Race at a glance
Four Democratic incumbents are running for New Hampshire State House District Strafford 10 in the 2026 general election. Loren Selig, Timothy Horrigan, Wayne Burton and Marjorie Smith make up the field for the Nov. 3 election.
The race is classified as contested because multiple candidates are running for the district. It is not a contest between candidates carrying different party labels: all four candidates are Democrats. It is also not an open-seat field, since each candidate is an incumbent.
Those shared descriptions are central to understanding the race. Party affiliation does not distinguish one candidate from another, and every candidate enters the election as a current officeholder. Voters comparing the field will therefore see the same party label and incumbent status beside each of the four names.
The four candidates
Loren Selig is a Democrat and an incumbent in State House District Strafford 10. Selig is running in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election alongside three other Democratic incumbents. Like every candidate in the field, Selig is seeking the Strafford 10 office as a current officeholder.
Timothy Horrigan is a Democrat and an incumbent in State House District Strafford 10. Horrigan is running in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election alongside three other Democratic incumbents. Like every candidate in the field, Horrigan is seeking the Strafford 10 office as a current officeholder.
Wayne Burton is a Democrat and an incumbent in State House District Strafford 10. Burton is running in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election alongside three other Democratic incumbents. Like every candidate in the field, Burton is seeking the Strafford 10 office as a current officeholder.
Marjorie Smith is a Democrat and an incumbent in State House District Strafford 10. Smith is running in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election alongside three other Democratic incumbents. Like every candidate in the field, Smith is seeking the Strafford 10 office as a current officeholder.
What makes the race contested
“Contested” describes the presence of multiple candidates in the race. It does not necessarily mean the field includes opposing political parties. In Strafford 10, the distinction matters because Selig, Horrigan, Burton and Smith all appear as Democrats and incumbents.
That gives the contest an unusual degree of overlap in its basic candidate descriptions. None of the four can be separated from the others by party label or by incumbent status alone. The ballot choice instead centers on four individual candidates who share those two characteristics.
The race preview does not establish an order among the candidates, and incumbent status by itself does not determine an election result. Each candidate is presented on equal terms as part of the same contested general-election field.
Election date and next steps
The general election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. That is the central date for voters following the Strafford 10 contest.
As the election approaches, the key process questions are whether the candidate field changes and what voter-facing information is released about the contest. Any later ballot updates will help clarify the final set of choices in the district. Until then, the race consists of four Democratic incumbents running for State House District Strafford 10.
