NextGen PAC Endorses Slate of Progressive Candidates in NH

The nation’s largest youth vote organization endorses progressive slate candidates in New Hampshire

Concord, NH – Today, NextGen PAC announced the endorsement of nine candidates in New Hampshire. These endorsements are a critical part of NextGen PAC’s efforts to mobilize thousands of young voters across the country in support of progressive candidates in this election cycle and beyond.

NextGen PAC has endorsed the following candidates:

• Joyce Craig, Governor 
• Maggie Goodlander, Congressional District 2
• Emmett Soldati, Executive Council Seat 1
• Jon Morgan, Executive Council Seat 3 
• James O’Connell, Executive Council Seat 4
• Melanie Levesque, Executive Council Seat 5 
• David Watters, State Senate District 4
• Suzanne Prentiss, State Senate District 5
• Rebecca Perkins-Kwoka, State Senate District 21

“Young voters are driving the momentum for progressive change, and these candidates embody the bold leadership needed to tackle our generation’s most pressing concerns,” said NextGen PAC President Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez. “From councilmembers to the Governor, we are endorsing leaders who are ready to defend democracy, champion bold climate action, and protect reproductive freedoms from extremist threats.”

“NextGen PAC is proud to endorse these progressive candidates for the New Hampshire House of Representatives and State Senate Government,” NextGen PAC New Hampshire State Director Tom Maher said. “If elected, these candidates will represent the values of young voters in New Hampshire from protecting abortion rights to fighting for climate justice. As young people fight to build a progressive future, these candidates have shown that they will continue to lead on issues that directly impact young people in New Hampshire and advance the youth agenda.

In 2020, NextGen PAC helped mobilize 1 in every 9 young voters who cast a ballot, leading to the largest youth voter turnout in history. In 2024, NextGen PAC is focused on empowering young voters to fight for a better future, this includes endorsing progressive candidates and ballot measures, among other activities.

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About NextGen PAC
NextGen PAC’s mission is to empower young voters to engage in elections and ensure our government is responsive to the largest and most diverse generation in American history. We invite 18-to-35 year olds into our democracy to ensure our government works for them and to find new solutions to the dire challenges facing our country. NextGen PAC fights for a progressive future by growing and wielding the grassroots political power of young people on the ground and online.