


Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Current roleUnion organizer
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationNew Hampshire
BackgroundUnion organizer
EducationMount Holyoke College (alumna, class of 2010)
Notable personal detailsCarleigh Beriont is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. She has worked as a teacher and union organizer, including helping unionize Harvard graduate student workers and founding UAW Local 5118. She earned a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a PhD from Harvard, and has taught at Harvard Kennedy School. She also serves in local government in Hampton, New Hampshire, including on the town’s Select Board.
Supports public investments to reduce costs for working families (child care, education, elder care) and favors policies that raise revenue or reallocate funds for those programs while opposing corporate influence in politics. Emphasizes protecting services, fair school funding, and targeted tax/credit measures like expanding the child tax credit to help families. Advocates accountability for corporations (e.g., breaking up Big Tech) and rejects corporate PAC money for her campaign.
Supports a single-payer/Medicare for All approach and calls for universal healthcare that covers mental health, vision, and dental; also pledges to protect and expand Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act.
Supports a fair immigration system including a path to citizenship for long-term residents, a functioning asylum and refugee process, and plans for border security while rejecting a blanket prohibition on arrivals.
Supports protecting and expanding access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including restoring and codifying the right to abortion (making Roe v. Wade the law of the land) and abolishing the Hyde Amendment so abortion is covered as health care.
Supports renewable, reliable energy and federal programs to help households weatherize and adopt heat pumps, mini-splits, and solar; favors climate resilience, holding polluters accountable, and targeted clean-energy incentives while acknowledging transitional energy reliability concerns (including cautious consideration of nuclear).



Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Endorsers of Carleigh Beriont for NH-01 Democratic nominee?
2026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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