RepublicanNot in office · last served 2024Lost the 2026 general

Matthew Santonastaso

Last held office: New Hampshire House of Representatives, District CHESHIRE 18 (2022–2024). Ran in 2 elections between 2020 and 2022, winning 2. Lost the 2026 race for New Hampshire House of Representatives: State House District Cheshire 13.

Last office: New Hampshire House of Representatives, District CHESHIRE 18

Last margin
−19.0
Lost 2026
Elections
3
2020–2026

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Santonastaso was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Santonastaso has run

Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Santonastaso won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMarginBaselineAgainst baseline
2026New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 213GeneralLostTom Ahlborn-Hsu (D), Nonpartisan (I)40.5%D+19.0D+3.9−15.1
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire 18GeneralWonJim Qualey (R), John W. McCarthy (D), Jeffrey C. Dickler (D)25.9%D+0.1—
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire 14GeneralWonAndrew Maneval (D)52.3%R+4.7—

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Seats Santonastaso has held

  • New Hampshire House of Representatives, District CHESHIRE 18 · 2022–2024
  • New Hampshire House of Representatives, District CHESHIRE 14 · 2020–2022

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Santonastaso has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)