Incumbent	Paul Hodes
Party	Democratic
Seeking Re-election?	Most Likely
Candidate Website	House Website Campaign Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile on Paul Hodes

2004 Presidential Vote	Kerry - 52.04% Bush - 47.02%
2006 Election Results	Hodes - 52.71% Bass - 45.61%
District Blog(s)	Blog Net News NH NH Insider NH-02 Progressive Blue Granite

Challenger	Jim Steiner
Party	Republican
Source of Information	The Green Papers CQ Politics, 11/12/07
Candidate Website	Campaign Website

Challenger	Grant Bosse
Party	Republican
Source of Information	Media Story, 10/11/07
Candidate Website	Campaign Website

Challenger	State Sen. Bob Clegg
Party	Republican
Source of Information	CQ Politics, 11/12/07
Candidate Website	Campaign Website

Potential Challenger	Charles ("Charlie") Bass
Party	Republican
Source of Information	Town Hall (per Shadegg)
Candidate Website	Campaign Website site down 4/15

Potential Challenger	Bruce Keough - 2002 Republican Gov. nominee
Party	Republican
Source of Information	D. C. Political Report
Candidate Website

Potential Challenger	Chester LaPointe
Party	Libertarian
Source of Information	The Green Papers
Candidate Website	Chester LaPointe website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile on Chester LaPointe

Potential Challenger	Stephen Gray
Party	Republican
Source of Information	Roll Call
Candidate Website

Challenger	Jennifer Horn
Party	Republican
Source of Information	Campaign Website
Candidate Website	Campaign Website

Background Information

New Hampshire's second congressional district is the larger (geographically) of the two NH districts. NH-02 is also considered more Democratic-leaning than NH-01.

While NH has traditionally been considered a reliably Republican state, it has in recent years seen a swing towards the Democratic side. In 2004, NH elected a Democratic governor, John Lynch and voted for John Kerry over George W. Bush. This trend continued in 2006, when New Hampshirites elected Democratic challenger Paul Hodes (a former attorney who had unsuccessfully challenged Bass for the seat in 2004) in New Hampshire's second district, over Republican incumbent Charlie Bass. Bass, who portrays himself as a moderate Republican and was originally elected in 1994, may challenge Hodes for his old seat in 2008.

However, in August 2007, when Bass was asked if he was considering a rematch against Hodes, the former congressman stated "I haven't ruled anything out, but, frankly, I think that if the election were held today, the outcome might be worse for me than it was last November. I'm not making any decisions at this point."

District Map

Resources

Below you will find links to further information about the 2008 NH-02 House race.

General

Wikipedia: NH-02
A map of NH-02

Hodes (Democratic incumbent)

National Journal profile of Paul Hodes
HodesForCongress.com
Wikipedia: Paul Hodes

Bass (Likely Republican challenger)

VoteBass.com
Wikipedia: Charles Bass
On The Issues: Charlie Bass
Sourcewatch: Charlie Bass

Local blogs

GraniteGrok
Blue Hampshire (NH politics group blog)
Blue Granite
Conserve NH
NH Comentary
RobBoyce
The Yankee Doodler
Keep NH Blue
Lost Nation