Michael Callis

Michael Callis (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on September 10, 2024.

Biography

Michael Callis lives in Conway, New Hampshire. Conway graduated from Manchester Central High School in 1972. His career experience includes working as a stone mason.^[1]

Elections

2024

New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Democratic primary)

New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Maggie Goodlander defeated Lily Williams in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Maggie Goodlander (D)	52.9	211,641
	Lily Williams (R)	47.0	187,810
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	367

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 399,818
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Sterling Sykes (Independent)
Ryan Donnelly (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Maggie Goodlander defeated Colin Van Ostern in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 10, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Maggie Goodlander	63.7	42,960
	Colin Van Ostern	36.1	24,342
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	160

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,462
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lily Williams	35.6	22,040
		Vikram Mansharamani	26.7	16,565
		Bill Hamlen	15.9	9,860
		Paul Wagner	3.8	2,329
		Casey Crane	3.3	2,046
		Randall Clark	3.0	1,866
	Submit photo	William Harvey	2.8	1,743
		Jay Mercer	2.5	1,573
		Jason Riddle	1.4	869
		Robert D'Arcy	1.2	714
		Michael Callis	1.0	632
		Tom Alciere	1.0	623
		Gerard Beloin	0.9	552
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	533

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 61,945
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Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Incumbent Annie Kuster defeated Bob Burns in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Annie Kuster (D)	55.8	171,636
	Bob Burns (R)	44.1	135,579
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	369

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 307,584
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Incumbent Annie Kuster advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 13, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Annie Kuster	99.3	48,630
	Other/Write-in votes	0.7	324

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,954
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2 on September 13, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Bob Burns	33.0	21,065
	George Hansel	29.8	19,024
	Lily Williams	24.6	15,729
	Scott Black	3.5	2,211
	Jay Mercer	3.3	2,085
	Dean Poirier	3.2	2,047
	Michael Callis	1.8	1,133
	Other/Write-in votes	0.9	574

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,868
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2020

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (September 8 Republican primary)

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (September 8 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Incumbent Chris Pappas defeated Matt Mowers and Zachary Dumont in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chris Pappas (D)	51.3	205,606
	Matt Mowers (R)	46.2	185,159
	Zachary Dumont (L)	2.4	9,747
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	149

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 400,661
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Incumbent Chris Pappas advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 8, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chris Pappas	99.7	70,643
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	194

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 70,837
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Kevin Freeman (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Matt Mowers defeated Matt Mayberry, Kevin Rondeau, Jeff Denaro, and Michael Callis in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 8, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Matt Mowers	59.3	41,100
	Matt Mayberry	26.6	18,479
	Kevin Rondeau	6.1	4,203
	Jeff Denaro	3.9	2,723
	Michael Callis	3.9	2,703
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	132

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,340
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William Fowler (R)

2018

See also: New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Chris Pappas defeated Eddie Edwards and Dan Belforti in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chris Pappas (D)	53.6	155,884
	Eddie Edwards (R)	45.0	130,996
	Dan Belforti (L)	1.4	4,048

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 290,928 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Pappas	42.2	26,875
		Maura Sullivan	30.4	19,313
		Mindi Messmer	9.7	6,142
		Naomi Andrews	7.1	4,508
		Lincoln Soldati	3.1	1,982
		Deaglan McEachern	2.7	1,709
		Levi Sanders	1.8	1,141
		Mark S. Mackenzie	1.2	746
	Submit photo	Terence O'Rourke	1.0	656
		Paul Cardinal	0.5	317
	Submit photo	William Martin	0.4	230

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,619
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eddie Edwards	48.0	23,510
		Andy Sanborn	41.6	20,364
		Andy Martin	4.2	2,072
		Michael Callis	2.6	1,254
		Jeff Denaro	2.0	963
	Submit photo	Bruce Crochetiere	1.6	766

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,929
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Mark Hounsell (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Dan Belforti advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Dan Belforti

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Dylan Robinson (L)

2016

See also: New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Carol Shea-Porter (D) defeated incumbent Frank Guinta (R), Robert Lombardo (L), and businessman Shawn O'Connor (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. This election marked the fourth contest between Guinta and Shea-Porter, who alternately won against one another in elections for this seat since 2010. Guinta defeated Republican challengers Jamieson Gradert, Rich Ashooh, Michael Callis, and Robert Risley in the Republican primary on September 13, 2016. He was a member of the NRCC's Patriot Program, which was designed to assist vulnerable Republican incumbents seeking re-election.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

**U.S. House, New Hampshire District 1 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Carol Shea-Porter	44.3%	162,080
	Republican	Frank Guinta Incumbent	43%	157,176
	Independent	Shawn O'Connor	9.5%	34,735
	Independent	Brendan Kelly	1.7%	6,074
	Libertarian	Robert Lombardo	1.5%	5,507
Total Votes				365,572
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

**U.S. House, New Hampshire District 1 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Frank Guinta Incumbent	46.6%	26,400
Rich Ashooh	45.3%	25,678
Michael Callis	4%	2,243
Robert Risley	2.4%	1,347
Jamieson Gradert	1.8%	1,031
Total Votes		56,699
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

2014

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 13, 2014. Incumbent Ed Butler was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Carl J. Thibodeau defeated Michael Callis in the Republican primary. Butler and Thibodeau faced off in the general election.^[14] Incumbent Butler defeated Thibodeau in the general election, and was re-elected for another term.^[15]

**New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 7 District, General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Butler Incumbent	51.7%	4,424
	Republican	Carl J. Thibodeau	48.3%	4,139
	NA	Scatter	0%	2
Total Votes				8,565

**New Hampshire House of Representatives, Carroll 7 District Republican Primary, 2014**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Carl Thibodeau	76%	1,385
Michael Callis	24%	437
Total Votes		1,822

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Callis ran in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Carroll 7. Callis was defeated by Norman Tregenza in the September 11 Republican primary election. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.^[16]^[17]

**New Hampshire House of Representatives, Carroll 7 Republican Primary, 2012**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Norman Tregenza	65.7%	1,310
Michael Callis	34.3%	685
Total Votes		1,995

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Michael Callis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Michael Callis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Michael Callis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Michael Callis campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House New Hampshire District 2	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House New Hampshire District 2	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. House New Hampshire District 1	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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New Hampshire's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Maggie Hassan (D)

Jeanne Shaheen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Chris Pappas (D)

District 2

Maggie Goodlander (D)

Democratic Party (4)

[bio-1] Facebook, "Michael Callis," accessed August 28, 2024

[2] Roll Call, "Exclusive: NRCC Announces 12 Members in Patriot Program," February 13, 2015

[3] Politico, "Frank Guinta scandal splits New Hampshire Republicans," May 22, 2015

[4] New Hampshire Union Leader, "O'Connor names campaign team," March 24, 2015

[5] New Hampshire Union Leader, Former U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter to run in 1st District election," September 19, 2015

[6] Politico, "Frank Guinta scandal splits New Hampshire Republicans," May 22, 2015

[7] Jamieson for Congress, "Home," accessed August 12, 2015

[8] Twitter, "John Distaso," accessed October 21, 2015

[9] WMUR9 ABC, "Innis: Guinta violations ‘major factor’ in bid for Congress," October 29, 2015

[10] New Hampshire Public Radio, "Republican Pam Tucker Enters 1st District Congressional Race," February 18, 2016

[11] WMUR 9, "1st CD candidate Shawn O’Connor changes affiliation, will run as independent," June 9, 2016

[list16-12] New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 13, 2016

[primaryresults16-13] Politico, "New Hampshire House Primary Results," September 13, 2016

[14] New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed July 1, 2014

[15] New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014

[16] New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Results," accessed May 15, 2014

[17] New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014

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Michael Callis

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 2

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

2014

2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

2020

Campaign finance summary

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