Jan Nedelka

On the Dover, NH ballot: Strafford County Register of Probate, general election, November 3, 2026.

Snapshot

Field	Detail
Full name	Jan Nedelka (Strafford County Democratic Committee)
Party	Democratic (The Ballot Brief)
Current office	Strafford County Register of Probate (Dover Democrats)
Seeking	Re-election as Strafford County Register of Probate on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot (The Ballot Brief)
Opponent	None listed; The Ballot Brief reports that Nedelka was the only filer in either party (The Ballot Brief)
Personal	Dover resident for 19 years; he and his wife started a family after moving to Dover. He was also a homemaker and volunteered as a tax preparer for 15 years (Strafford County Democratic Committee; Dover Democrats)

Years	Role
Before moving to Dover	Engineer and manager at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York; managed a small research-and-development facility focused on prototyping and developing microelectromechanical systems, microfluidics, and optics (Strafford County Democratic Committee)
After moving to Dover	Homemaker and serial volunteer, including 15 years of volunteer tax preparation (Dover Democrats)
Date not stated	Elected Strafford County Register of Probate (Dover Democrats)

Committees and commissions: Dover City Council; Ethics Commission; Energy Commission; McConnell Arena Commission; several master-plan chapters; Garrison Elementary JBC; Downtown TIF Advisory Board; and Heritage Commission (Strafford County Democratic Committee; Dover Democrats).
Caucuses: None stated in the reviewed sources.

Issue	Stated position
Local government / probate office	Nedelka describes the Register of Probate office as “purely vestigial” after the 2011 restructuring of the probate court system. He supports amending the New Hampshire Constitution to eliminate the elected office and says professional county and probate-court staff could continue serving the public without it (Strafford County Democratic Committee; Dover Democrats).
Families and marriage policy	Nedelka says that, if the office is reconstituted, he would advocate for all people and families in New Hampshire rather than only families described by a political party as “ordained by God.” He cites the 2026 GOP platform’s stated position favoring marriage between one man and one woman (Dover Democrats).

Vote	Position	Source
2022 referendum on eliminating the Register of Probate office	Supported elimination. The referendum received 62% support statewide but did not reach the required two-thirds threshold (Strafford County Democratic Committee).	Strafford County Democratic Committee

None found in the reviewed sources.

No criticism of Nedelka is stated in the reviewed sources (Strafford County Democratic Committee).

No birth date, education, or campaign website was stated in the reviewed sources.
No specific year of election to the Register of Probate office was stated (The Ballot Brief).
No positions were stated 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/energy siting.
No bills or legislative votes, endorsements, fundraising information, or campaign polling were stated in the reviewed sources.
No local news coverage beyond the reviewed election guide was identified in the supplied evidence.