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Unlike Massachusetts, where last week’s primary election was a relatively sleepy affair, the stakes are high tomorrow in New Hampshire. In fact, there’s arguably more drama in the 2024 state primary than there was in its heralded presidential primary this year.

After Republican Gov. Chris Sununu declined to run for a fifth two-year term, Democrats have a chance in November to capture the governor’s office for the first time in a decade.

But voters still need to decide who the party will put forward, in a down-to-the-wire race between former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig and Cinde Warmington, the only Democrat on the state’s Executive Council. (Jon Kiper, a restaurant owner, is also running.)

The race has grown contentious in its final weeks: Craig has attacked Warmington’s work as a lobbyist, criticizing her in a tough attack ad “for profiting from the opioid crisis.” Warmington hit back, slamming Craig’s record on the crisis as mayor. But there’s little daylight between the two on policy: both say abortion rights, solving the housing crisis and strengthening public education are top priorities.

The winner Tuesday will likely face Republican candidate Kelly Ayotte , a former U.S. senator and state attorney general, who is running well ahead of former state Senate President Chuck Morse, according to polls from Saint Anselm College. (Among Ayotte’s pitches to voters: “ Don’t Mass up New Hampshire .”)

Important as the race for governor is, the open contest for the 2nd Congressional district is perhaps the state’s most interesting primary contest – the result of Democratic U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster’s decision not to run for a seventh term. The district leans blue, so the winner of the Democratic primary between Maggie Goodlander and Colin Van Ostern will likely end up in Congress. Both Democrats have deep ties to New Hampshire and compelling backgrounds.

Van Ostern was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2016 and is Kuster’s choice to succeed her. Goodlander is a former senior aide to President Biden and the wife of his national security advisor, Jake Sullivan. She’s an ardent advocate of abortion rights with a powerful personal story about undergoing her own painful procedure. Van Ostern’s team accuses Goodlander of being a “carpet-bagger,” because though she was born and raised in Nashua, she’s lived much of her life out of state. It’s not clear if the attacks — which led a former governor to revoke his endorsement of Van Ostern — are landing against Goodlander, who leads in the polls.

The race has attracted national attention – and lots of money: Goodlander has raised well over $2 million, while Van Ostern has brought in more than $1.3 million, significantly more than a typical New Hampshire primary race. But with a likely congressional seat in the offing, there’s a lot at stake.