Hundreds showed up at the Rockingham County Commissioners meeting on Thursday to speak out against a proposed contract with ICE to use the county jail to house immigrants detained by ICE. Meanwhile, 75 miles from Rockingham County, in Maine, ICE agents recently detained a Cumberland County Corrections recruit. They literally yanked him out of his car and left it running in the street. Incidents like this are happening all across the country as ICE terrorizes entire communities, tramples on our rights, and kills people.

Can our democracy survive social media? Our democracy has survived slavery, segregation, and war. Of course, this democracy can survive social media. But whether our democracy survives social media is up to us.

That’s why I invited my fellow candidates here in NH-01 to join me for a month offline. It’s an invitation to look up from our phones and into the eyes of the people we want to represent. It’s an opportunity to connect what we’re fighting for with who we’re fighting alongside. It’s a chance to break out of this connection-starved era and build a new one where real connections and progress are possible. I hope you’ll join me.

On Monday, I invited my fellow candidates for Congress in NH-01 to join me for a “Social Media-Free February.” Campaigning for six months without social media has given me the opportunity to slow down and connect with people throughout the district without feeling the pressure to capture and create content for the internet. Going direct to the people also offers a chance to break the stranglehold these platforms and their right-wing billionaire owners have on our political system.

I’ll be talking more about my decision and what I’ve learned at the Wolfeboro Public Library on Saturday, January 17th. Click here to signup for the event!

I sat down with Adam Sexton of WMUR Channel 9 to discuss my plans to regulate and break up Big Tech, my decision to avoid social media; the government shutdown and the fight for health care policy changes; what Democrats should do if they win the majority in Congress in 2026; the immigration issue; and the Trump administration’s airstrikes in the Caribbean.

Carleigh spoke to Adam Sexton from WMUR News 9 about the deal Senators Shaheen and Hassan struck with the GOP to end the government shutdown. She expressed her frustration with a government, open or closed, that doesn’t work for working people, and asked leaders to “zoom out” and look at the way federal workers have been attacked and belittled throughout the last ten months.

I’m introducing myself to you tonight, and I’m asking you to believe in me. And more than that, I’m asking you to believe in us. I’m asking you to believe in the parents, the teachers, the organizers, the volunteers, the people who build our communities and who have continued to keep them strong.

We don’t do it for the money. We don’t do it for the glory. We do it because it is right.

We do want healthcare for everyone, from birth until death. We want to be able to afford to raise our kids, take care of our parents, and retire. We want to be safe in our homes and have time to volunteer in our communities. To speak up and be heard—to feel like the protests, the picnics, the donations, and door knocking and postcard-writing makes a difference. To know that our leaders in Washington, in Concord, and in this room are listening and accountable to us.

Carleigh got her start in politics with a baby on her hip and another on the way, so she always makes a point to acknowledge and celebrate the parents who make the effort to stay engaged and bring their children along with them to picnics, protests, union halls, and church basements where people gather to share good food and work to make the world a better place.

Carleigh joined Mary Beth Raven in the Letʼs Talk Merrimack studio to talk about affordable childcare, Medicare for All, and the potential for bipartisan cooperation to address the housing crisis.

On Sunday, Carleigh visited with the Hillsborough County Democratic Committee and shared why she is running for Congress. Watch this!

At the Carroll County Candidate Forum, Carleigh spoke about addressing affordable housing by tackling the costs that are driving up the cost of living in NH.

Carleigh and her family love their little neighborhood of Surfside Park in Hampton. It is a place where neighbors sit out on each otherʼs porches and visit lemonade stands. People look out for each other, regardless of their political party or opinions on hot-button issues. It means so much to have the backing of the people who know her best.

Watch her share what sheʼs heard on the trail.

On Monday, August 18, Carleigh sat down with Mark Guerringue, publisher of “The Conway Daily Sun” to talk about her campaign, bringing more ethical leadership to D.C., the affordability crisis, immigration, the Gaza war, and what it means to be a progressive in NH.

On Saturday, Carleigh attended the 50-50-1 “Rage Against the Regime” protest in Concord. She was inspired to speak about one of her heroes from the Civil Rights Movement, Ella Baker, who famously said, “strong people don’t need strong leaders.”