEAD PAC $5,000
  • COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURE $1,000
  • COMMITTEE TO ELECT CAROLE FIOLA $250
  • COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $2,500
  • CRONIN COMMITTEE $1,000
  • D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) $1,500
  • DEFEND THE VOTE $2,500
  • DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PAC $1,000
  • ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $4,000
  • ELECT DEMS NOW PAC $2,000
  • END CITIZENS UNITED $1,000
  • ENERGY MARKETERS OF AMERICA SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE PAC (EMA SBC PAC) $1,000
  • ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $2,500
  • FAIR SHOT PAC $2,000
  • FOLLOW THE NORTH STAR FUND $5,000
  • FORWARD TOGETHER PAC $7,000
  • GETTING RESULTS BY ENGAGING GRASSROOTS PAC $500
  • GRANITE VALUES PAC $10K
  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC $1,000
  • INT'L ASSOC OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) $5,000
  • INT'L ASSOC OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS PAL $5,000
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS $2,500
  • INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS PAC $1,000
  • JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS $5,000
  • JSTREETPAC $5,000
  • JUNTOS PAC $2,500
  • KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INC $4,000
  • LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $10K
  • LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY INNOVATION SERVICE PAC $1,000
  • LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $1,000
  • LIFTOFF PAC $10K
  • MACHINIST'S NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE $5,000
  • MARK CUSACK COMMITTEE $1,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF USA POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND) $2,500
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION - PAC $2,500
  • NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION GROCERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIER'S ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
  • NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $2,000
  • NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND $5,000
  • NO LABELS PAC $7,500
  • NUTMEG PAC $10K
  • ONWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE $5,000
  • PAC TO THE FUTURE $5,000
  • PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS $4,000
  • POPULAR HOPE & RENEWAL PAC $2,000
  • PURPOSE PAC $1,000
  • PUTTING NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRST $7,000
  • SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESS $1,000
  • SPIKE PAC $1,000
  • SUA SPONTE PAC $5,000
  • THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT AARON MICHLEWITZ $1,000
  • THE JUNO FUND $3,500
  • THE REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE PAC (REALPAC) $5,000
  • TRI STATE MAXED-OUT WOMEN $6,500
  • VOTEVETS $12K
  • WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. PAC $1,000
  • WITH HONOR PAC $10K
  • YINZER PAC $3,500

All filings at the FEC ↗

Praise, criticism and controversies

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From Semblen

Semblen analyzed 8 ads from Maggie Goodlander's campaign; 7 used at least one manipulation technique, most often Glittering Generalities, Loaded Language, Transfer. See the ads, the money and every candidate in this race →

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