| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Cinde Warmington Citizens Count |
| Born | December 7, 1957 Wikipedia |
| Party | Democratic Citizens Count |
| Current office | Former New Hampshire Executive Councilor, District 2; served from 2021 to 2025. NBC News |
| Seeking | Governor of New Hampshire; Democratic nominee for the November 3, 2026 general election. Citizens Count |
| Opponent | Kelly Ayotte (R), incumbent governor. NBC News |
| Education | B.S. in medical technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; M.B.A., University of Texas at Arlington; J.D., University of New Hampshire School of Law. NH Executive Council |
| Personal | Lives in Concord with her husband, Bill Christie; has two children and two grandchildren. NH Executive Council |
| Campaign site | cindewarmington.com Citizens Count |
| Years | Role |
|---|---|
| Before law practice | Medical technologist in hospital laboratories and health care manager. NH Executive Council |
| More than 20 years before 2021 | Health care attorney at Shaheen & Gordon, later partner and chair of its Health Care Practice Group. NH Executive Council |
| 2002 | Lobbyist for Purdue Pharma in Concord, New Hampshire, according to the biographical account reviewed. Wikipedia |
| 2021–2025 | Member, New Hampshire Executive Council, District 2. NBC News |
| June 2023–2024 | Candidate for Governor of New Hampshire; lost the Democratic primary to Joyce Craig. Wikipedia |
| February 2026–present | Democratic candidate and nominee for Governor of New Hampshire. Wikipedia |
| Issue | Stated position |
|---|---|
| Cost of living | Makes affordability central to her campaign and has called for lower housing, health care, energy, child-care, food, gas, and property-tax costs. The Dartmouth WMUR |
| Health care | Supports expanding health care access and has advocated for substance-use-disorder treatment, mental-health services, and telehealth access. The Dartmouth NH Executive Council |
| Abortion | Supports abortion access and repealing New Hampshire’s abortion restrictions, including the ban after 24 weeks. Citizens Count |
| LGBTQ rights | Opposed a ban on discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K–3 and said she supports age-appropriate discussion of those topics. Citizens Count |
| Education/school funding | Opposes the Education Freedom Account voucher program and says taxpayer dollars should go to public schools; supports increased per-pupil funding. Citizens Count |
| Housing | Calls housing supply a “red-alert issue”; supports increasing housing supply, investing in affordable housing, restoring Housing Champions funding, and establishing guardrails around private-equity purchases of housing. The Dartmouth WMUR |
| Immigration | Said she would oppose a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Merrimack or elsewhere in New Hampshire and “push back” on Trump immigration policies. Laconia Daily Sun |
| Democracy/voting | Supports mail-in voting and opposed conditional affidavit ballots for new voters; as an Executive Councilor, she said she would support judicial nominees committed to constitutional voting rights. Citizens Count |
| Environment/energy | Supports a statewide climate-action plan prioritizing renewable energy and energy efficiency, expanded net metering, and phasing out natural gas by 2040. Citizens Count Wikipedia |
| Property tax | Lists lowering property taxes as an affordability priority and has said property taxes are “through the roof.” The Dartmouth |
| Cannabis | Supports legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis. Citizens Count |
| Opioid crisis | Supports a four-part approach combining prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and enforcement. The Dartmouth |
| Foreign policy | No position found in the reviewed evidence. |
| Northern Pass/energy siting | No position found in the reviewed evidence. |
| Vote | Position | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Efforts to cancel state contracts with Planned Parenthood while serving on the Executive Council | Urged colleagues to vote against the efforts. | Wikipedia |
| Nomination of Gordon MacDonald as chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court | Said she would not vote for MacDonald. | Citizens Count |
None found. The reviewed sources describe Warmington as criticizing Donald Trump and Kelly Ayotte’s alignment with Trump, not as having a personal Trump, MAGA, or Free State Project tie. The Dartmouth Citizens Count
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2024 campaign, reported through December 2023 | More than $1 million raised. Wikipedia |
| 2024 campaign contribution | $49,000 from Michael J. O’Connell. Wikipedia |
| 2026 campaign | NBC News reported that Ayotte had raised more money than Warmington; no Warmington total was provided in the reviewed evidence. NBC News |
| Pollster | Dates | Result |
|---|---|---|
| No pollster identified | Not stated | NBC News reported that Ayotte was leading in early polls; no numerical result was provided. NBC News |