Warmington announces gubernatorial run

CONCORD, N.H. – Executive Councillor Cinde Warmington has announced she will run for governor in 2024.

Warmington is currently the only Democrat on New Hampshire’s Executive Council.

In a brief campaign announcement posted via Warmington’s Twitter account she said her campaign will be based around the principles of freedom.

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In addition, a thread posted by Warmington below the video included several touchpoints of her campaign, including putting “people before politics” and writing Roe v Wade into NH law.

In an interview with WMUR’s Adam Sexton, Warmington said, “Fundamentally, this campaign is about freedom. Freedom for women to make their own health care decisions, freedom for workers to earn fair wages, freedom for parents to send their kids to school without fear of gun violence. Freedom for small businesses, freedom for everyone to thrive,” she said.

Her campaign website can be found here.

New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Chris Ager released the following statement in response to the news.

“Under Governor Sununu and Republican leadership the state of New Hampshire has thrived. We passed tax cuts, balanced budgets, and delivered on school choice. We listened to the people, and put them first.

Cinde Warmington is a Concord Liberal elitist, and would bring nothing but her far-leftist agenda to the corner office. Her time on the Executive Council has been marked by stonewalling state government and pushing partisan votes on the issues that would not benefit granite staters.

If New Hampshire wants another partisan elite liberal that will stand lockstep with the party line, Warmington is just that. She’ll put partisan politics before people. Cinde is wrong for New Hampshire. The NHGOP is looking forward to contrasting our vision with that of the leftist Democrat candidates.”

Warmington was first elected in 2020 by defeating Republican Jim Beard by just under 9 percent to represent Executive Council District 2 which, at the time, consisted of 49 cities and towns.

In 2022, Warmington secured a second term by handily defeating sitting Republican State Senator Harold French by nearly 20 percent, winning more votes than anyone else on the Executive Council. The newly configured District 2 represents over 250,000 Granite Staters in 81 cities and towns, including Concord, Keene and Lebanon, and stretching up the Connecticut River and Vermont border, to north of the Franconia Notch and into Coös County.

Warmington has already won the support of over 100 current elected officials and community leaders in her bid for governor (see list below)

Fmr. Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter of Rochester

Fmr. Executive Councilor Dudley Dudley of Durham

Fmr. Superior Court Judge Jean Burling of Cornish

Assistant Democratic Leader State Senator Becky Whitley of Hopkinton

State Senator Donovan Fenton of Keene

State Senator Sue Prentiss of Lebanon

Fmr. State Senator Peter Hoe Burling of Cornish

Fmr. State Senator Iris Estabrook of Barrington

Fmr. State Senator Mandy Merrill of Durham

Fmr. State Senator Deb Reynolds of Plymouth

Fmr. State Senator Katie Wheeler of Durham

Fmr. Speaker of the House Terie Norelli of Portsmouth

Fmr. Speaker of the House Steve Shurtleff of Concord

Democratic Floor Leader Lucy Weber of Walpole

Assistant Democratic Floor Leader Tony Caplan of Henniker

Assistant Democratic Floor Leader Mary Hakken-Phillips of Hanover

Assistant Democratic Floor Leader Rebecca McWilliams of Concord

Assistant Democratic Floor Leader Lucius Parshall of Marlborough

Senior Assistant Democratic Leader Jaci Grote of Rye

Senior Assistant Democratic Leader Linda Tanner of Georges Mills

Assistant Democratic Leader Muriel Hall of Bow

Assistant Democratic Leader David Huot of Laconia

Assistant Democratic Leader Mark Paige of Exeter

State Representative Michael Abbott of Hinsdale

State Representative Heather Baldwin of Thornton

State Representative Luz Bay of Dover

State Representative Jane Beaulieu of Manchester

State Representative Bill Bolton of Plymouth

State Representative Angela Brennan of Bow

State Representative Tom Buco of Conway

State Representative Anita Burroughs of Glen

State Representative Gerri Cannon of Somersworth

State Representative Hope Damon of Croydon

State Representative Daniel Eaton of Stoddard

State Representative Shaun Fillault of Keene

State Representative Eric Gallager of Concord

State Representative Merryl Gibbs of Concord

State Representative Julie Gilman of Exeter

State Representative Chuck Grassie of Rochester

State Representative Cathryn Harvey of Spofford

State Representative Molly Howard of Hancock

State Representative Lou Juris of Nashua

State Representative Peter Leishman of Peterborough

State Representative Linda Massimilla of Littleton

State Representative Kat McGhee of Hollis

State Representative Gary Merchant of Claremont

State Representative David Meuse of Portsmouth

State Representative Corinne Morse of Canaan

State Representative James Murphy of Hanover

State Representative Jodi Newell of Keene

State Representative Henry Noel of Berlin

State Representative Bill Palmer of Cornish

State Representative Tom Schamberg of Wilmot

State Representative Dianne Schuett of Pembroke

State Representative Kris Schultz of Concord

State Representative Marjorie Smith of Durham

State Representative Tim Soucy of Concord

State Representative Charlie St. Clair of Laconia

State Representative & City Councilor George Sykes of Lebanon

State Representative Bruce Tatro of Swanzey

State Representative Wendy Thomas of Merrimack

State Representative Janet Wall of Madbury

State Representative Jonah Wheeler of Peterborough

Fmr. State Representative Edith Tucker of Randolph

Fmr. State Representative Andrew Maneval of Harrisville

Fmr. State Representative Bob Perry of Strafford

Mayor Jim Bouley of Concord

Mayor Dale Girard of Claremont

Mayor Dana Hilliard of Somersworth

Mayor Andrew Hosmer of Laconia

Sheriff Eli Rivera of Keene

Sheriff Mark Brave of Dover

County Commissioner Tara Reardon of Concord

Alderwoman Shoshanna Kelly of Nashua

City Councilor Karen Liot Hill of Lebanon

City Councilor Byron Champlin of Concord

City Councilor Fred Keach of Concord

City Councilor Brent Todd of Concord

City Councilor Paula McLaughlin of Concord

City Councilor Candace Bouchard of Concord

Johnna Davis of Gilford

Ann Garland of Lebanon

Walter King of Dover

Ellis Robinson of Grantham

Jordan Applewhite of Sugar Hill

Mo Baxley of Laconia

Reagan Bissonnette of Concord

Carlos Cardona of Laconia

Monica Ciolfi of Concord

JoAnn Fenton of Keene

Jennifer Frizzell of Concord

Sebastian Fuentes of Thornton

Steve Gordon of Hopkinton

Cathy Green of Dunbarton

Lucy Karl of Hopkinton

Deb Nelson of Hanover

Gene Porter of Rochester

Cora Quisumbing-King of Dover

Paul Robitaille of Gorham

Laura Simoes of Concord

Jayme Simoes of Concord

Owen Simoes of Concord

Jim Steiner of Concord

Paul Twomey of Chichester