The Dispute Index

Maggie Goodlander

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Democratic U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district since 2025. She is a lawyer and served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

Democratic candidate for U.S. House in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District (2026)
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What we have documented

We have documented 4 statements by Maggie Goodlander, in 3 cases. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Maggie Goodlander

Portrait of Maggie Goodlander

Maggie Goodlander

Role at the time: U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district

Condemned

Statement summary

U.S. Representative Maggie Goodlander condemned the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's post as a call for murder and called for a law enforcement investigation.

“I condemn, with every fiber of my being, the threats of and calls for murder from the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, ... You can disagree with someone as deeply as humanly possible. But in the United States of America you cannot call for their killing and go unpunished.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Backlash ensues after the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire calls for assassinations, againParagraphs on the national Libertarian Party's May disaffiliation statement, and quotes from Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Lily Tang Williams, and Jeremy Kauffman's account-suspension post
Why we used this label

Relative to the fixed reference point, Goodlander condemned the post as an unpunishable call for killing, which condemns the conduct.

Read statementFull case: Was the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's 'assassination' post a threat of political violence?
Portrait of Maggie Goodlander

Maggie Goodlander

Role at the time: U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 2nd District, on her official X account (@RepGoodlander), with a shorter version on her official Bluesky account

Condemned

Statement summary

In an X post linking the Washington Post's report, Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) says the matter is a betrayal, not a bookkeeping error, and that she and colleagues are leading a bill that will prevent Hegseth and the Pentagon from covering up troop casualties.

“This is not a bookkeeping error — it is a betrayal.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Post by Rep. Maggie Goodlander on X (Sept. 18, 2026, 5:19 p.m. EDT) · Maggie GoodlanderPost text, first sentence (paragraph 1 of 4, followed by a link to the Post article)
Why we used this label

Goodlander, in a post linking the Post's report, rejects a bookkeeping-error explanation, calls the matter a betrayal, and says she is leading a bill to prevent Hegseth and the Pentagon from covering up troop casualties, which expressly denounces the Pentagon's accounting and disclosure. The closest competing label is Challenged the characterization, because she rejects the bookkeeping-error description. That loses because she goes on to denounce the conduct itself and to attribute concealment to the Pentagon, rather than only disputing how the discrepancy is described.

Read statementFull case: Is the Pentagon's public count of U.S. military deaths in the Iran war complete?
Portrait of Maggie Goodlander

Maggie Goodlander

Role at the time: U.S. Representative for New Hampshire at the statement date.

Condemned

Statement summary

Goodlander condemns the unauthorized Iran war and demands it end, citing military deaths and rising family costs.

“Enough is enough. This war has to end.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Goodlander condemns the unauthorized Iran war and demands it end, citing military deaths and rising family costs.Complete issued statement verified on official website.
Why we used this label

Relative to U.S. military involvement in the 2026 Iran war, Goodlander condemns the unauthorized Iran war and demands it end, citing military deaths and rising family costs.

Read statementFull case: Do they support the war in Iran?
Portrait of Maggie Goodlander

Maggie Goodlander

Role at the time: U.S. Representative, New Hampshire 2nd district

Condemned

Statement summary

Maggie Goodlander voted Yea on H.Con.Res. 93, the House resolution directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.

“On Agreeing to the Resolution: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)U.S. House Roll Call Vote 307: H.Con.Res. 93, Iran War Powers Resolution (agreed to, 220-204)
Why we used this label

A yea vote supported directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran, opposing continued U.S. involvement in the war without congressional authorization.

Read statementFull case: Do they support the war in Iran?

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Case

Do they support the war in Iran?

Relationship to this case: Speaker

Where members of Congress and 2026 midterm candidates stand on the Iran war, which Congress has not formally authorized, based on their votes on war-powers resolutions, campaign statements and public remarks.

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