Cinde Warmington

Warmington earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Arlington, and later received a J.D. from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law.⁠[1]

Before practicing law Warmington worked in laboratory medicine and health care management. As an attorney she chaired the Health Care Practice Group at the New Hampshire law firm Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., working as a health care lawyer.⁠[1][2]

On November 3, 2020, Warmington defeated Republican Jim Beard by 79,414 votes (54.4%) to 66,406 (45.5%) to win the District 2 seat on the New Hampshire Executive Council, taking office on January 6, 2021; on November 8, 2022, she was re-elected, defeating Republican Harold French by 74,107 votes (60.0%) to 49,428 (40.0%).⁠[1][1]

From 2021 to 2025 she was the only Democrat on the Executive Council. She did not seek re-election in 2024; her term ended on January 8, 2025, and she was succeeded by Democrat Karen Liot Hill.⁠[3][1]

In the Democratic gubernatorial primary on September 10, 2024, Warmington received 52,420 votes (41.8%) and lost by about 7,500 votes to former Manchester mayor Joyce Craig (59,976 votes, 47.9%); she won seven of the state’s 10 counties. Craig went on to lose the general election to Kelly AyotteKelly AyotteKelly Ayotte is an American Republican politician and lawyer who has been governor of New Hampshire since January 2025 and was re-elected in November 2026. She previously served as New Hampshire attorney general and as a U.S. senator from the state.Open the full entry.⁠[1][4][2][3]

On February 18, 2026, Warmington announced a second campaign for governor in a campaign video, becoming the first prominent Democrat to challenge Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte.⁠[4][3]

She made affordability the central theme of her campaign, saying: “The prices of groceries, housing, electricity and property taxes are crushing working families.” She pledged not to impose a state sales or income tax and said: “I’ll repeal the private school voucher scheme that’s damaging public schools and driving up property taxes.”⁠[2][4]

She also said she would push back against President Trump’s policies on health care costs and tariffs and opposed a planned immigration detention facility in Merrimack, saying Ayotte “won’t even stand up and tell Trump that we don’t want his ICEICEICE (Intercontinental Exchange) is a US financial-market infrastructure company founded in 2000. It operates exchanges and clearing services, fixed-income and data businesses, and mortgage technology. Its businesses include the New York Stock Exchange; founder Jeffrey Sprecher is chair and CEO.Open the full entry warehouse in Merrimack or anywhere else in our state.”⁠[4][3]

On September 8, 2026, Warmington won the Democratic primary for governor without a named opponent, receiving 126,223 votes (96.3%).⁠[1][5]

In the general election campaign she proposed directing state money to the Affordable Housing Fund and the Housing Champions program, repealing a law signed by Ayotte that lets landlords evict tenants at the end of a lease, banning private equity firms from buying homes in New Hampshire, and curbing excessive rent increases.⁠[5]

In the November 3 election, the Associated Press called the race for Republican incumbent Kelly Ayotte in the early hours of November 4; with 84% of the vote counted at 1 a.m. on November 4, Ayotte led Warmington 51% to 47%.⁠[6]

Cinde Warmington for Governor: Official website: https://www.cindewarmington.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[7]

X: Public account: https://x.com/CindeWarmington (opens in a new window).⁠[7]

YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: Public channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CindeWarmingtonNH (opens in a new window).⁠[7]