The Ballot Brief

Lebanon, New Hampshire sample ballot 2026

Lebanon voters (Grafton County, New Hampshire) see U.S. Senate, Governor plus 6 Grafton County races on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Your U.S. House district and any precinct-level races depend on your street address.

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SheriffJillian E. Myers (D)

Jillian E. Myers

DemocraticIncumbent

Jillian E. Myers of Lisbon is Grafton County's sitting sheriff, seeking a second term, per the Valley News, and the only filer in either party. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.

AttorneyMartha Ann Hornick (D) · Matthew D. Bjelobrk (R)

Martha Ann Hornick

DemocraticIncumbent

Martha Ann Hornick of Littleton is the sitting Grafton County Attorney, per the Valley News. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.

Matthew D. Bjelobrk

Republican

Matthew D. Bjelobrk of Haverhill is the Republican candidate for Grafton County Attorney on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list.

TreasurerMichael J. Cryans (D) · Brian Dear (R)

Michael J. Cryans

DemocraticIncumbent

Michael J. Cryans of Hanover is Grafton County's sitting treasurer, a former Executive Councilor who represented District 1 from 2019 to 2021, and served 19 years as a county commissioner, per the Valley News and Citizens Count. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.

Brian Dear

Republican

Brian Dear of Lyman is the Republican candidate for Grafton County Treasurer, having previously sought the office in 2022 and 2024 against incumbent Michael Cryans, per the Valley News. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.

Register of DeedsKelley Jean Monahan (R) · Brie Choate (D)

Kelley Jean Monahan

RepublicanIncumbent

Monahan serves as Register of Deeds for Grafton County, New Hampshire, with annual reports on her site spanning from fiscal year 2011 forward, per her campaign site. Her tenure includes a public-private technology partnership with Fidlar Technologies and initiatives on cybersecurity and property fraud prevention, and her office received a National Association of Counties award for a preservation project, per the site. She participates in candidate forums across the county and in the New Hampshire Register of Deeds Association and the Tax Collectors Association, per the site.

Brie Choate

Democratic

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Preserving Grafton County property records dating back to 1773
  • Running the office as a service-focused, nonpartisan resource for residents
About Brie Choate

Choate co-owns a small auto repair shop in Woodsville with her husband, per the campaign site. A lifelong New Hampshire resident now living in Pike, she is also pursuing a graduate degree in public administration at the University of New Hampshire, per the campaign site.

Register of ProbateSharon Modjeska (D)

Sharon Modjeska

Democratic

Sharon Modjeska of Haverhill is on the Secretary of State's certified filing list as the Democratic candidate for Grafton County Register of Probate. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.

By address

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New Hampshire Executive Council District 2Tobin Menard (R) · Karen Liot Hill (D)

Tobin Menard

Republican

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Opposes broad-based income and sales taxes, per Citizens Count candidate profile
  • Supports marijuana legalization and gun rights, per Citizens Count
  • Favors business tax decreases and free-market approaches to affordable housing, per Citizens Count
About Tobin Menard

Tobin Menard served in the U.S. Air Force from 1998 to 2008 as a military aircraft mechanic and meteorologist, and has since worked in retail and manufacturing, per Citizens Count. He serves as treasurer of the Upper Valley Libertarians. He lives in Newport and is running for Executive Council District 2.

Karen Liot Hill

Democratic

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Supports oversight of the state's Ten-Year Highway Plan and infrastructure investment across the district
  • Prioritizes affordability, focusing on housing, childcare and property tax costs
  • Supports accessible, affordable child care as workforce infrastructure
About Karen Liot Hill

Karen Liot Hill is a former waitress and small business owner who ran a downtown diner, and previously served as a Lebanon City Councilor, Mayor of Lebanon, and Grafton County Treasurer, per her campaign site. She has served on the Executive Council for District 2 since January 2025 and is seeking a second term. She lives in Lebanon.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Grafton County page.

Statewide races

U.S. SenateChris Pappas (D) · John Sununu (R) · Edmond Laplante (Constitution)
Chris Pappas

Chris Pappas

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Anti-corruption agenda, including a congressional stock-trading ban
  • Tax cuts and lower costs blueprint
About Chris Pappas

Chris Pappas is a Manchester native who ran his family's 109-year-old landmark restaurant business before Congress, per the campaign site. He served three terms on New Hampshire's Executive Council and has represented New Hampshire in the U.S. House since January 2019, per the chamber's membership roster.

Key voting record
  • Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
  • Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
  • Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
  • Voted no on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the House 222-209 in November 2025. Opposed
  • Voted no on the September 2025 stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-212 in September 2025. Opposed
  • Voted no on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-213 in March 2025. Opposed

John Sununu

Republican

John Sununu is a lifelong Granite Stater who grew up in Salem and lives in Rye, per the campaign site. He earned degrees in engineering and built a career in high tech, engineering, consulting and manufacturing, including running the operations of an electronics company in Manchester, per the campaign site. The campaign site says that as a senator he wrote the law banning taxes on internet access, and that he has since taught at St. Anselm College and served as a director at Boston Scientific. The campaign site lists no issues as of October 15, 2026.

Edmond Laplante

Constitution

Edmond Laplante of Richmond is the Constitution Party candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list.

GovernorKelly Ayotte (R) · Cinde Warmington (D) · Stephen Villee (Libertarian)

Kelly Ayotte

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Tackle the housing crisis and keep New Hampshire affordable
  • Strengthen schools and expand education options
  • Keep communities safe and protect vulnerable citizens
About Kelly Ayotte

Kelly Ayotte is New Hampshire's incumbent governor and the Republican nominee for re-election in 2026. A former U.S. senator and state attorney general, she took office in January 2025, and her campaign emphasizes keeping New Hampshire safe, prosperous, and free, with a focus on housing, schools, and protecting vulnerable citizens.

Cinde Warmington

Cinde Warmington

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Bring down costs and make health care more affordable
  • Tackle the housing crisis
  • Protect public education and repeal the private school voucher program
About Cinde Warmington

Cinde Warmington is the Democratic nominee for New Hampshire governor, an attorney and former executive councilor who was the only Democrat on the five-member Executive Council. Her campaign centers on the affordability crisis: bringing down costs, making health care more affordable, tackling housing, protecting public education, and repealing the state's private school voucher program.

Stephen Villee

Libertarian

Stephen Villee of Hampton is the Libertarian candidate for governor of New Hampshire on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list.

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Grafton County sample ballotNew Hampshire statewide races

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