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GOP voters rally around businesswoman as they try to flip crucial House seat red
By Peter D'Abrosca
Published September 08, 2026
Businesswoman Lily Tang Williams pulled out a win in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District primary against three other Republican candidates.
Four GOP candidates sought to earn the opportunity to flip red the district that spans the entire western part of the state north to south.
Tang Williams, who was also the 2024 nominee for the seat, emerged victorious over the rest of the field. An entrepreneur and co-chair of the New Hampshire Asian American Coalition from the town of Weare, Tang Williams dominated the race from a fundraising perspective. She hauled in nearly $1.2 million, while second place finisher Victor Orlando raised $175,000.
Tang Williams is a Chinese immigrant who describes herself as a survivor of communism — she pitched herself as an "open-minded" and "independent" person in an April interview with WMUR, signaling her willingness to oppose President Donald Trump when appropriate for her would-be constituents.
The New Hampshire State House, the state capitol building of New Hampshire, is seen on February 16, 2023 in Concord, New Hampshire. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Asked specifically about the conflict in Iran, she denounced oppressive regimes and said she would like Trump to provide a plan for ending the war and reaching a peace agreement. She also denounced politicians she said used their offices to enrich themselves.
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Tang Williams formerly chaired the state's Libertarian Party.
Two other candidates in the race, Dan Nicholson and Michael Anthony Callis, captured only tiny percentages of the vote.
The Pinkham Notch Visitor Center is shown on a clear autumn day in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest, Oct. 8, 2022. The center sits below Mount Washington, where search crews recovered the body of a missing Florida man on July 18, 2025. (Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Both Tang Williams and Orlando pitched themselves as only center-right, in a state heavily controlled by Democrats.
New Hampshire, which has only one other congressional district, is a reliably blue state, though in her 2024 run, Tang Williams earned 47% of the vote.
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The district is currently represented by Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.).
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