Annie Kuster
New Hampshire Democratic Senate nominee?
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SEP 9, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleFormer U.S. Representative
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
Age69 years old (Sep 5, 1956)
GenderFemale
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LocationNew Hampshire
BackgroundAttorney
EducationDartmouth College (A.B.), 1978
Notable personal detailsAnn McLane Kuster is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2025. She earned an A.B. from Dartmouth College (1978) and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (1984). Before Congress, she worked as a congressional staffer and built a legal and public-policy career, including work as an adoption attorney and as a professional advocate/consultant.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports tax policies that protect and aid middle-class families and small businesses, opposes large tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, and backed legislation (including the Inflation Reduction Act) that expands tax credits and investments for clean energy and related programs.
Healthcare
Supports the Affordable Care Act and opposes full repeal; works to stabilize and improve the ACA, expand access (including Medicaid expansion) and lower costs through targeted reforms and legislation. Has sponsored and cosponsored bills to fix specific ACA problems (for example the family glitch) and advocated against proposals that would cut Medicaid or reduce coverage.
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Immigration & Border
Supports protections for Dreamers and improvements to asylum and humanitarian care at the southern border, and favors comprehensive bipartisan immigration reform that expands legal pathways while also addressing border security. Has criticized inhumane conditions at border facilities and opposed Republican border bills seen as enforcement-only solutions. Advocates working across the aisle on legislation that secures the border and provides pathways to legal status for eligible migrants.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Annie Kuster supports protecting and restoring federal protections for abortion access, has backed codifying Roe v. Wade (including the Women’s Health Protection Act), and advocates keeping government out of private reproductive medical decisions while defending access to contraception and assisted reproductive technologies.
Climate & Energy
Supports reducing carbon pollution and investing in clean energy technologies, including solar, hydropower modernization, energy efficiency, and clean transportation; backed passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and promotes federal funding to expand residential solar and energy-efficiency programs. Endorses creation of a congressional Green New Deal select committee to study large-scale solutions while also pursuing pragmatic clean-energy projects and infrastructure upgrades.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports expanded background checks, reinstating or limiting assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, and extreme-risk/red-flag laws to keep guns from people deemed dangerous. Has sponsored or voted for federal measures to strengthen background checks and prevent domestic abusers from accessing firearms.
News
Annie Kuster is in the news mainly because Democrats have been gaining ground in New Hampshire and across other races ahead of the 2026 midterms. Recent reports also highlight a broader fight over the Republican-backed SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and is drawing Democratic opposition. The New Hampshire political climate has also shifted against Republicans amid backlash over the Iran bombing campaign, though the summaries do not give a specific new action by Kuster herself.
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