Brendan Kelly (New Hampshire)
Brendan Kelly was a 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of New Hampshire.[1][2] He lost to Frank Guinta in the Republican primary on September 9, 2014.[3]
Kelly was previously a 2012 Libertarian candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of New Hampshire. He was also a Libertarian candidate in the September 6 special election for the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 14. The special election was called to fill the vacancy created when Gary Wheaton (R) resigned after being arrested for driving without a license.[4] Kelly is a Selectman from Seabrook, New Hampshire. Kelly lost to Carol Shea-Porter in the general election.[5]
Campaign themes
2011
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Elections
2014
The 1st Congressional District of New Hampshire held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Republican candidate Frank Guinta challenged and defeated Democratic incumbent Carol Shea-Porter in the general election.[7] While Shea-Porter ran uncontested in the Democratic primary on September 9, 2014, Guinta defeated three other candidates—Dan Innis, Everett Jabour and Brendan Kelly—for the Republican nomination.[8]
New Hampshire's 1st was considered a battleground district in 2014. Shea-Porter was first elected in 2006, but lost to Guinta in 2010 and regained her seat again in the 2012 election, where she defeated Guinta by a 3.8 percent margin of victory. The 1st District also voted Democratic in the 2012 presidential elections, but President Barack Obama won by only 1.6 percent. With 2014 being a third rematch between Shea-Porter and Guinta, this race was viewed as a toss-up.
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Frank Guinta |
49.1% | 29,246 | ||
| Dan Innis | 40.9% | 24,342 | ||
| Brendan Kelly | 8.4% | 4,999 | ||
| Everett Jabour | 1.7% | 996 | ||
| Total Votes | 59,583 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State - Official Election Results |
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2012
Kelly ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent New Hampshire's 1st District. He ran as a Libertarian and faced Carol Shea-Porter (D) and incumbent Frank Guinta (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9]
According to the website Daily Kos, this race was one of nine top-ballot 2012 races that contained Libertarian candidates who received more total votes than was the difference between the Democratic winner and the GOP runner-up. In this case, Kelly took in over 2,000 more votes than the number that separated Shea-Porter and Guinta.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Guinta Incumbent | 46% | 158,659 | |
| Democratic | Carol Shea-Porter |
49.8% | 171,650 | |
| Libertarian | Brandan Kelly | 4.2% | 14,521 | |
| Total Votes | 344,830 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2011
Kelly submitted sufficient signatures to get on the ballot, but was defeated by Kevin Janvrin (R) in the September 6 special election. Ryan Mahoney (D) also ran for the seat.[11]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 14 (2011) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Kevin Janvrin (R)
|
726 | |||
| Ryan Mahoney (D) | 595 | |||
| Brendan Kelly (L) | 277 | |||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "'Brendan + Kelly + New Hampshire + Congress"
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014
- New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District
External links
- Brendan Kelly, Campaign website
- Daily News, "Newcomers win primary for state rep"
- Seacoast Online, "Libertarian Kelly makes bid for House in District 14"
Footnotes
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed June 23, 2014
- ↑ Seacoast Online, "Former Seabrook Selectman Kelly swaps parties in congressional bid," accessed June 24, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "New Hampshire - 2014 Primary Results," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑ Seacoastonline.com, "District 14 special election needed to replace Wheaton," April 12, 2011
- ↑ Politico, "2012 House Race Results," accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ YouTube, "This is NFG"
- ↑ Politico, "2014 New Hampshire House Election Results," accessed November 6, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "New Hampshire - 2014 Primary Results," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Third-Party Candidate Filings
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Libertarians provided the margin for Democrats and at least nine elections," November 15, 2012
- ↑ Union Leader, "GOP candidate Janvrin takes Rockingham special election," September 6, 2011
