Kevin Major

Kevin Major is a candidate for the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 9, listed on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as both a Republican and a Democrat.[1] A retired telecommunications engineer, Army National Guard officer and Sandown town moderator, Major won the Republican primary and received the most votes in the Democratic write-in primary on September 8, 2026.[1][2]

Kevin Major graduated from Timberlane Regional High School and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1984 and a graduate degree from the university in 1992.[1] He also holds a graduate degree from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, earned in 2003, and served in the U.S. Army National Guard from 1980 to 2008.[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, Major said he worked for 36 years for AT&T, Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia as a lead test developer in fiber optic telecommunications and later worked for Raytheon, and that he holds a U.S. patent in digital image processing.[2] He said he served 28 years in the U.S. Army Reserve and New Hampshire Army National Guard, reached the rank of lieutenant colonel, and commanded the 12th Civil Support Team for 38 months beginning in 2004.[2]

Major said he has lived in Sandown since 1987, serves as town moderator, and has been a volunteer, call and per diem firefighter and EMT there since 1994, currently as a fire engineer and captain.[2] In the primary, he and Matthew Brooks defeated incumbent Donald Selby in the Republican race, and Major defeated Benjamin Sharpe in the Democratic write-in race, 115 votes to 90.[1] Major described himself in the survey as fiscally conservative and socially moderate, and said he has been a Scout leader for many decades.[2]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.