Colin Van Ostern

Colin Van Ostern is an American businessman and politician who served on the New Hampshire Executive Council from 2013 to 2017, where he represented the state's second district. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Hampshire in 2016. He was a candidate for a two-year term as New Hampshire Secretary of State in the New Hampshire General Court's 2018 election, which he lost to incumbent Bill Gardner. He ran in the 2024 Democratic primary to succeed Annie Kuster in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district; he was defeated by Maggie Goodlander.