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Library Trustees
Library Boards serve as a crucial first line of defense against efforts to ban books and restrict access to information. In New Hampshire, library trustees are either elected or appointed by municipal governments. In 2025 and 2026, nearly every town and city across the state will have an open seat on their library boards. By putting your name forward, you can help fight book bans and protect the free flow of information in New Hampshire.
The map highlights in green the towns with upcoming vacancies on their library boards—covering every New Hampshire city except Manchester, Concord, and Berlin, as well as nearly all of the state’s most populous towns.
Land Use Boards
For multiple years, voters across New Hampshire have consistently identified the lack of affordable housing for working- and middle-class families—whether renters, prospective buyers, young people, or seniors—as the state’s top issue. To address this crisis and get housing built in all communities, it’s essential to have pro-housing majorities on local land use boards. Planning boards shape the future of development in our towns, while zoning boards handle appeals related to those development regulations.
Fortunately, nearly 960,000 Granite Staters—about 70% of the state’s population—live in towns or cities with open zoning or planning board seats in 2026. This includes almost all communities along the high-demand I-93, Everett Turnpike, and I-95 commuter corridors.
On the map, towns with vacancies only on zoning boards are marked in orange, those with only planning board vacancies are in blue, and towns with openings on both boards appear in grey. Most vacancies are concentrated in the populous southern tier of the state, offering a significant opportunity to enact real, lasting reforms that will benefit thousands of current and future New Hampshire residents—if these seats are filled by candidates who support thoughtful housing growth and development.
