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Endorses Major
The race
Rockingham County District 9 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. No incumbent is on the ballot — every seat in this district is open. The confirmed general-election roster, from Ballotpedia's general-election table, is: Matthew Brooks (Republican); Kevin Major (Republican/Democratic).
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). Ballotpedia's general table renders this district defectively: Kevin Major appears in the Democratic column, again in the Republican column, and again in the Other column as '(Republican Party, Democratic Party)'. Read as sourced: Major holds both parties' lines (fusion) and Matthew Brooks is the second Republican nominee — the incumbent Donald Selby lost renomination to Brooks and Major (Wikipedia). Printed, not resolved beyond that reading.
The candidates, claim by claim
Matthew Brooks (R), nominee. Matthew Brooks 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.
Kevin Major (R), nominee. Kevin Major 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 Matthew Brooks, Kevin Major (R) — as unproven, and on watch. No proven flaw was located in these nominees' compiled record and no prior service record was located at this sourcing depth, so these endorsements carry the unproven form: support, with the record to be watched. The Democratic alternative does not pass the Manchin test on any record located in this district.
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
- Ballotpedia, "New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2026" — general-election roster, seat counts, and incumbent markers (accessed October 25, 2026): https://ballotpedia.org/New_Hampshire_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2026
- Wikipedia, "2026 New Hampshire House of Representatives election" — retirements, vacancies, incumbents defeated in primaries, chamber ratings (accessed October 25, 2026): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_Hampshire_House_of_Representatives_election
- Record gaps: no district-level legislative voting records, campaign-finance figures, or biographies beyond the offices and facts printed above were verified for the nominees in this district at this sourcing depth; no district-level competitiveness rating was published in the sources consulted
- Standing check: no pedophile-association material meeting the proven standard (knowing association with or defense of a convicted pedophile) was located for any candidate on this ballot
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.
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