Emily Garod

On the Dover, NH ballot: Strafford County Attorney, general election, November 3, 2026.

Snapshot

Field	Detail
Full name	Emily C. Garod (Dover NH Democrats)
Born	Not found in the cited sources.
Party	Democratic (The Ballot Brief)
Current office	Strafford County Attorney (Strafford County)
Seeking	Strafford County Attorney in the November 3, 2026 general election (The Ballot Brief)
Opponent	None; she is listed as the only filer in either party and the race is listed as unopposed (The Ballot Brief)
Education	J.D., University of New Hampshire School of Law, 2014; B.A. in Political Science and Government, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011 (LinkedIn, Dover NH Democrats)
Personal	Resident of Barrington, New Hampshire; married to Brandon Garod and parent of two children (Dover NH Democrats)
Campaign site	No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026 (The Ballot Brief)

Years	Role
October 2023–present	Strafford County Attorney; appointed by the Strafford County Delegation to complete the former county attorney’s term and elected to her first full term in 2024 (Dover NH Democrats, The Ballot Brief)
Before October 2023	Deputy Strafford County Attorney for three years (Dover NH Democrats)
Before serving as deputy county attorney	Assistant Strafford County Attorney for five years (Dover NH Democrats)
November 2015–present	Assistant County Attorney, Strafford County Attorney’s Office, according to her LinkedIn profile (LinkedIn)
July 2014–November 2015	Attorney, Mullen & McGourty (LinkedIn)
2014–present	During her Strafford County Attorney’s Office employment, prosecuted thousands of criminal cases and conducted more than 50 jury trials (Dover NH Democrats)

Committees: Chair of the Strafford County Child Advocacy Center; member of the Attorney General’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect; member of New Hampshire’s Sexual Assault & Nurse Examiner Advisory Board (Dover NH Democrats).
Caucuses: None found in the cited sources.

Issue	Stated position
Criminal justice	She says her priority is to ensure justice for crime victims and the accused, balance restorative justice with accountability, maintain public faith in county law enforcement, and collaborate with outside agencies (Dover NH Democrats).

None found in the cited sources (Dover NH Democrats, Strafford County).

No birth date or age was found in the cited sources.
No positions were found on cost of living, health care, abortion, LGBTQ rights, education or school funding, housing, immigration, democracy or voting, environment or energy, foreign policy, EFA vouchers, property taxes, or Northern Pass and energy siting.
No legislative votes or bills were found; the office is a county prosecutorial position rather than a legislative office (Strafford County).
No fundraising amounts, coverage dates, or polling results were found in the cited sources.
No local news coverage or other criticism was found in the cited sources.