Dr. Tom Sherman is pictured filing to run for governor against Gov. Chris Sununu at the Secretary of State's Office in Concord. (Twitter photo)

CONCORD – It is becoming more clear who will be competing for votes in this fall’s primary on Sept. 13.

The filing deadline at the Secretary of State’s will close at 5 p.m. Friday after being open for 10 days.

There were lots of Republicans looking to run to unseat Democrats in Washington and very few Democrats filing to run for Executive Council, so far, but that will change on Thursday.

Running for Governor in the Republican primary include incumbent Chris Sununu of Newfields, who has announced his intent to run again; and those who have filed including Julian M. Acciard of Derry; Jay Lewis, New Hampton; Thaddeus Riley, Brentwood; and Karen Testerman of Franklin.

Democrat State Sen. Dr. Thomas Sherman of Rye filed Wednesday and so far is running for governor unopposed in the primary but will face one of the Republicans in the general election, which is Nov. 8.

A full list of all the candidates for State Senate and House of Representatives can be found here https://www.sos.nh.gov/elections/elections/2022-election-information

Only in Executive Council District 2 will there be a primary race, so far, between incumbent Cinde Warmington of Concord and Michael Cryans of Hanover, who previously held the seat.

Democrats are expected to file Thursday in Executive Council Districts 1, 3, 4, and 5. They include Somersworth Mayor Dana Hilliard filing for Executive Council District 1; Katherine Harake for Executive Council District 3; Sen. Kevin Cavanaugh for Executive Council District 4 and Alderwoman Shoshanna Kelly for Executive Council District 5.

As of Wednesday, the most crowded field in the primary is the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate with 10 candidates filing.

They are Republicans Gerard Beloin of Colebrook; John Berman with a mailing address of Richland, Wash.; Donald Bolduc of Stratham; Bruce Fenton of Durham; Dennis Lamare of Lee; Edmond Laplant, Jr. of Richmond; Andy Martin of Manchester; Chuck Morse of Salem; and Tejasinha Sivalingam of Ashland; and Kevin H. Smith of Londonderry.

The winner of that primary will face either Democrat incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan of Exeter, who intends to run again, or challenger Paul J. Krautmann of Keene.

Four Republicans are vying for the District 1 Congressional seat, so far, now held by Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas of Manchester who has filed to run again and is currently unopposed in the primary.

The Republicans lined up to challenge Pappas are Michael Kilbane of Exeter; Matt Mowers, Gilford; Russell Prescott, Kingston; and Kevin Rondeau of Manchester.

Rep. Ann McLane Kuster of Hopkinton is running for another term as U.S. Congressman as a Democrat, and is unopposed in the primary so far. Running on the Republican side for the seat are Robert Burns of Pembroke, Keene Mayor George Hansel, Dean Poirier of Concord, and Lily Tang Williams of Weare.

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