Roll Call on the Road: New England

While the general election beckons, several states, mainly in New England, still have to get through their primaries.

CQ Roll Call recently traveled to two of them — Massachusetts and New Hampshire — to catch some of the Democratic candidates on the campaign trail with weeks to go before primary voters pick their nominees.

The candidates included New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas, who is running for Senate, and Maura Sullivan, who is seeking the battleground House seat Pappas is vacating. In Massachusetts, we trailed Rep. Seth Moulton, who’s challenging incumbent Sen. Edward J. Markey in the primary. We also caught up with candidates running to succeed Moulton in Massachusetts’ 6th District and Sullivan’s rivals for the Democratic nomination in New Hampshire’s 1st.

From a “speed dating” event for candidates in Dover, N.H., to a Latinos Unidos softball game in Lawrence, Mass., to a meet-and-greet at an 18th-century home in Warner, N.H., CQ Roll Call photo journalist Tom Williams was there to capture the moments.

Here are a few images from the trip:

Former Portsmouth City Councilor Stefany Shaheen speaks with voters during the “speed dating” event at City Hall in Dover, N.H., on Aug. 13. Candidates running in the 1st District Democratic primary had 15 minutes to speak with different groups of voters. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

1st District candidate Christian Urrutia, a former Pentagon lawyer, talks with voters during the “speed dating” event at Dover City Hall on Aug. 13. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rich Kelley questions candidate Matthew Emerson, left, during the “speed dating” event at City Hall in Dover, N.H., on Aug. 13. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Matt Lamothe, the assistant chief of the Manchester, N.H., Fire Department, gives Maura Sullivan a tour of the facility on Aug. 14. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Former Massachusetts state Rep. Jamie Belsito, center, a Democrat running for the state’s 6th District, talks with Lily Holzman during a “Meet the Candidates” event hosted by the Peabody Democratic City Committee in Peabody, Mass., on Aug. 15. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Former Biden White House aide Dan Koh, accompanied by his daughter, Theodora, talks with Holzman, left, and Dorothy Lubas, 97, during the campaign stop in Peabody, Mass., on Aug. 15. Six Democrats are seeking the 6th District seat that Rep. Seth Moulton is vacating to run for Senate. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Businessman John Beccia, a Democratic candidate for Massachusetts’ 6th District, speaks with Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll at the event in Peabody, Mass., on Aug. 15. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Massachusetts state Rep. Tram Nguyen, who is also running to succeed Moulton, attends the candidate event in Peabody, Mass., on Aug. 15. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Former Rep. John F. Tierney, second from left, attends the event in Peabody, Mass., on Aug. 15. Tierney, who lost to Moulton in a 2014 primary, is supporting Koh in this year’s primary for Massachusetts’ 6th District. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Moulton, who is challenging Massachusetts Sen. Edward J. Markey in the Democratic primary, talks with voters during an event at the home of a supporter in Chelmsford, Mass., on Aug. 16. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Moulton greets players at a Latinos Unidos softball game in Lawrence, Mass., on Aug. 16. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Kids run by New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas as the Democrat talks with voters at the 18th-century home of a supporter in Warner, N.H., on Aug. 16. Pappas is seeking the Democratic nomination in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Pappas and his husband, Vann Bentley, leave the event in Warner, N.H., on Aug. 16. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)