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The race

Hillsborough County District 33 elects 2 state representative(s) on November 3, 2026 — voters may vote for up to 2 candidate(s), and the top 2 finishers take the seats. 2 incumbent(s) are on the ballot seeking re-election: Peter Leishman; Jonah Wheeler. The confirmed general-election roster, from Ballotpedia's general-election table, is: Peter Leishman (Democratic) — incumbent; Jonah Wheeler (Democratic) — incumbent; Kimberly Thomas (Republican).

The House itself is rated a toss-up by Sabato's Crystal Ball (January 22, 2026) and Likely D (flip) by State Navigate (October 24, 2026) — chamber ratings, printed as sourced; no district-level rating was published in the sources consulted. Republicans hold the chamber 220–179 heading in (Wikipedia).

The candidates, claim by claim

Peter Leishman (D), incumbent. Peter Leishman is the Democratic incumbent on the confirmed general-election roster (Ballotpedia general-election table, accessed October 25, 2026).

Pros: A willing nominee giving the district's Democratic voters a choice on the ballot. Cons: No documented break with the Democratic Party toward this publication's values was located in the compiled record — no Manchin-test break. The organizing vote adds to a Democratic caucus whose program this publication opposes; that caucus weight is lighter in the House than in the Senate, but it does not create an exception where no break exists. The flaw, plainly: Enabler class, not extremist — a reliable party-line vote, which is the standing reason the exception for a Democrat is not earned here.

Jonah Wheeler (D), incumbent. Jonah Wheeler is the Democratic incumbent on the confirmed general-election roster (Ballotpedia general-election table, accessed October 25, 2026). His compiled record carries a documented in-service break with his party: on March 20, 2025 he voted Yea on HB 148, permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex in bathrooms, locker rooms, sports, and prisons, and defended the vote publicly against his own party's backlash (Vote Smart vote records; New Hampshire Bulletin reporting carried in coverage of the vote; The Free Press). He also voted Yea on HB 377 and on SB 552 (Vote Smart).

Pros: A documented break file toward this publication's values on sex-classification policy — the strongest Manchin-test material located for any New Hampshire Democrat in this pass, and it is printed here in full because the record is the record. Cons: The break file is narrow — one policy area — and Wheeler remains a Democratic organizing vote for a caucus whose broader program this publication opposes; the Manchin exception in this publication's doctrine operates where no Republican is on the ballot, and a Republican is on this ballot. The flaw, plainly: Enabler class on the caucus vote, with a genuine, sourced break file on sex-classification votes — not extremist: no documented DSA membership, self-described democratic-socialist identification, or authored socialist program was located for him.

Kimberly Thomas (R), nominee. Kimberly Thomas is the Republican nominee on the confirmed general-election roster (Ballotpedia general-election table, accessed October 25, 2026). No prior service record for this nominee was located at this sourcing depth, and none is invented here.

Pros: The Republican nominee; Republicans and conservatives are in-tent under this publication's values (Constitution, capitalism and the free market, Christianity, freedom). Cons: No service record was verified at this sourcing depth — the candidacy is unproven, which is a watch posture, not a demerit. The flaw, plainly: None proven — unproven is not a flaw.

OUR CALL

We endorse Kimberly Thomas (R) — as unproven, and on watch. No proven flaw was located in this nominee's compiled record and no prior service record was located at this sourcing depth, so this endorsement carries the unproven form: support, with the record to be watched. We endorse Jonah Wheeler (D) for the district's second seat, under the Manchin test. No Republican contests that seat, and Wheeler's file — printed in full in his section above — carries a documented in-service break with his party toward this publication's values: the Yea vote on HB 148 (March 20, 2025) permitting biological-sex classification, defended publicly against his own party's backlash, with Yea votes on HB 377 and SB 552 besides (Vote Smart). The break file is narrow, and it is proven, which is the test. Peter Leishman (D) carries no such break file and is not endorsed. The Democratic alternative does not pass the Manchin test on any record located in this district, Jonah Wheeler's sourced exception — which earns him the second seat under the Manchin test — aside.

Endorsements in multi-member districts are per seat the ballot actually fills: this district fills 2 seats, and the call above names a candidate for each seat endorsed and states plainly where no endorsement is made.

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Sources

Election result — November 4, 2026

Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.

AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.

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