Biography
Rebecca Harned is the Democratic candidate for the New Hampshire State Senate, District 7, in the November 3, 2026 general election.[1][2] She described herself in a Ballotpedia survey as a research scientist who lives in Sutton and serves on the Kearsarge Regional School District Municipal Budget Committee.[3]
In a Ballotpedia survey, Rebecca Harned said she is the daughter of a service-disabled Air Force Vietnam veteran and graduated from Colby-Sawyer College before earning a master's degree.[3] She said she spent more than a decade in Washington, D.C., working under the Obama, Biden and Trump administrations on public safety and disaster preparedness initiatives, and returned to New Hampshire in 2017.[3]
Harned said her campaign priorities include lowering property taxes, opposing a broad-based income or sales tax, and supporting public education and environmental stewardship.[3]
- 1.New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Rebecca Harned - Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia Reference
- 3.Rebecca Harned - Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey (2026) · Ballotpedia Candidate's own words
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
New Hampshire Senate District 7
Rebecca Harned is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for New Hampshire Senate District 7 as D. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
