New Hampshire — 2nd District

D Democratic Maggie Goodlander

Supports federal reproductive freedom rights

Goodlander considers the fight for reproductive rights deeply personal following her experience losing a pregnancy at nearly 20 weeks due to care delays following the Dobbs decision. She helped launch the DOJ Reproductive Rights Task Force and vows to defend access to abortion, contraceptives, and IVF nationwide.

• Helped launch the DOJ Reproductive Rights Task Force after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
• Pledges to support federal legislation protecting access to abortion, contraception, and IVF.

“In Congress, Maggie will fight like hell to defend access to the full range of reproductive healthcare, including abortion, contraceptives, and IVF.”

R Republican Lily Williams

Opposes federal abortion legislation

Williams views abortion strictly as a states' rights issue following the Supreme Court's overturn of Roe v. Wade. She pledges not to vote for any federal law regulating abortion, whether pro or anti, leaving decisions to New Hampshire voters.

• Supports the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and returning authority to states.
• Pledges not to vote for any federal abortion legislation.
• Promotes adoption, crisis pregnancy support, and accessible birth control.

“If elected to the U.S. House, I will not vote in favor of any federal law concerning any aspect of abortion (pro, anti, or anywhere in between).”

D Democratic Maggie Goodlander

Targets corporate monopolies and middle-class tax relief

Goodlander focuses on combating corporate special interests and anti-competitive practices that drive up prices on housing, healthcare, groceries, and prescription drugs. She advocates for tax breaks for working families, raising the minimum wage, and protecting collective bargaining rights.

• Refuses all corporate PAC contributions.
• Worked as Deputy Assistant Attorney General fighting corporate monopolies to lower prices on essentials.
• Voted Nay on the 2025 Republican reconciliation tax and budget bill (H.R. 1).

“As a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department, Maggie was on the frontlines of the fight against corporate monopolies that are making life harder for hardworking Granite Staters by jacking up the prices of housing, healthcare, prescription drugs, groceries, and airline tickets.”

R Republican Lily Williams

Advocates spending cuts and free-market deregulation

Williams attributes high inflation to excessive federal spending, government management of the economy, and burdensome regulations. She promises to drive down costs by reducing federal spending, balancing the budget, eliminating corporate subsidies, and removing red tape to unleash free-market competition.

• Identifies federal over-spending as the primary driver of inflation.
• Proposes removing government subsidies and deregulation to promote free-market competition.
• Supports a constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment and zero-based budgeting.

“my #1 priority when getting to Washington, DC to serve as your congresswoman is to work tirelessly every single day to drive down costs for ordinary New Hampshire folks.”

D Democratic Maggie Goodlander

Supports comprehensive reform and targeted border enforcement

Goodlander emphasizes comprehensive immigration reform including a pathway to citizenship, border security, and stopping the flow of illegal fentanyl. In Congress, she voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act to detain noncitizens arrested for theft offences, while voting Nay on DUI-based deportation legislation.

• Helped craft the bipartisan 2012 "Gang of Eight" Senate immigration reform framework.
• Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) to require detention of noncitizens arrested for burglary or theft.
• Focuses on interdicting fentanyl trafficking and prosecuting drug dealers.

“In Congress, Maggie will fight to stop fentanyl from flowing into our communities, to bring to justice those who put it there, and to deliver life-saving medication and care across New Hampshire and our nation.”

R Republican Lily Williams

Supports physical border wall and ending catch-and-release

Williams considers border security essential to national security and demands enforcing existing immigration laws, finishing the southern border wall, and ending "catch and release." She supports legal immigration reforms but insists that unauthorized border crossers be detained and deported immediately.

• Demands completing the southern border wall and adequately funding ICE.
• Calls for ending "catch and release" and sanctuary practices.
• Insists on securing the border prior to granting legal status to Dreamers or DACA recipients.

“To streamline the process and encourage people only to come here legally, those who insist on crossing the border illegally should be detained, identified, and sent back.”

D Democratic Maggie Goodlander

Advocates campaign finance and voting rights reforms

Goodlander emphasizes protecting democratic institutions, protecting voting rights, ending gerrymandering through fair maps, and reforming ethics in federal courts and Congress. She highlights her refusal to accept corporate PAC money as a core commitment to independence.

• Rejects corporate PAC money.
• Fights for voting rights legislation, campaign finance reform, and court ethics accountability.
• Served as a lawyer in the first impeachment of Donald Trump.

“Maggie is proud to be the only candidate in this race who has never taken a dime of corporate PAC money.”

R Republican Lily Williams

Advocates congressional term limits and structural ethics overhaul

Williams puts forward a 10-Point Good Government Plan centered on constitutional term limits, single-issue legislation, banning stock trading for members of Congress, and prohibiting former members from lobbying.

• Signed pledge supporting constitutional term limits (3 House terms, 2 Senate terms).
• Proposes requiring single-issue bills and banning omnibus spending packages and earmarks.
• Advocates banning congressional stock trading and imposing a lifetime lobbying ban on former members.

“I have signed the pledge to sponsor (or cosponsor) and vote to limit U.S. House of Representatives to three terms, and the U.S. Senate to two terms.”

D Democratic Maggie Goodlander

Supports clean energy transition and environmental justice

Goodlander advocates for combating climate change, making the U.S. a clean energy superpower, closing oil tax loopholes, and protecting vulnerable communities from environmental pollution through DOJ environmental justice initiatives.

• Helped launch the DOJ's Office of Environmental Justice.
• Supports closing tax loopholes for Big Oil companies.
• Focuses on clean energy investment to combat climate change.

“The fight for a fair deal also means combating climate change, standing up to Big Oil, and working to make America the world’s clean energy superpower.”

R Republican Lily Williams

Promotes all-of-the-above domestic energy expansion

Williams calls for "energy freedom" by expanding domestic production across all available resources including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, solar, and wind energy. She advocates restarting the Keystone pipeline and opening public lands for leasing to lower consumer energy costs.

• Advocates an all-of-the-above energy strategy incorporating fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables.
• Calls for restarting the Keystone pipeline and increasing oil and gas leases on public lands.
• Seeks to cut federal regulations to stabilize domestic energy businesses.

“We must declare energy freedom and allow access, with appropriate mechanisms to control pollution, to all of our available resources: nuclear, oil, solar, coal, and wind.”

D Democratic Maggie Goodlander

Supports public education and opposes book bans

Goodlander emphasizes the importance of public education for democracy, supporting public school teachers and students, and opposing political book bans in schools.

• Supports public school funding, teachers, and students.
• Opposes school book bans.

“In Congress, Maggie will fight against book bans and for our teachers and our students.”

R Republican Lily Williams

Supports parental rights, school choice, and abolishing the Department of Education

Williams views education strictly as a state and local responsibility. She advocates eliminating the federal Department of Education, repealing federal K-12 regulations, expanding school choice vouchers, and opposing Critical Race Theory and gender programs in public schools.

• Calls for abolishing the federal Department of Education and repealing federal K-12 laws.
• Supports universal school choice and parental control over school curricula.
• Rejects Critical Race Theory and DEI programs in public education.

“Accordingly, it is time to eliminate the federal Department of Education and repeal all federal laws regulating K-12 education.”

D Democratic Maggie Goodlander

Protects the ACA and lowers prescription drug costs

Goodlander views healthcare as a right and advocates protecting Social Security, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act. She promises to lower drug prices and expand mental healthcare by taking on big health insurers and pharmaceutical companies.

• Supports protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act, Social Security, and Medicare.
• Takes on Big Pharma and health insurers to lower prescription drug and care costs.
• Advocates treating mental healthcare as an essential component of healthcare.

“The fight for a fair deal means protecting Social Security, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act. It means expanding access to affordable healthcare and prescription drugs, and making childcare, elder care, and housing more affordable.”

R Republican Lily Williams

Supports market-based healthcare reforms

Williams opposes government overreach in healthcare and advocates for free-market solutions to lower consumer costs, such as certifying generic drugs that are already approved in other first-world nations. She also pledges to protect senior benefits by preventing federal borrowing from the Social Security Trust Fund.

• Proposes certifying generic drugs approved in other developed nations to lower costs.
• Protects Medicare and Social Security benefits by restricting government borrowing from the trust fund.

“Social Security and Medicare are programs our seniors have paid into their whole working lives. Seniors can count on me to fight for them and protect those earned benefits.”

D Democratic Maggie Goodlander

Opposes discrimination and supports LGBTQ+ inclusion

Goodlander vows to oppose discriminatory legislation and defend individuals from targeting based on identity, race, or sexual orientation. In Congress, she voted Nay on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.

• Voted Nay on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28).
• Opposes discriminatory laws targeting individuals based on race, identity, or who they love.

“Maggie will stand up against discriminatory laws and make sure that no one is targeted because of who they love, how they identify, or the color of their skin.”

R Republican Lily Williams

Opposes CRT, DEI, and transgender inclusion in female sports

Williams rejects Critical Race Theory and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs, calling them Marxist divide-and-conquer tactics. She advocates restricting biological males from participating in biological female sports.

• Rejects Critical Race Theory (CRT) and DEI programs in schools, corporations, and the military.
• Opposes allowing biological males to compete in biological female sports.

“Girls’ sports are threatened because biological males, which is seen is a gender choice, are allowed to compete against biological females.”

R Republican Lily Williams

Supports national constitutional carry and repealing gun laws

Williams strongly supports Second Amendment rights as self-defense against tyranny. She advocates for a national constitutional carry law and the repeal of federal gun control laws, including gun-free zones.

• Supports national constitutional carry legislation.
• Calls for repealing unconstitutional gun control laws and eliminating gun-free zones.

“I support a national constitutional carry law. I will work for the repeal of all unconstitutional gun control laws, including gun-free zones, which only incentivize criminals with defenseless prey.”

R Republican Lily Williams

Opposes digital censorship and government tech collusion

Drawing on her experience growing up under Maoist China, Williams emphasizes protecting First Amendment rights in both physical and digital public squares. She strongly opposes censorship and collusion between federal government agencies, social media platforms, and media organizations.

• Opposes collusion between government agencies and Big Tech platforms to censor online speech.
• Advocates applying First Amendment protections to digital town squares.

“When others wish to control speech, they want to control thoughts, and keep those they wish to control from knowing the truth. Freedom of speech is meant to protect the listener first! Censorship exercised by collusion between government and big tech or the media is immoral and dangerous.”

D Democratic Maggie Goodlander

Supports regulating AI and protecting consumer data

Goodlander advocates modernizing federal regulations to harness the potential of AI and blockchain technology while protecting consumer data privacy, children, workers, and small businesses from tech exploitation. She voted Yea on the GENIUS Act regulating payment stablecoins.

• Voted Yea on the GENIUS Act (S. 1582) to establish a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.
• Advocates updating regulations to protect data privacy and prevent tech monopolies from crushing competition.

“In Congress, Maggie will be a leader in seizing the promise and managing the risks of these critical technologies, including by working to ensure federal laws and regulations are updated for the modern economy to protect American workers, consumers, and small businesses...”