New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

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2020 New Hampshire
House Elections

General| November 3, 2020
Primary| September 8, 2020
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Republicans won control of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in the 2020 elections. Heading into the 2020 elections, Democrats had a 230-156 majority, with one Libertarian House member and 13 vacant seats. All 400 seats were up in 2020. Republicans gained a net 57 seats and Democrats lost a net 43 seats, leaving Republicans with a 213-187 majority. A 267-seat majority is required to override a governor's veto in New Hampshire.

As of 2020, the 400 members represented 204 districts--105 single-member districts and 99 multi-member districts that had between two and 11 members. Ballotpedia identified 110 of the districts, representing 249 seats, as battlegrounds.

* Click here to see all of the general election matchups
* Click here to read more about the battleground races

Forty-seven of the battleground races were in single-member districts, with 27 held by Democrats and 20 held by Republicans. Sixty-three of the battleground races were in multi-member districts, with 24 held solely by Democrats, 19 held solely by Republicans, and 20 split between the parties.

Heading into the election, New Hampshire had been under a divided government since 2018, when Democrats flipped the state Senate and House. Before 2018, New Hampshire had been governed by a Republican trifecta since 2017, when Gov. Chris Sununu (R) was elected. The last Democratic trifecta in New Hampshire formed after the 2006 elections and lasted until 2010.

Heading into the 2020 elections, Republicans held a majority in more chambers than Democrats. There was a Republican majority in 59 chambers and a Democratic majority in 39 chambers. In the Alaska House, there was a power-sharing agreement between the parties as part of a coalition.

New Hampshire's 2020 gubernatorial and state legislative elections affected partisan control of redistricting following the 2020 census. In New Hampshire, the state legislature is responsible for drafting both congressional and state legislative district plans. District plans are subject to gubernatorial veto.

The New Hampshire House of Representatives was one of 86 state legislative chambers holding elections in 2020. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. In 2018, 87 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections.

This election was a battleground race. Other 2020 battlegrounds included:

* Illinois' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Democratic primary)
* Kentucky's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)
* Maine's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

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## Contents

* 1 Election procedure changes in 2020
* 2 Party control
* 3 Districts
* 4 Candidates
* 5 General election candidates
* 6 Primary candidates
* 6.1 2020 battleground chamber
* 6.2 Battleground races
* 6.3 Incumbents who were not re-elected
* 6.3.1 Incumbents defeated in the general election
* 6.3.2 Incumbents defeated in primary elections
* 6.3.3 Retiring incumbents
* 6.4 Redistricting in New Hampshire
* 6.5 Process to become a candidate
* 6.5.1 For party candidates
* 6.5.2 For nonparty candidates
* 6.5.3 For write-in candidates
* 6.5.4 2020 ballot access requirements
* 6.5.5 Qualifications
* 6.5.6 Salaries and per diem
* 6.5.7 When sworn in
* 6.6 2020 battleground chamber
* 6.7 New Hampshire political history
* 6.7.1 Trifectas
* 6.7.2 Presidential politics in New Hampshire
* 6.7.2.1 2016 Presidential election results
* 6.8 Voter information
* 6.8.1 How the primary works
* 6.8.2 Poll times
* 6.8.3 Registration requirements
* 6.8.4 Automatic registration
* 6.8.5 Online registration
* 6.8.6 Same-day registration
* 6.8.7 Residency requirements
* 6.8.8 Verification of citizenship
* 6.8.9 Verifying your registration
* 6.8.10 Voter ID requirements
* 6.8.10.1 Background
* 6.8.11 Early voting
* 6.8.12 Absentee voting
* 6.9 Voter guides
* 6.10 See also
* 6.11 External links
* 6.12 Footnotes

## Election procedure changes in 2020[edit]

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

New Hampshire modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

* Absentee/mail-in voting: Any voter could request an absentee ballot based on concerns related to COVID-19. Voters could submit one absentee ballot application for both the primary and general elections.
* Candidate filing procedures: The nomination petition signature requirements for the Libertarian Party's candidates in New Hampshire's general election was reduced by 35 percent.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

## Party control[edit]

See also: Partisan composition of state houses and State government trifectas
New Hampshire House of Representatives

Party  |  As of November 3, 2020  |  After November 4, 2020
|  Democratic Party |  230 |  187
|  Republican Party |  156  |  213
|  Libertarian Party |  1  |  0
|  Vacancy  |  13  |  0
Total |  400 |  400

## Districts[edit]

See also: New Hampshire state legislative districts

Use the interactive map below to find your district.

## Candidates[edit]

# General election candidates[edit]

#### New Hampshire House of Representatives General Election 2020

* Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.

Office |  Democratic |  Republican | Other
Belknap 1 |

Robert Joseph Jr.

Tom Ploszaj

Belknap 2 (4 seats) |

Shelley Carita
Diane Hanley
Dara McCue
Natalie Taylor

Glen Aldrich (i)
Harry Bean (i)
Jonathan Mackie (i)
Norman Silber

Belknap 3 (4 seats) |

David Huot (i)
Carlos Cardona
Marcia Hayward
Gail Ober

Mike Bordes
Gregg Hough
Dawn Johnson
Richard Littlefield

Belknap 4 (2 seats) |

Jane Alden

Timothy Lang Sr. (i)
Juliet Harvey-Bolia

Belknap 5 (2 seats) |

Stephen Copithorne
Duane Hammond

Peter Varney (i)
Paul Terry

Belknap 6 (2 seats) |

George Condodemetraky
Don House

Michael Sylvia (i)
Douglas Trottier

Belknap 7 |

Jane Westlake

Barbara Comtois (i)

Belknap 8 |

Ruth Larson

Raymond Howard (i)

Belknap 9 |

Charlie St. Clair (i)

Travis O'Hara

Carroll 1 |

Anita Burroughs (i)

Ray Gilmore

Carroll 2 (3 seats) |

Tom Buco (i)
Stephen Woodcock (i)
Ellin Leonard

Frank McCarthy
Wendy Richardson
Karen Umberger

Carroll 3 (2 seats) |

Jerry Knirk (i)
Susan Ticehurst (i)

Mark McConkey
Nicole Nordlund

Carroll 4 (2 seats) |

Chip Merrill
Caroline Nesbitt

Glenn Cordelli (i)
Karel Crawford (i)

Carroll 5 (3 seats) |

Donna Ackerman
Knute Ogren
Patricia Pustell

Lino Avellani (i)
Bill Nelson (i)
Jonathan Smith

Carroll 6 (2 seats) |

Carrie Duran
John Wall

John MacDonald (i)
Brodie Deshaies

Carroll 7 |

Chris McAleer

Norman Tregenza

Carroll 8 |

Eve Klotz

William Marsh (i)

Cheshire 1 (4 seats) |

Michael Abbott (i)
Paul Berch (i)
Cathryn A. Harvey (i)
Lucy McVitty Weber (i)

Whitney Aldrich
Peter Benik
Kate Day
Richard Merkt

Cheshire 2 |

John Mann (i)

Richard Nalevanko

Cheshire 3 |

Daniel Eaton (i)

Robert D'Arcy

Cheshire 4 |

Lawrence Welkowitz

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Cheshire 5 |

John Bordenet (i)

Marilyn Huston

Cheshire 6 |

Dru Fox

Kyle LaBrie

Cheshire 7 |

Sparky Von Plinsky (i)

Robert Call

Cheshire 8 |

Donovan Fenton (i)

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Cheshire 9 (2 seats) |

Richard Ames (i)
Douglas Ley (i)

Rita Mattson
Leo Plante

Cheshire 10 |

Lucius Parshall

Dick Thackston

Cheshire 11 (2 seats) |

Gene Andersen
Patricia Martin

John Hunt (i)
Jim Qualey

Cheshire 12 (2 seats) |

Barrett Faulkner (i)
Jennie Gomarlo (i)

Sly Karasinski
Stephen K. Malone

Cheshire 13 |

Natalie Quevedo

Ben Kilanski

Cheshire 14 |

Andrew Maneval

Matthew Santonastaso

Cheshire 15 |

Bruce Tatro (i)

Jennifer Rhodes

Cheshire 16 (2 seats) |

Joe Schapiro (i)
Amanda Toll

Matt Roach
Jerry Sickels

Coos 1 (2 seats) |

Bob Baker
Bernice Christianson

Donald Dostie
Dennis Thompson

Coos 2 |

Christopher Roberge

Arnold Davis

Coos 3 (3 seats) |

Larry Laflamme (i)
Henry Noel (i)
Eamon Kelley

Mark Evans
Stuart Light
Robert Theberge

Coos 4 |

Evalyn Merrick

Kevin Craig (i)

Coos 5 |

Edith Tucker (i)

John Greer

Coos 6 |

William Hatch (i)

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Coos 7 |

Gregor Stocks

Troy Merner (i)

Grafton 1 (2 seats) |

Linda Massimilla (i)
Sally Sherrard

Calvin Beaulier
Joseph DePalma IV

Grafton 2 |

Timothy Egan (i)

Robert Peraino

Grafton 3 |

Denny Ruprecht (i)

Wes Chapmon

Grafton 4 |

Don Locascio

Roderick Ladd (i)

Grafton 5 |

Jerry Stringham (i)

Bonnie Ham

Grafton 6 |

Kevin Maes (i)

Gail Sanborn

Grafton 7 |

Richard Osborne (i)

Mark Alliegro

Grafton 8 (3 seats) |

Sallie Fellows (i)
Suzanne Smith (i)
Joyce Weston (i)

Steven Benedetto
George Kirk
Mike McLaughlin

Grafton 9 (2 seats) |

Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Catherine Mulholland

Ned Gordon (i)
Lex Berezhny

Grafton 10 |

Roger Dontonville (i)

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Grafton 11 |

Timothy Josephson (i)

Beth Folsom

Grafton 12 (4 seats) |

Sharon Nordgren (i)
Mary Hakken-Phillips
Russell Muirhead
James M. Murphy

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Grafton 13 (4 seats) |

Richard Abel (i)
Susan Almy (i)
Laurel Stavis (i)
George Sykes (i)

Michael Balog
Joshua Flanders

Grafton 14 |

Elaine French (i)

Matthew Simon

Grafton 15 |

Ed Rajsteter

David W. Binford

Grafton 16 |

Francesca Diggs (i)

Jeffrey Greeson

Grafton 17 |

Joshua Adjutant (i)

Kendall Hughes

Hillsborough 1 (2 seats) |

Marjorie Porter (i)
Susanne White

Jim Fedolfi (i)
John Valera

Hillsborough 2 (3 seats) |

Rachel Cisto
Robert Girard
Jennifer Paveglio

Keith Erf (i)
Gary Hopper (i)
Leah Cushman

Hillsborough 3 |

Dan Pickering (i)

David Bedard

Hillsborough 4 (2 seats) |

Jennifer Bernet (i)
Kermit Williams (i)

Jim Kofalt
Lisa Post

Hillsborough 5 (2 seats) |

Donna Mombourquette (i)
David Woodbury (i)

William Foster
Gerald Griffin

Hillsborough 6 (5 seats) |

Richard Bruno
Jim Craig
Judi Lanza
Robin McCune
Melanie Renfrew-Hebert

Joe Alexander Jr. (i)
Barbara Griffin (i)
Michael Gunski (i)
Fred Plett (i)
Claire Rouillard

Hillsborough 7 (6 seats) |

Sue Mullen (i)
Daniel Dong
Emma Paradis
Shana Potvin
Catherine Rombeau
Cheri Schmitt

David Danielson (i)
Linda Gould (i)
John Graham (i)
Ted Gorski
Niki Kelsey
Stephen Kenda

Hillsborough 8 (2 seats) |

Jeffrey Goley (i)
Diane Langley (i)

Paul DiIulio
Dan Goldner

Hillsborough 9 (2 seats) |

Linda DiSilvestro (i)
Iz Piedra (i)

Tyler Chase
Doug Whitfield

Hillsborough 10 (2 seats) |

Jean Jeudy (i)
Patrick Long (i)

Holly Beene

Hillsborough 11 (2 seats) |

Donald Bouchard (i)
Nicole Klein-Knight (i)

Richard Hagala
Jason Hodgdon

Robert Daniel (Libertarian Party)

Hillsborough 12 (2 seats) |

Amanda Bouldin (i)
Andrew Bouldin (i)

Sharon Poisson
Constance Spencer

Hillsborough 13 (2 seats) |

Darryl Dion
Christy Hamilton

Larry Gagne (i)
William Infantine

Hillsborough 14 (2 seats) |

Mary Freitas (i)
Mary Heath (i)

Brian Cole
Steve Focht

Hillsborough 15 (2 seats) |

Erika Connors (i)
Thomas Katsiantonis

Mark Warden (i)
Macy McNair

Hillsborough 16 (2 seats) |

Joshua Query (i)
Barbara Shaw (i)

Robert Kliskey
Steven Stefanik

Hillsborough 17 (2 seats) |

Heidi Hamer (i)
Timothy Smith (i)

Dan Garthwaite
Tammy Simmons

Hillsborough 18 (2 seats) |

Patricia Cornell (i)
Willis Griffith (i)

Brian Chicoine
Brittany LeClear-Ping

Hillsborough 19 (2 seats) |

Kendall Snow (i)
William Zackeroff

Dick Marston
Matt Whitlock

Hillsborough 20 (2 seats) |

Nikki Fordey

Ralph Boehm (i)
Richard Lascelles (i)

Hillsborough 21 (8 seats) |

Nancy Murphy (i)
Rosemarie Rung (i)
Kathryn Stack (i)
Wendy Thomas (i)
Mackenzie Murphy
Cynthia Parente
Bryce Stack
Joseph Sylvester

Dick Hinch (i)
Jeanine Notter (i)
Jack Balcom
Melissa Blasek
Bob Healey
Mary Mayville
Maureen Mooney
Lindsay Tausch

Hillsborough 22 (3 seats) |

Megan Murray (i)
Tony Labranche
Daniel Veilleux

Pamela Coughlin
Peter Hansen
Danielle Pray

Hillsborough 23 (4 seats) |

Peter Petrigno (i)
Alexander Lloyd
Maria Perez
Herb Salmon

Bill King
Vanessa Sheehan
Michael Thornton
Steve Tourangeau

Hillsborough 24 (2 seats) |

Peter Leishman (i)
Ivy Vann (i)

Christopher Maidment
David Pilcher

Hillsborough 25 (2 seats) |

Elizabeth Crooker
Laura Lynch

Paul Somero (i)
Diane Kelley

Hillsborough 26 (2 seats) |

Brian Rater
Chris Wheeler

John Lewicke
Diane Pauer

Hillsborough 27 (2 seats) |

Kat McGhee (i)
Tom Harris

Susan Homola
David Werner

Hillsborough 28 (3 seats) |

William Bordy (i)
Bruce Cohen (i)
Jan Schmidt (i)

Elizabeth Ferreira
Tom Lanzara
Rosemary Russell

Hillsborough 29 (3 seats) |

Paul Bergeron (i)
Ray Newman (i)
Sue Newman (i)

Michael McCarthy
Brian Mercer
Julie Smith

Hillsborough 30 (3 seats) |

Sherry Dutzy (i)
Patricia Klee (i)
Suzanne Vail (i)

Howard Coffman
Doris Hohensee
David Schoneman

Hillsborough 31 (3 seats) |

David Cote (i)
Manny Espitia (i)
Stacie-Marie Laughton

Joost Baumeister
Ryan Terrell
Elizabeth van Twuyver

Hillsborough 32 (3 seats) |

Allison Nutting-Wong (i)
Michael Pedersen (i)
Dan Toomey (i)

Joseph Cole
Paula Johnson
Di Lothrop

Hillsborough 33 (3 seats) |

Mark King (i)
Fran Nutter-Upham (i)
Efstathia Booras

Ed Decatur
Kevin Scully
Teresa Scully

Hillsborough 34 (3 seats) |

Catherine Sofikitis (i)
Deb Stevens (i)
Melbourne Moran Jr.

Jacqueline Casey
Charlie Hall
Edith Hogan

Hillsborough 35 (3 seats) |

Skip Cleaver (i)
Latha Mangipudi (i)
Laura Telerski (i)

Anthony DiPaolo
Paul Hutsteiner
Peter Silva

Hillsborough 36 (3 seats) |

Linda Harriott-Gathright (i)
Martin Jack (i)
Michael O'Brien Sr. (i)

Tyler Gouveia
William O'Brien
Bill Ohm

Hillsborough 37 (11 seats) |

Barbara Blue
Nancy Brucker
Brett Gagnon
David Hennessey
Beatriz Jauregui
Steven Katsos
Harold Lynde
Lana Paliy
Robert Sherman
Alejandro Urrutia
Timothy Wyatt

Bob Greene (i)
Alicia Lekas (i)
Tony Lekas (i)
Hershel Nunez (i)
Lynne Ober (i)
Russell Ober (i)
Andrew Prout (i)
Andrew Renzullo (i)
Kimberly Rice (i)
Jordan Ulery (i)
Denise Smith

Hillsborough 38 (2 seats) |

James Bosman (i)
Stephanie Hyland

Riche Colcombe
Jim Creighton

Hillsborough 39 |

Gary Evans

John Burt (i)

Hillsborough 40 |

Ben Ming

Keith Ammon

Hillsborough 41 |

Lisa Nash

Laurie Sanborn (i)

Hillsborough 42 (2 seats) |

Jacqueline Chretien (i)
Matt Wilhelm (i)

Phillip Harris
Julie Senneville

Hillsborough 43 (3 seats) |

Benjamin Baroody (i)
Christopher Herbert (i)
Amy L. Bradley

Lisa Freeman
Joseph Lachance
Kirk McConville

Hillsborough 44 (2 seats) |

Robert Curran
Candace Moulton

Mark McLean (i)
Ross Berry

Hillsborough 45 (2 seats) |

Jane Beaulieu (i)
Connie Van Houten (i)

Carlos Gonzalez
Amanda Higgins

Merrimack 1 |

Ken Wells (i)

Louise Andrus

Merrimack 2 (2 seats) |

Scott Burns
Terry Smith

Dave Testerman (i)
James Mason

Merrimack 3 (2 seats) |

Joyce Fulweiler (i)
Sheena Duncan

Gregory Hill (i)
Kenna Cross

Merrimack 4 |

Tom Schamberg (i)

Victor Prieto

Merrimack 5 (2 seats) |

Karen Ebel (i)
Karen Zurheide

Dan Wolf (i)
Roger Richard

Merrimack 6 (2 seats) |

Rod Pimentel (i)
Tony Caplan

Thomas Dunne Jr.
James Parker

Merrimack 7 |

Clyde Carson (i)

Margaret Kennedy

Merrimack 8 |

Caroletta Alicea

Robert Forsythe (i)  (unofficially withdrew)

Rick Devoid (Independent) (Write-in)

Merrimack 9 (2 seats) |

Leslie Bergevin
Lois Friedrich

Jose Cambrils
Michael Moffett

Merrimack 10 (3 seats) |

David Luneau (i)
Mel Myler (i)
Mary Jane Wallner (i)

Alexandros Dellas
Pamela Ean
John French

Merrimack 11 |

Stephen Shurtleff (i)

David Newell

Merrimack 12 |

Connie Lane (i)

Patrice Myers

Merrimack 13 |

Beth Richards (i)

Samuel Bahuma

Merrimack 14 |

Jim MacKay (i)

Donna Davey

Merrimack 15 |

Eric Gallager

Michelle McCartney

Merrimack 16 |

Timothy Soucy (i)

Robert G. Bertrand

Merrimack 17 |

Safiya Wazir (i)

Dennis Soucy

Merrimack 18 |

Kris Schultz (i)

Claude Bongambe (disqualified appeared on ballot)

Merrimack 19 |

Christy Bartlett (i)

Jonathan Cate

Merrimack 20 (3 seats) |

David Doherty (i)
Dianne Schuett (i)
Clinton Hanson Jr.

Brian Seaworth (i)
Peter Gagyi
Nick White

Merrimack 21 (2 seats) |

Hugh Curley
Mary Frambach

James Allard (i)
John Klose (i)

Merrimack 22 |

David A. Coolidge

Matthew Pitaro

Merrimack 23 (3 seats) |

Samantha Fox (i)
Mary Beth Walz (i)
Gary Woods (i)

Mariya Markova
John Martin
Raymond Plante

Merrimack 24 (4 seats) |

Kathleen Martins (i)
Madalasa Gurung
Harry Kozlowski

Thomas Walsh (i)
Michael Yakubovich (i)
Stephen Boyd
John Leavitt

Merrimack 25 |

Faith Minton

Natalie Wells

Merrimack 26 |

Lorrie Carey

Howard Pearl (i)

Merrimack 27 (2 seats) |

Art Ellison (i)
Rebecca McWilliams (i)

Japhet Stevens
Mike Visconti

Merrimack 28 |

Katherine Rogers (i)

Andrew Georgevits

Merrimack 29 |

Miriam Cahill-Yeaton

Carol McGuire (i)

Rockingham 1 |

Tom Chase

Paul Tudor

Rockingham 2 (3 seats) |

Richard Boisvert
Jocelyn Messier
Avis Rosenfield

Alan Bershtein (i)
James Spillane (i)
Kevin Verville (i)

Rockingham 3 (3 seats) |

Michael DiTommaso
Dennis Garnham
Diane Kolifrath

Kevin Pratt (i)
Paul Ayer
Dustin Dodge

Rockingham 4 (5 seats) |

Michael D'Angelo
Ben Geiger
Matthew Krohn
Russell Norman
Jane Van Zandt

Jess Edwards (i)
Jason Osborne (i)
Tony Piemonte (i)
Chris True (i)
Oliver Ford

Rockingham 5 (7 seats) |

Anne Warner (i)
Ted Combes
Mack Leathurby
Luisa Piette
Paul Skudlarek
Robin Skudlarek
Martha Smith

Alfred Baldasaro (i)
Tom Dolan (i)
David Lundgren (i)
Betsy McKinney (i)
Sherman Packard (i)
Doug Thomas (i)
Wayne MacDonald

Rockingham 6 (10 seats) |

Mary Eisner (i)
Amy Dattner-Levy
Paul Doolittle
Owen Ingram
Michelle Sawyer-Moge
Erin Spencer
Mary Till
Beatrice Vargas
Johnathan West
Thomas Wood

Phyllis Katsakiores (i)
David Love (i)
David Milz (i)
Stephen Pearson (i)
John Potucek (i)
Katherine Prudhomme O'Brien (i)
Anne Copp
Mary Ann Kimball
Erica Layon
Richard Tripp

Brenda Willis (Independent)

Rockingham 7 (4 seats) |

Henri Azibert
Valerie Roman
Ioana Singureanu
Kristi St. Laurent

Mary Griffin (i)
Charles McMahon (i)
Robert J. Lynn
Julius Soti

Rockingham 8 (9 seats) |

Gregory Davis
Sara Dillingham
Cam Iannalfo
Claire Karibian
Sean Lewis
Donna Loranger
Jacqueline Muollo
Maureen Thibault
Bonnie Wright

Daryl Abbas (i)
Fred Doucette (i)
Robert Elliott (i)
Betty Gay (i)
John Janigian (i)
Everett McBride Jr. (i)
John Sytek (i)
Joe Sweeney
Susan Vandecasteele

Rockingham 9 (2 seats) |

Mark Vallone (i)
Gregory Tillman

Michael Vose (i)
Cody Belanger

Rockingham 10 |

Ellen Marie Douglas

Dennis Acton (i)

Rockingham 11 |

Liz McConnell (i)

Melissa Litchfield

Rockingham 12 |

Diana West

Scott Wallace (i)

Rockingham 13 (4 seats) |

Mindy Funke Collins
Jim LaValley
Trisha Tidd
Laurie Warnock

Dennis Green (i)
Joe Guthrie (i)
David Welch (i)
Ken Weyler (i)

Rockingham 14 (4 seats) |

Nancy Bishop
Kate Delfino
Kay Galloway
George Hamblen

Debra DeSimone (i)
Robert Harb (i)
Norman Major (i)
Peter Torosian (i)

Rockingham 15 |

Robert Bartlett

Charles Melvin Sr. (i)

Rockingham 16 |

Peter Oldak

J D Bernardy

Rockingham 17 (3 seats) |

Michael Cahill (i)
Charlotte DiLorenzo (i)
Ellen Read (i)

Carolyn Scanlon

Rockingham 18 (4 seats) |

Lisa Bunker (i)
Julie Gilman (i)
Gaby Grossman (i)
Mark Paige

Edward Duncan
William A. Smith
Greg Stone
Carl Wikstrom

Rockingham 19 (2 seats) |

Debra Altschiller (i)
Jennifer Scrafford

Patrick Abrami (i)
Amy Jeffrey

Rockingham 20 (3 seats) |

Louis Flynn
Greg Marrow
Patricia O'Keefe

Aboul Khan (i)
Tim Baxter
Tina Harley

Rockingham 21 (4 seats) |

Robert Cushing (i)
Michael Edgar (i)
Tom Loughman (i)
Katherine Harake

Tracy Emerick
David Hagen
Sharleene Hurst
Ken Sheffert

Rockingham 22 |

Jim Maggiore (i)

Kirsten Larsen Schultz

Rockingham 23 |

Dennis Malloy (i)

Jenni Boynton

Rockingham 24 (2 seats) |

Jaci Grote (i)
Kate Murray (i)

Joanne Meyer
Julie Tucker

Rockingham 25 |

Laura Pantelakos (i)

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Rockingham 26 |

Rebecca McBeath (i)

Alexandria Knox

Rockingham 27 |

Peter Somssich (i)

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Rockingham 28 |

Gerry Ward (i)

Cynthia Taylor-Hollandbeck

Rockingham 29 |

David Meuse (i)

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Rockingham 30 |

Jacqueline Cali-Pitts (i)

Tom Lukacz

Rockingham 31 |

Joan Hamblet

Henry Marsh

Rockingham 32 |

Hal Rafter

Terry Roy (i)

Rockingham 33 |

Eric Turer

Josh Yokela (i)

Rockingham 34 |

Lisa DeMio

Mark Pearson (i)

Rockingham 35 |

Robert Moore

Deborah Hobson (i)

Rockingham 36 |

Alexis Simpson

Daniel Gray

Rockingham 37 |

E. Elaine Andrews-Ahearn

Max Abramson (i)

Strafford 1 (2 seats) |

Larry Brown

Peter Hayward (i)
Glenn Bailey

Strafford 2 (2 seats) |

Emmanuel Krasner

James Horgan (i)
Joseph Pitre (i)

Strafford 3 (2 seats) |

Jeff Allard
Heath Howard

Michael Harrington (i)
Kurt Wuelper (i)

Strafford 4 (2 seats) |

Cassandra Levesque (i)
Matthew Towne (i)

Len Turcotte
Jenny Wilson

Strafford 5 |

Jeffrey Salloway (i)

Scott Bugbee

Strafford 6 (5 seats) |

Timothy Horrigan (i)
Cam Kenney (i)
Marjorie Smith (i)
Judith Spang (i)
Janet Wall (i)

Cheryl Lamoureux
Bonnie McDermott
Mark Racic
Cliff Zetterstrom
James Ziegra

Strafford 7 |

Timothy Fontneau (i)

Harrison deBree

Strafford 8 |

Donna Ellis (i)

Kalmen Barkin

Strafford 9 |

Tom Ransom

Clifford Newton

Strafford 10 |  |

Aidan Ankarberg

Strafford 11 |

Chuck Grassie (i)

Jonathan Clement

Strafford 12 |

Anni DeVito

Mac Kittredge (i)

Strafford 13 |

Casey Conley (i)

Debra Childs

Strafford 14 |

Kristina Fargo (i)

Mary Ann Cooper

Strafford 15 |

Ariel Oxaal

Tyler Blouin

Strafford 16 |

Sherry Frost (i)

Steve Morgan

Strafford 17 (3 seats) |

Peter Bixby (i)
Susan Treleaven (i)
Kenneth Vincent (i)

Simon Allie
Michael Castaldo
Edwina Hastings

Strafford 18 (3 seats) |

Gerri Cannon (i)
Wendy Chase (i)
Cecilia Rich (i)

Jodi Lavoie-Carnes
Steven Douglas McMahon
Matthew Spencer

Strafford 19 |

Peter Schmidt (i)

William Burr

Strafford 20 |

Tom Southworth (i)

Steven Wyrsch

Strafford 21 |

Catt Sandler (i)

Philip Munck

Strafford 22 |

Peg Higgins (i)

Thomas Kaczynski Jr.

Strafford 23 |

Sandra Keans (i)

Fenton Groen

Strafford 24 |

Jeremiah Minihan

Susan DeLemus

Strafford 25 |

Amanda Gourgue (i)

Joe Hannon

Sullivan 1 (2 seats) |

Lee Walker Oxenham (i)
Brian Sullivan (i)

Virginia Drye
Tanya McIntire

Sullivan 2 |

Sue Gottling

Don Bettencourt

Sullivan 3 |

Andrew O'Hearne (i)

Patrick Lozito

Sullivan 4 |

Gary Merchant (i)

Paul LaCasse

Sullivan 5 |

Liza Draper

Walter Stapleton (i)

Sullivan 6 (2 seats) |

Larry Flint
Peter Franklin

John Callum (i)
Skip Rollins (i)

Sullivan 7 |

Claudia Istel

Judy Aron (i)

Sullivan 8 |

John Streeter

Walter Spilsbury

Sullivan 9 |

Linda Tanner (i)

Margaret Drye

Tobin Menard (Libertarian Party)

Sullivan 10 |

John Cloutier (i)

Jonathan Stone

Sullivan 11 |

Mary Henry

Steven Smith (i)

# Primary candidates[edit]

The candidate list below is based on an official list provided by the New Hampshire Secretary of State website as of June 16, 2020. The filing deadline for the September primary was on June 12, 2020.[1]

#### New Hampshire House of Representatives Primary Election 2020

* Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.

Office |  Democratic |  Republican | Other
Belknap 1 |

Robert Joseph Jr.

Tom Ploszaj

Belknap 2 (4 seats) |

Shelley Carita
Diane Hanley
Dara McCue
Natalie Taylor

Glen Aldrich (i)
Harry Bean (i)
Deanna Jurius (i)
Jonathan Mackie (i)
Norman Silber

Belknap 3 (4 seats) |

David Huot (i)
Carlos Cardona
Marcia Hayward
Samuel Hoehn
Gail Ober

Mike Bordes
Gregg Hough
Dawn Johnson
Richard Littlefield

Belknap 4 (2 seats) |

Jane Alden (Write-in)

Timothy Lang Sr. (i)
Juliet Harvey-Bolia

Belknap 5 (2 seats) |

Stephen Copithorne
Duane Hammond

Peter Varney (i)
Paul Terry

Belknap 6 (2 seats) |

George Condodemetraky
Don House

John Plumer (i)
Michael Sylvia (i)
Shari Lebreche
Douglas Trottier

Belknap 7 |

Jane Westlake

Barbara Comtois (i)

Belknap 8 |

Ruth Larson

Raymond Howard (i)

Belknap 9 |

Charlie St. Clair (i)

Brad Kirby
Travis O'Hara

Carroll 1 |

Anita Burroughs (i)

Ray Gilmore

Carroll 2 (3 seats) |

Tom Buco (i)
Stephen Woodcock (i)
Ellin Leonard

Frank McCarthy
Wendy Richardson
Karen Umberger

Carroll 3 (2 seats) |

Jerry Knirk (i)
Susan Ticehurst (i)

Mark McConkey
Nicole Nordlund

Carroll 4 (2 seats) |

Chip Merrill
Caroline Nesbitt

Glenn Cordelli (i)
Karel Crawford (i)

Carroll 5 (3 seats) |

Donna Ackerman
Knute Ogren
Patricia Pustell

Lino Avellani (i)
Bill Nelson (i)
Jonathan Smith

Carroll 6 (2 seats) |

Carrie Duran
John Wall

John MacDonald (i)
Brodie Deshaies

Carroll 7 |

Chris McAleer

Norman Tregenza

Carroll 8 |

Eve Klotz

William Marsh (i)

Cheshire 1 (4 seats) |

Michael Abbott (i)
Paul Berch (i)
Cathryn A. Harvey (i)
Lucy McVitty Weber (i)

Whitney Aldrich
Peter Benik
Kate Day
Richard Merkt

Cheshire 2 |

John Mann (i)

Richard Nalevanko

Cheshire 3 |

Daniel Eaton (i)

Robert D'Arcy

Cheshire 4 |

Lawrence Welkowitz

The Republican primary was canceled.

Cheshire 5 |

John Bordenet (i)

Marilyn Huston

Cheshire 6 |

Dru Fox

Kyle LaBrie

Cheshire 7 |

Sparky Von Plinsky (i)

Robert Call

Cheshire 8 |

Donovan Fenton (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary

Cheshire 9 (2 seats) |

Richard Ames (i)
Douglas Ley (i)

Rita Mattson
Leo Plante

Cheshire 10 |

Lucius Parshall

Dick Thackston

Cheshire 11 (2 seats) |

Gene Andersen
Patricia Martin

John Hunt (i)
Jim Qualey

Cheshire 12 (2 seats) |

Barrett Faulkner (i)
Jennie Gomarlo (i)

Sly Karasinski
Stephen K. Malone

Cheshire 13 |

Henry Parkhurst (i)
Natalie Quevedo

Ben Kilanski

Cheshire 14 |

Andrew Maneval

Matthew Santonastaso
Franklin Sterling Jr.

Cheshire 15 |

Bruce Tatro (i)

Jennifer Rhodes

Cheshire 16 (2 seats) |

William Pearson (i)
Joe Schapiro (i)
Ryan Meehan
Amanda Toll

Ian Freeman
Matt Roach
Jerry Sickels
Varrin Swearingen

Coos 1 (2 seats) |

Bob Baker
Bernice Christianson

Donald Dostie
Dennis Thompson

Coos 2 |

Christopher Roberge

Arnold Davis

Coos 3 (3 seats) |

Larry Laflamme (i)
Henry Noel (i)
Eamon Kelley

Mark Evans
Stuart Light
Robert Theberge

Coos 4 |

Evalyn Merrick

Kevin Craig (i)

Coos 5 |

Edith Tucker (i)

John Greer

Coos 6 |

William Hatch (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.

Coos 7 |

Gregor Stocks

Troy Merner (i)

Grafton 1 (2 seats) |

Linda Massimilla (i)
Sally Sherrard

Calvin Beaulier
Joseph DePalma IV

Grafton 2 |

Timothy Egan (i)

Robert Peraino

Grafton 3 |

Denny Ruprecht (i)

Wes Chapmon

Grafton 4 |

Don Locascio (Write-in)

Roderick Ladd (i)

Grafton 5 |

Jerry Stringham (i)

Bonnie Ham
Paul Schirduan

Grafton 6 |

Kevin Maes (i)

Gail Sanborn

Grafton 7 |

Richard Osborne (i)
Konner Bird

Mark Alliegro

Grafton 8 (3 seats) |

Sallie Fellows (i)
Suzanne Smith (i)
Joyce Weston (i)

Steven Benedetto
George Kirk
Mike McLaughlin

Grafton 9 (2 seats) |

Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Richard Lobban Jr.
Catherine Mulholland

Ned Gordon (i)
Lex Berezhny
Tejasinha Sivalingam

Grafton 10 |

Roger Dontonville (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary

Grafton 11 |

Timothy Josephson (i)

Beth Folsom

Grafton 12 (4 seats) |

Sharon Nordgren (i)
Riley Gordon
Mary Hakken-Phillips
Joanna Jaspersohn
Brittney Joyce
Russell Muirhead
James M. Murphy
Orian Welling
Victoria Xiao

No candidates filed for the Republican primary

Grafton 13 (4 seats) |

Richard Abel (i)
Susan Almy (i)
Laurel Stavis (i)
George Sykes (i)

Michael Balog
Joshua Flanders

Grafton 14 |

Elaine French (i)

Matthew Simon

Grafton 15 |

Ed Rajsteter

David W. Binford
Tom Friel

Grafton 16 |

Francesca Diggs (i)

Jeffrey Greeson

Grafton 17 |

Joshua Adjutant (i)

Kendall Hughes

Hillsborough 1 (2 seats) |

Marjorie Porter (i)
Susanne White

Jim Fedolfi (i)
John Valera

Did not make the ballot:
J.P. Marzullo (i)

Hillsborough 2 (3 seats) |

Rachel Cisto
Robert Girard
Jennifer Paveglio

Keith Erf (i)
Gary Hopper (i)
Leah Cushman

Hillsborough 3 |

Dan Pickering (i)

David Bedard

Hillsborough 4 (2 seats) |

Jennifer Bernet (i)
Kermit Williams (i)

Jim Kofalt
Lisa Post

Hillsborough 5 (2 seats) |

Donna Mombourquette (i)
David Woodbury (i)

William Foster
Gerald Griffin

Hillsborough 6 (5 seats) |

Richard Bruno
Jim Craig
Judi Lanza
Robin McCune
Melanie Renfrew-Hebert

Joe Alexander Jr. (i)
Barbara Griffin (i)
Michael Gunski (i)
Fred Plett (i)
Frank Hobbs
Rick Kardos
Anthony Pugh
Claire Rouillard
John Stafford

Hillsborough 7 (6 seats) |

Sue Mullen (i)
Daniel Dong
Emma Paradis
Shana Potvin
Catherine Rombeau
Cheri Schmitt

David Danielson (i)
Linda Gould (i)
John Graham (i)
Britton Albiston
Ted Gorski
Phil Greazzo
Niki Kelsey
Stephen Kenda

Hillsborough 8 (2 seats) |

Jeffrey Goley (i)
Diane Langley (i)
Christine Seibert

Paul DiIulio
Dan Goldner

Hillsborough 9 (2 seats) |

Linda DiSilvestro (i)
Iz Piedra (i)

Tyler Chase
Doug Whitfield

Hillsborough 10 (2 seats) |

Jean Jeudy (i)
Patrick Long (i)
Ron Shaw

Holly Beene

Hillsborough 11 (2 seats) |

Donald Bouchard (i)
Nicole Klein-Knight (i)
James Webb

Richard Hagala
Jason Hodgdon

Hillsborough 12 (2 seats) |

Amanda Bouldin (i)
Andrew Bouldin (i)
Marcus Ponce de Leon

Sharon Poisson
Constance Spencer

Hillsborough 13 (2 seats) |

Darryl Dion
Christy Hamilton

Larry Gagne (i)
William Infantine

Hillsborough 14 (2 seats) |

Mary Freitas (i)
Mary Heath (i)

Brian Cole
Steve Focht

Hillsborough 15 (2 seats) |

Erika Connors (i)
Thomas Katsiantonis

Mark Warden (i)
Macy McNair

Hillsborough 16 (2 seats) |

Joshua Query (i)
Barbara Shaw (i)

Robert Kliskey
Steven Stefanik

Hillsborough 17 (2 seats) |

Heidi Hamer (i)
Timothy Smith (i)

Dan Garthwaite
Tammy Simmons

Hillsborough 18 (2 seats) |

Patricia Cornell (i)
Willis Griffith (i)
Sara Lachance
Matthew Ping
Chloe Sowers

Brian Chicoine
Brittany LeClear-Ping

Hillsborough 19 (2 seats) |

Kendall Snow (i)
William Zackeroff

Jamie Brassill
Dick Marston
Matt Whitlock

Hillsborough 20 (2 seats) |

Nikki Fordey

Ralph Boehm (i)
Richard Lascelles (i)

Hillsborough 21 (8 seats) |

Nancy Murphy (i)
Rosemarie Rung (i)
Kathryn Stack (i)
Wendy Thomas (i)
Mackenzie Murphy
Cynthia Parente
Bryce Stack
Joseph Sylvester

Dick Hinch (i)
Jeanine Notter (i)
Jack Balcom
Melissa Blasek
Bob Healey
Mary Mayville
Maureen Mooney
R. Brian Snow
Lindsay Tausch

Hillsborough 22 (3 seats) |

Megan Murray (i)
Theresa Cheslock
Tony Labranche
Daniel Veilleux

Pamela Coughlin
Peter Hansen
Peter Maresco
Danielle Pray

Hillsborough 23 (4 seats) |

Peter Petrigno (i)
Alexander Lloyd
Maria Perez
Herb Salmon

Bill King
Vanessa Sheehan
Michael Thornton
Steve Tourangeau

Hillsborough 24 (2 seats) |

Peter Leishman (i)
Ivy Vann (i)
Judy Ferstenberg

Christopher Maidment
David Pilcher

Hillsborough 25 (2 seats) |

Elizabeth Crooker
Laura Lynch

Paul Somero (i)
Diane Kelley

Hillsborough 26 (2 seats) |

Brian Rater
Chris Wheeler

Edward Arnold
John Lewicke
Diane Pauer

Hillsborough 27 (2 seats) |

Kat McGhee (i)
Tom Harris
Teagan Hudzik

Susan Homola
Paul Romsky
David Werner

Hillsborough 28 (3 seats) |

William Bordy (i)
Bruce Cohen (i)
Jan Schmidt (i)

Elizabeth Ferreira
Tom Lanzara
Rosemary Russell

Hillsborough 29 (3 seats) |

Paul Bergeron (i)
Ray Newman (i)
Sue Newman (i)

Michael McCarthy
Brian Mercer
Julie Smith

Hillsborough 30 (3 seats) |

Sherry Dutzy (i)
Patricia Klee (i)
Suzanne Vail (i)

Howard Coffman
Doris Hohensee
Amanda Reichert
David Schoneman

Hillsborough 31 (3 seats) |

David Cote (i)
Fred Davis (i)
Manny Espitia (i)
Stacie-Marie Laughton

Joost Baumeister
Ryan Terrell
Elizabeth van Twuyver

Hillsborough 32 (3 seats) |

Allison Nutting-Wong (i)
Michael Pedersen (i)
Dan Toomey (i)

Joseph Cole
Paula Johnson
Di Lothrop

Hillsborough 33 (3 seats) |

Kenneth Gidge (i)
Mark King (i)
Fran Nutter-Upham (i)
Efstathia Booras

Kevin Scully
Ed Decatur (Write-in)

Hillsborough 34 (3 seats) |

Catherine Sofikitis (i)
Deb Stevens (i)
Melbourne Moran Jr.

Jacqueline Casey
Charlie Hall
Edith Hogan

Hillsborough 35 (3 seats) |

Skip Cleaver (i)
Latha Mangipudi (i)
Laura Telerski (i)

Anthony DiPaolo
Paul Hutsteiner
Peter Silva

Hillsborough 36 (3 seats) |

Linda Harriott-Gathright (i)
Martin Jack (i)
Michael O'Brien Sr. (i)

Paula Desjardins
Tyler Gouveia
William O'Brien
Bill Ohm

Hillsborough 37 (11 seats) |

Barbara Blue
Nancy Brucker
Brett Gagnon
David Hennessey
Beatriz Jauregui
Steven Katsos
Harold Lynde
Lana Paliy
Robert Sherman
Alejandro Urrutia
Timothy Wyatt

Bob Greene (i)
Alicia Lekas (i)
Tony Lekas (i)
Hershel Nunez (i)
Lynne Ober (i)
Russell Ober (i)
Andrew Prout (i)
Andrew Renzullo (i)
Kimberly Rice (i)
Jordan Ulery (i)
Louis Alciere
Denise Smith

Hillsborough 38 (2 seats) |

James Bosman (i)
Stephanie Hyland

Riche Colcombe
Jim Creighton

Hillsborough 39 |

Gary Evans

John Burt (i)

Hillsborough 40 |

Ben Ming

Keith Ammon

Hillsborough 41 |

Lisa Nash

Laurie Sanborn (i)

Hillsborough 42 (2 seats) |

Jacqueline Chretien (i)
Matt Wilhelm (i)

Phillip Harris
Julie Senneville

Hillsborough 43 (3 seats) |

Benjamin Baroody (i)
Christopher Herbert (i)
Amy L. Bradley
Marcella Termini

Lisa Freeman
Joseph Lachance
Kirk McConville

Did not make the ballot:
Elizabeth Moreau

Hillsborough 44 (2 seats) |

Robert Curran
Candace Moulton

Mark McLean (i)
Ross Berry

Hillsborough 45 (2 seats) |

Jane Beaulieu (i)
Connie Van Houten (i)
Mary Lemay

Carlos Gonzalez
Amanda Higgins

Merrimack 1 |

Ken Wells (i)

Louise Andrus

Merrimack 2 (2 seats) |

Scott Burns
Terry Smith

Dave Testerman (i)
Christopher Gronski
James Mason

Merrimack 3 (2 seats) |

Joyce Fulweiler (i)
Sheena Duncan

Gregory Hill (i)
Kenna Cross

Merrimack 4 |

Tom Schamberg (i)

Victor Prieto

Merrimack 5 (2 seats) |

Karen Ebel (i)
Karen Zurheide (Write-in)

Dan Wolf (i)
Roger Richard

Merrimack 6 (2 seats) |

Rod Pimentel (i)
Tony Caplan

Thomas Dunne Jr.
James Parker

Merrimack 7 |

Clyde Carson (i)

Margaret Kennedy

Merrimack 8 |

Caroletta Alicea

Robert Forsythe (i)  (unofficially withdrew)
Rick Devoid (Write-in)

Merrimack 9 (2 seats) |

Leslie Bergevin
Lois Friedrich
Jim O'Neill

Jose Cambrils
Michael Moffett

Merrimack 10 (3 seats) |

David Luneau (i)
Mel Myler (i)
Mary Jane Wallner (i)
Joel Prescott

Alexandros Dellas
Pamela Ean
John French

Merrimack 11 |

Stephen Shurtleff (i)

David Newell (Write-in)

Merrimack 12 |

Connie Lane (i)

Patrice Myers

Merrimack 13 |

Beth Richards (i)

Samuel Bahuma

Merrimack 14 |

Jim MacKay (i)
Roy Schweiker

Donna Davey

Merrimack 15 |

Eric Gallager

Michelle McCartney

Merrimack 16 |

Timothy Soucy (i)

Robert G. Bertrand

Merrimack 17 |

Safiya Wazir (i)

Dennis Soucy

Merrimack 18 |

Kris Schultz (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary

Merrimack 19 |

Christy Bartlett (i)

Jonathan Cate (Write-in)

Merrimack 20 (3 seats) |

David Doherty (i)
Dianne Schuett (i)
Clinton Hanson Jr.

Brian Seaworth (i)
Peter Gagyi
Nick White

Merrimack 21 (2 seats) |

Hugh Curley
Mary Frambach

James Allard (i)
John Klose (i)

Merrimack 22 |

David A. Coolidge

Matthew Pitaro

Merrimack 23 (3 seats) |

Samantha Fox (i)
Mary Beth Walz (i)
Gary Woods (i)
Sally Wuellenweber

Mariya Markova
John Martin
Raymond Plante

Merrimack 24 (4 seats) |

Kathleen Martins (i)
Madalasa Gurung
Harry Kozlowski

Thomas Walsh (i)
Michael Yakubovich (i)
Stephen Boyd
John Leavitt

Merrimack 25 |

Faith Minton

Natalie Wells

Merrimack 26 |

Lorrie Carey
Matthew Murphy

Howard Pearl (i)

Merrimack 27 (2 seats) |

Art Ellison (i)
Rebecca McWilliams (i)

Japhet Stevens
Mike Visconti

Merrimack 28 |

Katherine Rogers (i)

Andrew Georgevits

Merrimack 29 |

Miriam Cahill-Yeaton

Carol McGuire (i)

Rockingham 1 |

Tom Chase

Brian Stone
Paul Tudor

Rockingham 2 (3 seats) |

Richard Boisvert
Jocelyn Messier
Avis Rosenfield

Alan Bershtein (i)
James Spillane (i)
Kevin Verville (i)

Rockingham 3 (3 seats) |

Michael DiTommaso
Dennis Garnham
Diane Kolifrath

Kevin Pratt (i)
Paul Ayer
Dustin Dodge

Rockingham 4 (5 seats) |

Ben Geiger
Matthew Krohn
Russell Norman
Jane Van Zandt
Michael D'Angelo (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Michael D'Angelo

Jess Edwards (i)
Jason Osborne (i)
Tony Piemonte (i)
Chris True (i)
Christopher Collins
Oliver Ford

Rockingham 5 (7 seats) |

Anne Warner (i)
Ted Combes
Mack Leathurby
Luisa Piette
Paul Skudlarek
Robin Skudlarek
Martha Smith

Alfred Baldasaro (i)
Tom Dolan (i)
David Lundgren (i)
Betsy McKinney (i)
Sherman Packard (i)
Doug Thomas (i)
Wayne MacDonald

Did not make the ballot:
Moira Ryan

Rockingham 6 (10 seats) |

Mary Eisner (i)
Amy Dattner-Levy
Paul Doolittle
Owen Ingram
Michelle Sawyer-Moge
Erin Spencer
Mary Till
Beatrice Vargas
Johnathan West
Thomas Wood

Phyllis Katsakiores (i)
David Love (i)
David Milz (i)
Stephen Pearson (i)
John Potucek (i)
Katherine Prudhomme O'Brien (i)
Thomas Cardon
Anne Copp
Mary Ann Kimball
Lauren LaMarsh
Erica Layon
Lorraine Lindenberg
Rebecca Nevin
Richard Tripp

Rockingham 7 (4 seats) |

Henri Azibert
Valerie Roman
Ioana Singureanu
Kristi St. Laurent

Mary Griffin (i)
Walter Kolodziej (i)
Charles McMahon (i)
Robert J. Lynn
Joseph Plonski
Julius Soti

Rockingham 8 (9 seats) |

Gregory Davis
Sara Dillingham
Cam Iannalfo
Claire Karibian
Sean Lewis
Donna Loranger
Jacqueline Muollo
Maureen Thibault
Bonnie Wright

Daryl Abbas (i)
Fred Doucette (i)
Robert Elliott (i)
Betty Gay (i)
John Janigian (i)
Everett McBride Jr. (i)
John Sytek (i)
Dave Blake
Tanya Donnelly
Joe Lessard
John Manning Jr.
Joe Sweeney
Susan Vandecasteele
Ross Cooper (Write-in)

Rockingham 9 (2 seats) |

Mark Vallone (i)
Gregory Tillman

Michael Vose (i)
Cody Belanger

Rockingham 10 |

Ellen Marie Douglas

Dennis Acton (i)

Rockingham 11 |

Liz McConnell (i)

Melissa Litchfield

Rockingham 12 |

Diana West

Scott Wallace (i)

Rockingham 13 (4 seats) |

Mindy Funke Collins
Jim LaValley
Trisha Tidd
Laurie Warnock

Dennis Green (i)
Joe Guthrie (i)
David Welch (i)
Ken Weyler (i)

Rockingham 14 (4 seats) |

Nancy Bishop
Kate Delfino
Kay Galloway
George Hamblen

Debra DeSimone (i)
Robert Harb (i)
Norman Major (i)
Peter Torosian (i)

Rockingham 15 |

Robert Bartlett

Charles Melvin Sr. (i)

Rockingham 16 |

Peter Oldak

J D Bernardy

Rockingham 17 (3 seats) |

Michael Cahill (i)
Charlotte DiLorenzo (i)
Ellen Read (i)

Carolyn Scanlon

Rockingham 18 (4 seats) |

Lisa Bunker (i)
Julie Gilman (i)
Gaby Grossman (i)
Mark Paige

Edward Duncan
William A. Smith
Greg Stone
Carl Wikstrom

Rockingham 19 (2 seats) |

Debra Altschiller (i)
Jennifer Scrafford

Patrick Abrami (i)
Amy Jeffrey

Rockingham 20 (3 seats) |

Louis Flynn
Greg Marrow
Patricia O'Keefe

William Fowler (i)
Aboul Khan (i)
Tim Baxter
Austin Greene
Tina Harley
William Rosser

Rockingham 21 (4 seats) |

Robert Cushing (i)
Michael Edgar (i)
Tom Loughman (i)
Katherine Harake

Tracy Emerick
David Hagen
Sharleene Hurst
Ken Sheffert

Rockingham 22 |

Jim Maggiore (i)

Kirsten Larsen Schultz

Rockingham 23 |

Dennis Malloy (i)

Jenni Boynton

Rockingham 24 (2 seats) |

Jaci Grote (i)
Kate Murray (i)

Ryan Lent
Joanne Meyer
Julie Tucker

Rockingham 25 |

Laura Pantelakos (i)
Robin Vogt

No candidates filed for the Republican primary

Rockingham 26 |

Rebecca McBeath (i)

Alexandria Knox

Rockingham 27 |

Peter Somssich (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary

Rockingham 28 |

Gerry Ward (i)

Cynthia Taylor-Hollandbeck

Rockingham 29 |

David Meuse (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary

Rockingham 30 |

Jacqueline Cali-Pitts (i)
Rich DiPentima

Tom Lukacz

Did not make the ballot:
Sue Polidura

Rockingham 31 |

Joan Hamblet

Henry Marsh

Rockingham 32 |

Hal Rafter

Terry Roy (i)

Rockingham 33 |

Eric Turer

Josh Yokela (i)

Rockingham 34 |

Lisa DeMio

Mark Pearson (i)

Rockingham 35 |

Robert Moore

Deborah Hobson (i)

Rockingham 36 |

Alexis Simpson

Daniel Gray

Rockingham 37 |

E. Elaine Andrews-Ahearn

Max Abramson (i)
Jason Janvrin (i)

Strafford 1 (2 seats) |

Larry Brown

Peter Hayward (i)
Abigail Rooney (i)
Glenn Bailey

Strafford 2 (2 seats) |

Emmanuel Krasner

James Horgan (i)
Joseph Pitre (i)

Strafford 3 (2 seats) |

Jeff Allard
Heath Howard

Michael Harrington (i)
Kurt Wuelper (i)

Strafford 4 (2 seats) |

Cassandra Levesque (i)
Matthew Towne (i)

Len Turcotte
Jenny Wilson

Strafford 5 |

Jeffrey Salloway (i)

Scott Bugbee

Strafford 6 (5 seats) |

Timothy Horrigan (i)
Cam Kenney (i)
Marjorie Smith (i)
Judith Spang (i)
Janet Wall (i)
Wayne Burton

Cheryl Lamoureux
Bonnie McDermott
Mark Racic
Cliff Zetterstrom
James Ziegra

Strafford 7 |

Timothy Fontneau (i)

Harrison deBree

Strafford 8 |

Donna Ellis (i)

Kalmen Barkin

Strafford 9 |

Tom Ransom

Clifford Newton

Strafford 10 |

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary

Aidan Ankarberg
Don Leeman

Strafford 11 |

Chuck Grassie (i)

Jonathan Clement (Write-in)

Strafford 12 |

Anni DeVito

Mac Kittredge (i)

Strafford 13 |

Casey Conley (i)

Debra Childs

Strafford 14 |

Kristina Fargo (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary

Strafford 15 |

David Greene
Ariel Oxaal

Tyler Blouin

Strafford 16 |

Sherry Frost (i)

Steve Morgan

Strafford 17 (3 seats) |

Peter Bixby (i)
Susan Treleaven (i)
Kenneth Vincent (i)

Edwina Hastings
Simon Allie (Write-in)
Michael Castaldo (Write-in)

Strafford 18 (3 seats) |

Gerri Cannon (i)
Wendy Chase (i)
Cecilia Rich (i)

Jodi Lavoie-Carnes
Steven Douglas McMahon
Philip Munck
Matthew Spencer

Strafford 19 |

Peter Schmidt (i)

William Burr (Write-in)

Strafford 20 |

Tom Southworth (i)

Steven Wyrsch

Strafford 21 |

Catt Sandler (i)

Philip Munck (Write-in)

Strafford 22 |

Peg Higgins (i)

Thomas Kaczynski Jr.

Strafford 23 |

Sandra Keans (i)

Fenton Groen

Strafford 24 |

Jeremiah Minihan

Susan DeLemus

Strafford 25 |

Amanda Gourgue (i)

Joe Hannon

Sullivan 1 (2 seats) |

Lee Walker Oxenham (i)
Brian Sullivan (i)

Virginia Drye
Tanya McIntire

Sullivan 2 |

Sue Gottling

Don Bettencourt

Sullivan 3 |

Andrew O'Hearne (i)

Patrick Lozito

Sullivan 4 |

Gary Merchant (i)

Paul LaCasse

Sullivan 5 |

Liza Draper

Walter Stapleton (i)

Sullivan 6 (2 seats) |

Larry Flint
Peter Franklin

John Callum (i)
Skip Rollins (i)

Sullivan 7 |

Claudia Istel

Judy Aron (i)

Sullivan 8 |

John Streeter

Walter Spilsbury

Sullivan 9 |

Linda Tanner (i)

Margaret Drye

Sullivan 10 |

John Cloutier (i)

Jonathan Stone

Sullivan 11 |

Mary Henry

Steven Smith (i)

## 2020 battleground chamber[edit]

See also: State legislative battleground chambers, 2020

The New Hampshire House of Representatives was among 24 state legislative chambers Ballotpedia identified as battleground chambers for the 2020 cycle. Click here for more information on state legislative battlegrounds.

What was at stake?

* Republicans needed to gain 36 seats to take control of the chamber in 2020.

* Heading into the 2020 elections, New Hampshire was under divided government with neither party holding a trifecta. Democrats controlled both chambers of the state legislature while Republicans controlled the governorship. All three trifecta components were up for election in 2020. Both parties had a chance to gain a trifecta by winning all three components.

Why was it a battleground?

* Seats needed to flip: Republicans needed to flip 34 of the 400 seats up (9%) in order to win a majority.

* Seats decided by 10% or less in 2018: In the 2018 elections, control of 302 seats (76% of the chamber) was decided by a margin of 10% or smaller.

* Seats flipped in 2018: In the 2018 elections, 71 seats (18% of the chamber) changed partisan control.

* More seats flipped in 2018 than needed to change control in 2020: More seats flipped in 2018 (71) than would need to flip to change control of the chamber in 2020 (34).

* 2018 battleground chamber: In 2018, the New Hampshire House of Representatives was a battleground chamber. That year, Democrats gained 62 seats from Republicans and one from a Libertarian, winning control of the chamber. Republicans gained six seats from Democrats and two from Libertarians. Click here to read more about the 2018 elections.

* Other 2020 battleground election: The 2020 election for governor of New Hampshire was a battleground race. Click here for more on the 2020 gubernatorial election.

* History of recent flips: Control of the New Hampshire House of Representatives flipped four times between 2010 and 2020. Republicans gained a majority in 2010, followed by Democrats in 2012, Republicans again in 2014, and Democrats again in 2018.

* Race ratings: The Cook Political Report rated the New Hampshire House of Representatives a leans Democratic chamber in 2020, meaning that both parties had a good chance at winning control of the chamber but that Democrats were slightly favored to retain control.[2]

## Battleground races[edit]

Going into the 2020 election, Ballotpedia identified 110 battleground races in the New Hampshire State House, representing 249 seats. Forty-seven of those seats were in single-member districts and 202 were in multi-member districts. Based on analysis of these districts' electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could have led to shifts in the chamber's partisan balance.

Single-member districts

Heading into the 2020 elections, the partisan breakdown for the 47 New Hampshire House single-member district battlegrounds was:

27 seats
20 seats

To determine state legislative battleground races in 2020, Ballotpedia looked for races that fit one or more of the four factors listed below:

1. In the last state legislative election, the winner received less than 55% of the vote.
2. The presidential candidate who won the district in 2016 is of a different party than the most recent state legislative election winner in the district, and the most recent state legislative election winner won by a margin of 10 percentage points or less.
3. The presidential candidate who won the district in 2016 is of a different party than the most recent state legislative election winner in the district, and the incumbent is not on the ballot this year.
4. The presidential candidate who won the district in 2016 is of a different party than the most recent state legislative election winner in the district, and that presidential candidate won the district by a margin of 20 percentage points or more.

2020 New Hampshire House multi-member battlegrounds

District |  Democrat |  Republican |  2018 margin of victory |  2016 presidential result |  Incumbent running? |  Conditions met
New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 1 | Robert Joseph Jr.  | Tom Ploszaj | R+7.9 | R+10.9 | No | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 9 | Charlie St. Clair (i) | Travis O'Hara | D+0.4 | R+16.4 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 1 | Anita Burroughs (i) | Ray Gilmore (R) | D+8.8 | D+22.2 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 14 | Andrew Maneval (D) | Matthew Santonastaso (R) | D+1.7 | R+2.2 | No | 1,2,3
New Hampshire House of Representatives Coos 2 | Christopher Roberge (D) | Arnold Davis (R) | D+97.6 | R+17.7 | No | 3
New Hampshire House of Representatives Coos 4 | Evalyn Merrick | Kevin Craig (i) | R+0.3 | R+13.1 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Coos 7 | Gregor Stocks (D) | Troy Merner (i) | R+6 | R+12.6 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 11 | Timothy Josephson (i) | Beth Folsom (R) | D+5.8 | R+5.6 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 14 | Elaine French (i) | Matthew Simon (R) | D+7.4 | D+0.9 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 15 | Ed Rajsteter (D) | David W. Binford (R) | D+10.1 | R+8.3 | No | 2,3
New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 16 | Francesca Diggs (i) | Jeffrey Greeson (R) | D+4.6 | R+4.5 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 17 | Joshua Adjutant (i) | Kendall Hughes (R) | D+5.2 | R+3.5 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 5 | Jerry Stringham (i) | Bonnie Ham (R) | D+0.9 | D+7.3 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 6 | Kevin Maes (i) | Gail Sanborn (R) | D+3.5 | R+3.5 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 7 | Richard Osborne (i) | Mark Alliegro (R) | D+4.8 | D+1.1 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 39 | Gary Evans (D) | John Burt (i) | R+8.8 | R+14.6 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 40 | Ben Ming (D) | Keith Ammon (R) | D+4.3 | R+0.9 | No | 1,2,3
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 41 | Lisa Nash (D) | Laurie Sanborn (i) | R+0.8 | R+2.2 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 | Ken Wells (i) | Louise Andrus (R) | D+1.9 | R+10.6 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 22 | David A. Coolidge (D) | Matthew Pitaro (R) | D+7.2 | R+15 | No | 1,2,3
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 25 | Faith Minton (D) | Natalie Wells (R) | D+2.9 | R+5.6 | No | 1,2,3
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26 | Lorrie Carey (D) | Howard Pearl (i) | R+3 | R+12.9 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 4 | Tom Schamberg (i) | Victor Prieto (R) | D+7.3 | D+9.6 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 7 | Clyde Carson (i) | Margaret Kennedy (R) | D+9.2 | R+0.6 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 8 | Caroletta Alicea (D) | Robert Forsythe (i) (unofficially withdrew) | R+0.5 | R+5.2 | No | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 | Tom Chase (D) | Paul Tudor (R) | D+0.9 | R+12.7 | No | 1,2,3
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 11 | Liz McConnell (i) | Melissa Litchfield (R) | D+4.8 | R+4.8 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 15 | Robert Bartlett (D) | Charles Melvin Sr. (i) | R+4.8 | R+22.2 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 16 | Peter Oldak (D) | J D Bernardy (R) | R+2 | R+9.1 | No | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 22 | Jim Maggiore (i) | Kristen Larsen (R) | D+6.6 | D+3.6 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 32 | Hal Rafter (D) | Terry Roy (i) | R+8.6 | R+15.3 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 33 | Eric Turer (D) | Josh Yokela (i) | R+8.3 | R+18.8 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 37 | E. Elaine Andrews-Ahearn | Max Abramson (i) | R+1.2 | R+7.1 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 11 | Chuck Grassie (i) | Jonathan Clement (R) | D+5 | R+6 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 12 | Anni DeVito (D) | Mac Kittredge (i) | R+1.1 | R+13.9 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 22 | Peg Higgins (i) | Thomas Kaczynski Jr. (R) | D+6.3 | R+8.4 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 23 | Sandra Keans (i) | Fenton Groen (R) | D+2.5 | R+11.9 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 24 | Jeremiah Minihan | Susan DeLemus (R) | R+4.7 | R+10.1 | No | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 7 | Tom Ransom (D) | Clifford Newton (R) | D+7.7 | R+12.8 | No | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 8 | Donna Ellis (i) | Kalmen Barkin (R) | D+7.6 | R+3 | Yes | 1,2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 9 | Timothy Fontneau (i) | Harrison deBree (R) | R+9.8 | R+10 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 11 | Mary Henry (D) | Steven Smith (i) | R+9.4 | R+11 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 2 | Sue Gottling (D) | Don Bettencourt (R) | R+5.6 | R+10.4 | No | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5 | Liza Draper (D) | Walter Stapleton (i) | R+2.1 | R+4.7 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 | Claudia Istel (D) | Judy Aron (i) | R+6.3 | R+16.1 | Yes | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 8 | John Streeter (D) | Walter Spilsbury (R) | R+0.4 | R+5.1 | No | 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 | Linda Tanner (i) | Margaret Drye (R) | D+6.5 | D+1.1 | Yes | 1

Multi-member districts

Heading into the 2020 elections, the partisan breakdown for the 63 New Hampshire House multi-member battlegrounds was:

24 districts
19 districts
20 districts split between the parties

To determine state legislative battleground races in 2020, Ballotpedia looked for races that fit one or more of the five factors listed below:

1. Two candidates from different parties won the district in the last state legislative election.
2. A losing candidate came within five percentage points of a winning candidate from the opposite party in the last state legislative election.
3. The presidential candidate who won the district in 2016 is of a different party than at least one of the most recent state legislative election winners in the district, and the most recent state legislative election had a margin of less than 10 percentage points between the bottom-placed winning candidate and the top-placed losing candidate.
4. The presidential candidate who won the district in 2016 is of a different party than at least one of the most recent state legislative election winners in the district, and at least one incumbent will not be on the ballot this year.
5. The presidential candidate who won the district in 2016 is of a different party than at least one of the most recent state legislative election winners in the district, and that presidential candidate won the district by a margin of 20 percentage points or more.

2020 New Hampshire House multi-member battlegrounds

District |  2018 result |  Number of members |  Number of Democrats who ran |  Number of Republicans who ran |  Criteria met |  2020 winners (D-R)
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 26 | Split | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 5 | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 3 | Split | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 6 | Republican | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12 | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 44 | Republican | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 6 | Split | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 2 | Republican | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 16 | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 38 | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 4 | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 2 | Republican | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 19 | Split | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 27 | Split | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 9 | Split | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 13 | Split | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 9 | Republican | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 1 | Split | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 24 | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 3 | Republican | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 3 | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 4 | Republican | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 | Republican | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 21 | Republican | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 15 | Split | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 19 | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 1 | Split | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 | Split | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 22 | Split | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 2 | Republican | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 2 | Republican | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20 | Split | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 20 | Republican | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 18 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 32 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 43 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Coos 3 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 34 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 29 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 36 | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 3 | Split | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 | Split | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 | Republican | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 7 | Republican | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 2 | Republican | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 21 | Democratic | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 14 | Republican | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 6 | Split | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 | Republican | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 7 | Split | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 5 | Split | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 21 | Split | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 8 | Republican | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 6 | Split | 10 | 7 | 10 | 1,2 | Pending
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 37 | Republican | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | Pending

## Incumbents who were not re-elected[edit]

See also: Annual State Legislative Competitiveness Report: Vol. 10, 2020

### Incumbents defeated in the general election[edit]

Thirty-three incumbents lost in the Nov. 3 general election. Those incumbents were:

Name  |  Party  |  Office

|
|

David Huot |  Democratic | Belknap 3
Charlie St. Clair |  Democratic | Belknap 9
Susan Ticehurst |  Democratic | Carroll 3
Bruce Tatro |  Democratic | Cheshire 15
Henry Noel |  Democratic | Coos 3
Jerry Stringham |  Democratic | Grafton 5
Kevin Maes |  Democratic | Grafton 6
Richard Osborne |  Democratic | Grafton 7
Timothy Josephson |  Democratic | Grafton 11
Elaine French |  Democratic | Grafton 14
Francesca Diggs |  Democratic | Grafton 16
Jennifer Bernet |  Democratic | Hillsborough 4
Kermit Williams |  Democratic | Hillsborough 4
Donna Mombourquette |  Democratic | Hillsborough 5
David Woodbury |  Democratic | Hillsborough 5
Nancy Murphy |  Democratic | Hillsborough 21
Kathryn Stack |  Democratic | Hillsborough 21
Wendy Thomas |  Democratic | Hillsborough 21
William Bordy |  Democratic | Hillsborough 28
James Bosman |  Democratic | Hillsborough 38
Ken Wells |  Democratic | Merrimack 1
Joyce Fulweiler |  Democratic | Merrimack 3
Clyde Carson |  Democratic | Merrimack 7
Robert Forsythe |  Republican | Merrimack 8
David Doherty |  Democratic | Merrimack 20
Kathleen Martins |  Democratic | Merrimack 24
Anne Warner |  Democratic | Rockingham 5
Mary Eisner |  Democratic | Rockingham 6
Mark Vallone |  Democratic | Rockingham 9
Liz McConnell |  Democratic | Rockingham 11
Matthew Towne |  Democratic | Strafford 4
Peg Higgins |  Democratic | Strafford 22
Sandra Keans |  Democratic | Strafford 23

### Incumbents defeated in primary elections[edit]

Ten incumbents lost in the Sept. 8 primaries. Those incumbents were:

Name  |  Party  |  Office

|
|

Deanna Jurius |  Republican |  Belknap 3
John Plumer |  Republican |  Belknap 6
Henry Parkhurst |  Democratic |  Cheshire 13
William Pearson |  Democratic |  Cheshire 16
Fred Davis Jr. |  Democratic |  Hillsborough 31
Kenneth Gidge |  Democratic |  Hillsborough 33
Walter Kolodziej |  Republican |  Rockingham 7
William Fowler |  Republican |  Rockingham 20
Jason Janvrin |  Republican |  Rockingham 37
Abigail Rooney |  Republican |  Strafford 1

### Retiring incumbents[edit]

Seventy-eight incumbents were not on the ballot in 2020.[3][4] Those incumbents were:

Name  |  Party  |  Office  |  Reason

|
|
|

Harry Viens |  Republican |  House District Belknap 1  |  Retired
Richard Beaudoin |  Republican |  House District Belknap 3  |  Retired
Peter Spanos |  Republican |  House District Belknap 3  |  Retired
Franklin Tilton |  Republican |  House District Belknap 3  |  Retired
Dennis Fields |  Republican |  House District Belknap 4  |  Retired
George Feeney |  Republican |  House District Belknap 5  |  Retired
Harrison Kanzler |  Democratic |  House District Carroll 2  |  Retired
Ed Comeau |  Republican |  House District Carroll 5  |  Retired
Edith DesMarais |  Democratic |  House District Carroll 6  |  Retired
Ed Butler |  Democratic |  House District Carroll 7  |  Retired
David Morrill |  Democratic |  House District Cheshire 4  |  Vacated before term end
David Meader |  Democratic |  House District Cheshire 6  |  Retired
Sandy Swinburne |  Democratic |  House District Cheshire 10  |  Retired
John O'Day |  Republican |  House District Cheshire 11  |  Retired
Craig Thompson |  Democratic |  House District Cheshire 14  |  Filed for different office
John Fothergill |  Republican |  House District Coos 1  |  Retired
Michael E. Furbush |  Republican |  House District Coos 1  |  Retired
Wayne Moynihan |  Democratic |  House District Coos 2  |  Retired
Yvonne Thomas |  Democratic |  House District Coos 3  |  Retired
Erin Hennessey |  Republican |  House District Grafton 1  |  Filed for different office
Susan Ford |  Democratic |  House District Grafton 3  |  Filed for different office
Vincent Migliore |  Republican |  House District Grafton 9  |  Death
Garrett Muscatel |  Democratic |  House District Grafton 12  |  Vacated before term end
Polly Campion |  Democratic |  House District Grafton 12  |  Retired
Mary Jane Mulligan |  Democratic |  House District Grafton 12  |  Retired
J.P. Marzullo |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 2  |  Withdrew
Cole Riel |  Democratic |  House District Hillsborough 6  |  Retired
Linda Camarota |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 7  |  Retired
Michael Trento |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 7  |  Vacated before term end
Kathy Desjardin |  Democratic |  House District Hillsborough 13  |  Retired
Bob Backus |  Democratic |  House District Hillsborough 19  |  Retired
Dick Barry |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 21  |  Retired
Bob L'Heureux |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 21  |  Retired
Reed Panasiti |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 22  |  Retired
Julie Radhakrishnan |  Democratic |  House District Hillsborough 22  |  Retired
Paul Dargie |  Democratic |  House District Hillsborough 23  |  Retired
Charlie Burns |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 23  |  Retired
Joelle Martin |  Democratic |  House District Hillsborough 23  |  Retired
Tim Merlino |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 25  |  Retired
Brett Hall |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 26  |  Retired
Jack Flanagan |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 26  |  Retired
Michelle St. John |  Democratic |  House District Hillsborough 27  |  Retired
Jim Belanger |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 27  |  Vacated before term end
Greg Indruk |  Democratic |  House District Hillsborough 34  |  Retired
James Whittemore |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 37  |  Retired
Chris Balch |  Democratic |  House District Hillsborough 38  |  Retired
Richard Komi |  Democratic |  House District Hillsborough 43  |  Vacated before term end
Mark Proulx |  Republican |  House District Hillsborough 44  |  Retired
Werner Horn |  Republican |  House District Merrimack 2  |  Retired
Beth Rodd |  Democratic |  House District Merrimack 6  |  Retired
Robert Forsythe |  Republican |  House District Merrimack 8  |  Withdrew
George Saunderson |  Democratic |  House District Merrimack 9  |  Retired
Howard Moffett |  Democratic |  House District Merrimack 9  |  Retired
Ryan Buchanan |  Democratic |  House District Merrimack 15  |  Retired
Alan Turcotte |  Democratic |  House District Merrimack 22  |  Retired
Frank Kotowski |  Republican |  House District Merrimack 24  |  Retired
David Karrick |  Democratic |  House District Merrimack 25  |  Retired
David Coursin |  Democratic |  House District Rockingham 1  |  Retired
Kathleen Hoelzel |  Republican |  House District Rockingham 3  |  Retired
Michael Costable Jr. |  Republican |  House District Rockingham 3  |  Retired
Becky Owens |  Republican |  House District Rockingham 4  |  Retired
Brian Chirichiello |  Republican |  House District Rockingham 6  |  Retired
James Webb |  Republican |  House District Rockingham 6  |  Retired
John O'Connor |  Republican |  House District Rockingham 6  |  Retired
Joel Desilets |  Republican |  House District Rockingham 7  |  Retired
Arthur Barnes III |  Republican |  House District Rockingham 8  |  Retired
Ed DeClercq |  Republican |  House District Rockingham 8  |  Retired
Dan Davis |  Republican |  House District Rockingham 16  |  Retired
Skip Berrien |  Democratic |  House District Rockingham 18  |  Retired
Patricia Bushway |  Democratic |  House District Rockingham 21  |  Retired
Tamara Le |  Democratic |  House District Rockingham 31  |  Retired
Patricia Lovejoy |  Democratic |  House District Rockingham 36  |  Filed for different office
Steven Beaudoin |  Republican |  House District Strafford 9  |  Retired
Jody McNally |  Republican |  House District Strafford 10  |  Vacated before term end
Linn Opderbecke |  Democratic |  House District Strafford 15  |  Retired
Mona Perreault |  Republican |  House District Strafford 24  |  Retired
Gates Lucas |  Republican |  House District Sullivan 2  |  Retired
Thomas Laware |  Republican |  House District Sullivan 8  |  Retired

The 78 retirements in 2020 represented the lowest such number within the preceding decade. The table below shows the number of open seats in each election held between 2010 and 2020.

Open Seats in New Hampshire House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2020

Year  | Total seats  | Open seats  | Seats with incumbents running for re-election
2020 | 400 | 78 (20 percent) | 322 (80 percent)
2018 | 400 | 103 (26 percent) | 297 (74 percent)
2016 | 400 | 103 (26 percent) | 297 (74 percent)
2014 | 400 | 93 (23 percent) | 307 (77 percent)
2012 | 400 | 118 (30 percent) | 282 (70 percent)
2010 | 400 | 93 (23 percent) | 307 (77 percent)

## Redistricting in New Hampshire[edit]

See also: Redistricting in New Hampshire

In New Hampshire, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[5]

State law requires that state legislative districts "be contiguous, and maintain the boundaries of towns, wards, or unincorporated places." There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.[5]

## Process to become a candidate[edit]

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in New Hampshire

See statutes: New Hampshire Revised Statutes, Chapter 655: Nominations

### For party candidates[edit]

A recognized political party candidate seeking placement on the primary election ballot must file a declaration of candidacy. On this declaration, the candidate must affirm that he or she is both a registered voter and a registered member of the party whose nomination he or she is pursuing.[6]

In addition to filing the declaration of candidacy, the candidate must do one of the following.[7]

1.) Pay an administrative assessment fee. Fees are established by state law and vary according to the office being sought.[7][8]

Administrative assessment fees

Office  |  Fee
Governor, United States Senator |  $100
United States Representative |  $50
Executive Councilor  |  $25
State Senator |  $10
State Representative |  $2

2.) File primary petitions. The number of required petition papers (each of which contains one signature) is established by state law and varies according to the office being sought.[7][8]

Primary petitions

Office  |  Number of petitions
Governor, United States Senator |  200
United States Representative |  100
Executive Councilor  |  50
State Senator |  20
State Representative |  5

A written "assent to candidacy" must accompany the submitted primary petitions.[7][9]

A candidate for state-level office must also file a financial disclosure form.[10]

Filing paperwork for most offices is submitted to the New Hampshire Secretary of State. Filing paperwork for state House candidates is submitted to the town or city clerk of the municipality where the candidate resides. Filings must be made between the first Wednesday in June and the Friday of the following week.[7][11]

### For nonparty candidates[edit]

A candidate seeking placement on the general election ballot must file a declaration of intent. The declaration of intent must be filed between the first Wednesday in June and the Friday of the following week.[12][13]

In addition to filing this declaration, the candidate must do one of the following.[7]

1.) Pay an administrative assessment fee. Fees are established by state law and vary according to the office being sought.[7]

Administrative assessment fees

Office  |  Fee
Governor, United States Senator |  $100
United States Representative |  $50
Executive Councilor  |  $25
State Senator |  $10
State Representative |  $2

2.) File nomination papers. Nomination papers must include the name and residence of the candidate, the office being sought, and the political organization or principles the candidate represents. The number of required nomination papers (each of which contains one signature) is established by state law and varies according to the office being sought.[7][14]

Nomination papers

Office  |  Number of papers
Governor, United States Senator |  3,000**
United States Representative |  1,500
Executive Councilor  |  750
State Senator |  750
State Representative |  150
** Of the 3,000 required signatures/papers, 1,500 must be collected from each of the state's two congressional districts.

A candidate for state-level office must also file a financial disclosure form.[10]

Prior to final filing, nomination papers must be submitted for certification to the Supervisors of the Checklist in each town or city where signatures were collected. Nomination papers must be submitted for certification by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday five weeks before the primary. Nomination papers are ultimately due to the New Hampshire Secretary of State by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday before the primary.[7]

### For write-in candidates[edit]

A write-in candidate does not need to file any special forms in order to have his or her votes tallied. In the event that a write-in candidate wins the nomination of a party at a primary election, he or she is required to file a declaration of candidacy with the New Hampshire Secretary of State no later than the first Monday following the primary election. Also, a write-in candidate must have received at least 35 votes in order to be considered the winner of a primary election.[15]

### 2020 ballot access requirements[edit]

The table below details filing requirements for New Hampshire House of Representatives candidates in the 2020 election cycle.

Filing requirements for state legislative candidates, 2020

Chamber name  |  Party  |  Signatures required  |  Filing fee  |  Filing deadline  |  Source
New Hampshire House of Representatives  | Qualified party | N/A | $2.00 | 6/12/2020 | Source
New Hampshire House of Representatives  | Unaffiliated | 150 | $2.00 | 6/12/2020 | Source

### Qualifications[edit]

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

Article 14 of Part 2 of the New Hampshire Constitution states, "Every member of the house of representatives shall be chosen by ballot; and, for two years, at least, next preceding his election shall have been an inhabitant of this state; shall be, at the time of his election, an inhabitant of the town, ward, place, or district he may be chosen to represent and shall cease to represent such town, ward, place, or district immediately on his ceasing to be qualified as aforesaid."

### Salaries and per diem[edit]

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislators

Salary| Per diem
$100/year| No per diem is paid.

### When sworn in[edit]

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

New Hampshire legislators assume office on the first Wednesday in December in even-numbered years, one month and one day after the November elections.

## 2020 battleground chamber[edit]

See also: State legislative battleground chambers, 2020

The New Hampshire House of Representatives was among 24 state legislative chambers Ballotpedia identified as battleground chambers for the 2020 cycle. Click here for more information on state legislative battlegrounds.

What was at stake?

* Republicans needed to gain 36 seats to take control of the chamber in 2020.

* Heading into the 2020 elections, New Hampshire was under divided government with neither party holding a trifecta. Democrats controlled both chambers of the state legislature while Republicans controlled the governorship. All three trifecta components were up for election in 2020. Both parties had a chance to gain a trifecta by winning all three components.

Why was it a battleground?

* Seats needed to flip: Republicans needed to flip 34 of the 400 seats up (9%) in order to win a majority.

* Seats decided by 10% or less in 2018: In the 2018 elections, control of 302 seats (76% of the chamber) was decided by a margin of 10% or smaller.

* Seats flipped in 2018: In the 2018 elections, 71 seats (18% of the chamber) changed partisan control.

* More seats flipped in 2018 than needed to change control in 2020: More seats flipped in 2018 (71) than would need to flip to change control of the chamber in 2020 (34).

* 2018 battleground chamber: In 2018, the New Hampshire House of Representatives was a battleground chamber. That year, Democrats gained 62 seats from Republicans and one from a Libertarian, winning control of the chamber. Republicans gained six seats from Democrats and two from Libertarians. Click here to read more about the 2018 elections.

* Other 2020 battleground election: The 2020 election for governor of New Hampshire was a battleground race. Click here for more on the 2020 gubernatorial election.

* History of recent flips: Control of the New Hampshire House of Representatives flipped four times between 2010 and 2020. Republicans gained a majority in 2010, followed by Democrats in 2012, Republicans again in 2014, and Democrats again in 2018.

* Race ratings: The Cook Political Report rated the New Hampshire House of Representatives a leans Democratic chamber in 2020, meaning that both parties had a good chance at winning control of the chamber but that Democrats were slightly favored to retain control.[16]

## New Hampshire political history[edit]

### Trifectas[edit]

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

New Hampshire Party Control: 1992-2021
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Ten years of Republican trifectas
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Senate |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R | D |  S |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R | D | D | D | D |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R | R | D | D | R
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### Presidential politics in New Hampshire[edit]

#### 2016 Presidential election results[edit]

U.S. presidential election, New Hampshire, 2016

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes
| Democratic  | Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 46.8% | 348,526 | 4
| Republican  |  Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 46.5% | 345,790 | 0
| Libertarian  |  Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 4.1% | 30,777 | 0
| Green  |  Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 0.9% | 6,496 | 0
| American Delta  |  Roque De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg | 0.1% | 678 | 0
| \-  |  Write-in votes  | 1.6% | 12,029 | 0
Total Votes | 744,296 | 4
Election results via: New Hampshire Secretary of State

Note: Write-in votes from New Hampshire can be found here.

## Voter information[edit]

### How the primary works[edit]

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New Hampshire uses a semi-closed primary system. Unaffiliated voters may vote in the primary, but in order to do so, they have to choose a party before voting. This changes their status from unaffiliated to affiliated with that party unless they fill out a card to return to undeclared status.[17][18][19][20]

### Poll times[edit]

In New Hampshire, polling place hours of operation vary. According to state law, polling places must be open between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Localities may set their own polling hours as long as they are open during those hours prescribed by state law.[21] To search for the hours your polling place is open, click here.

### Registration requirements[edit]

To register to vote in New Hampshire, each applicant must be a citizen of the United States, an inhabitant of New Hampshire, and at least 18 years old by the next election. Individuals may register to vote at the local clerk's office, with the community's supervisors of the checklist or registrar of voters, or at the polling place on the day of the election. Applicants must fill out a voter registration form and either show proof of identity and citizenship or sign an affidavit witnessed by an election official.[22][23] Absentee registration is allowed for those who are “unable to register in person because of physical disability, religious beliefs, military service, or because of temporary absence.” Absentee registration requires mailing a voter registration form and witnessed absentee voter registration affidavit to the local clerk.[22]

### Automatic registration[edit]

New Hampshire does not practice automatic voter registration.

### Online registration[edit]

See also: Online voter registration

New Hampshire does not permit online voter registration.

### Same-day registration[edit]

New Hampshire allows same-day voter registration.

### Residency requirements[edit]

In New Hampshire, citizens can register to vote the day they move to the state.[22]

### Verification of citizenship[edit]

See also: Laws permitting noncitizens to vote in the United States

New Hampshire requires prospective voters to either provide proof of citizenship or sign an affidavit in order to register to vote.

### Verifying your registration[edit]

The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office allows residents to check their voter registration status online by visiting this website.

### Voter ID requirements[edit]

New Hampshire requires voters to present photo identification while voting.[24]

The following list of accepted ID was current as of November 2019. Click here for the New Hampshire Secretary of State page on accepted ID to ensure you have the most current information.

* Driver's license issued by any state or the federal government
* Photo ID card issued by the motor vehicles division, department, agency, or office of any other state
* United States armed services identification card
* United States passport or passcard
* Valid student identification card issued by a college, university, or career school in New Hampshire
* Valid student ID from a public high school in New Hampshire
* Valid student ID from a nonpublic high school in New Hampshire

Additionally, a poll worker may verify the voter’s identity. If anyone authorized to challenge a voter objects to the poll worker’s verification, the voter would have to complete a challenged voter affidavit.[24]

Voters without proper photo identification can complete a challenged voter affidavit. A poll worker will take a photo of the voter and attach it to the affidavit. The voter may then cast a regular ballot. If the voter objects to being photographed for religious reasons, he or she can complete an affidavit of religious exemption, which will be attached to the challenged voter affidavit.[24]

#### Background[edit]

As of April 2021, 35 states enforced (or were scheduled to begin enforcing) voter identification requirements. A total of 21 states required voters to present photo identification at the polls; the remainder accepted other forms of identification. Valid forms of identification differ by state. Commonly accepted forms of ID include driver's licenses, state-issued identification cards, and military identification cards.[25][26]

### Early voting[edit]

New Hampshire does not permit early voting.

As of April 2021, 38 states and the District of Columbia permitted early voting. Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on election day. States that do not permit early voting still permit some or all citizens to vote early by mail—often known as absentee voting. Some states allow no-excuse absentee voting, while others require an excuse. States that allow in-person absentee voting without an excuse are counted among early voting states. Click here for early voting laws by state.[27]

### Absentee voting[edit]

A voter is eligible to vote absentee in an election if he or she cannot make it to the polls on Election Day for one of the following reasons:[28]

* The voter will be absent from his or her polling location on the day of the election.
* The voter is unable to visit the polls because of the observance of a religious commitment.
* The voter is unable to visit the polls because of a physical disability.
* The voter is unable to visit the polls because of an employment obligation.
* The voter is unable to visit the polls due to military service.

There is no specific deadline to apply for an absentee ballot. The completed ballot must be returned either in person by 5:00 p.m. the day before the election or by mail. If returned by mail, the ballot must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Election Day.[28]

## Voter guides[edit]

2020 State Cannabis Voter Guides

## See also[edit]

* New Hampshire House of Representatives
* New Hampshire State Legislature
* State legislative elections, 2020

## External links[edit]

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* New Hampshire State Legislature

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "See Who's Filed," accessed June 16, 2020
2. ↑ The Cook Political Report, "July Update: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races," July 22, 2020
3. ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
4. ↑ Robert Forsythe (R) filed for re-election but withdrew on August 27, 2020.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 All About Redistricting, "New Hampshire," accessed May 5, 2015
6. ↑ New Hampshire Revised Statutes, "Title LXIII, Section 655:17," accessed March 24, 2014
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "New Hampshire - Filing Period," accessed March 24, 2014
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 New Hampshire Revised Statutes, "Title LXIII, Section 655:19-c," accessed March 24, 2014
9. ↑ New Hampshire Revised Statutes, "Title LXIII, Section 655:25," accessed March 25, 2014
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Election Forms," accessed March 24, 2014
11. ↑ New Hampshire Revised Statutes, "Title LXIII, Section 655:14," accessed March 24, 2014
12. ↑ New Hampshire Revised Statutes, "Title LXIII, Section 655:17-a," accessed March 24, 2014
13. ↑ New Hampshire Revised Statutes, "Title LXIII, Section 655:14-a," accessed March 24, 2014
14. ↑ New Hampshire Revised Statutes, "Title LXIII, Section 655:42," accessed March 24, 2014
15. ↑ New Hampshire Revised Statutes, "Title LXIII, Section 659:88," accessed March 24, 2014
16. ↑ The Cook Political Report, "July Update: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races," July 22, 2020
17. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 25, 2019
18. ↑ FairVote,"Primaries," accessed October 25, 2019
19. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
20. ↑ William M. Gardner Secretary of State,"Voting in Party Primaries," accessed October 25, 2019
21. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, “New Hampshire Election Laws - Chapter 659,” accessed October 17, 2019
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 New Hampshire Secretary of State, “How to Register to Vote,” accessed October 3, 2019
23. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, “Registering to Vote in New Hampshire,” November 7, 2018
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Voter Identification Law," accessed October 4, 2019
25. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Voter Identification Requirements|Voter ID Laws," June 5, 2017
26. ↑ The Washington Post, "Do I need an ID to vote? A look at the laws in all 50 states," October 27, 2014
27. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Laws Governing Early Voting," August 2, 2019
28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2018 Mail Primary or General Absentee Ballot Instructions," accessed October 27, 2019

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Current members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Sherman Packard

Representatives

Belknap 1

Tom Ploszaj (R)

Belknap 2

Glen Aldrich (R)

Harry Bean (R)

Jonathan Mackie (R)

Norman Silber (R)

Belknap 3

Mike Bordes (R)

Gregg Hough (R)

Dawn Johnson (R)

Richard Littlefield (R)

Belknap 4

Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R)

Timothy Lang (R)

Belknap 5

Paul Terry (R)

Peter Varney (R)

Belknap 6

Michael Sylvia (R)

Douglas Trottier (R)

Belknap 7

Barbara Comtois (R)

Belknap 8

Raymond Howard (R)

Belknap 9

Travis O'Hara (R)

Carroll 1

Anita Burroughs (D)

Carroll 2

Tom Buco (D)

Karen Umberger (R)

Stephen Woodcock (D)

Carroll 3

Jerry Knirk (D)

Mark McConkey (R)

Carroll 4

Glenn Cordelli (R)

Karel Crawford (R)

Carroll 5

Lino Avellani (R)

Bill Nelson (R)

Jonathan Smith (R)

Carroll 6

Brodie Deshaies (R)

John MacDonald (R)

Carroll 7

Chris McAleer (D)

Carroll 8

William Marsh (D)

Cheshire 1

Michael Abbott (D)

Paul Berch (D)

Cathryn Harvey (D)

Lucy Weber (D)

Cheshire 10

Lucius Parshall (D)

Cheshire 11

John Hunt (R)

Jim Qualey (R)

Cheshire 12

Barrett Faulkner (D)

Jennie Gomarlo (D)

Cheshire 13

Ben Kilanski (R)

Cheshire 14

Matthew Santonastaso (R)

Cheshire 15

Jennifer Rhodes (R)

Cheshire 16

Joe Schapiro (D)

Amanda Toll (D)

Cheshire 2

John Mann (D)

Cheshire 3

Daniel Eaton (D)

Cheshire 4

Lawrence Welkowitz (D)

Cheshire 5

John Bordenet (D)

Cheshire 6

Dru Fox (D)

Cheshire 7

Sparky Von Plinsky (D)

Cheshire 8

Donovan Fenton (D)

Cheshire 9

Richard Ames (D)

Andrew Maneval (D)

Coos 1

Dennis Thompson (R)

Coos 2

Arnold Davis (R)

Coos 3

Eamon Kelley (D)

Larry Laflamme (D)

Robert Theberge (R)

Coos 4

Kevin Craig (R)

Coos 5

Edith Tucker (D)

Coos 6

William Hatch (D)

Coos 7

Troy Merner (R)

Grafton 1

Joseph DePalma (R)

Linda Massimilla (D)

Grafton 10

Roger Dontonville (D)

Grafton 11

Beth Folsom (R)

Grafton 12

Mary Hakken-Phillips (D)

Russell Muirhead (D)

James Murphy (D)

Sharon Nordgren (D)

Grafton 13

Richard Abel (D)

Susan Almy (D)

Laurel Stavis (D)

George Sykes (D)

Grafton 14

Matthew Simon (R)

Grafton 15

David Binford (R)

Grafton 16

Jeffrey Greeson (R)

Grafton 17

Joshua Adjutant (D)

Grafton 2

Timothy Egan (D)

Grafton 3

Denny Ruprecht (D)

Grafton 4

Roderick Ladd (R)

Grafton 5

Bonnie Ham (R)

Grafton 6

Gail Sanborn (R)

Grafton 7

Mark Alliegro (R)

Grafton 8

Sallie Fellows (D)

Suzanne Smith (D)

Joyce Weston (D)

Grafton 9

Lex Berezhny (R)

Ned Gordon (R)

Hillsborough 1

Jim Fedolfi (R)

Marjorie Porter (D)

Hillsborough 10

Jean Jeudy (D)

Patrick Long (D)

Hillsborough 11

Donald Bouchard (D)

Nicole Klein-Knight (D)

Hillsborough 12

Amanda Bouldin (D)

Andrew Bouldin (D)

Hillsborough 13

Larry Gagne (R)

William Infantine (R)

Hillsborough 14

Mary Freitas (D)

Mary Heath (D)

Hillsborough 15

Erika Connors (D)

Mark Warden (R)

Hillsborough 16

Joshua Query (D)

Barbara Shaw (D)

Hillsborough 17

Heidi Hamer (D)

Timothy Smith (D)

Hillsborough 18

Patricia Cornell (D)

Willis Griffith (D)

Hillsborough 19

Dick Marston (R)

Kendall Snow (D)

Hillsborough 2

Leah Cushman (R)

Keith Erf (R)

Gary Hopper (R)

Hillsborough 20

Ralph Boehm (R)

Richard Lascelles (R)

Hillsborough 21

Melissa Blasek (R)

Bill Boyd (R)

Bob Healey (R)

Mary Mayville (R)

Maureen Mooney (R)

Jeanine Notter (R)

Rosemarie Rung (D)

Lindsay Tausch (R)

Hillsborough 22

Tony Labranche (D)

Megan Murray (D)

Daniel Veilleux (D)

Hillsborough 23

Bill King (R)

Maria Perez (D)

Peter Petrigno (D)

Vanessa Sheehan (R)

Hillsborough 24

Peter Leishman (D)

Ivy Vann (D)

Hillsborough 25

Diane Kelley (R)

Paul Somero (R)

Hillsborough 26

John Lewicke (R)

Diane Pauer (R)

Hillsborough 27

Susan Homola (R)

Kat McGhee (D)

Hillsborough 28

Bruce Cohen  (D)

Tom Lanzara (R)

Jan Schmidt (D)

Hillsborough 29

Paul Bergeron (D)

Ray Newman (D)

Sue Newman (D)

Hillsborough 3

Dan Pickering (D)

Hillsborough 30

Sherry Dutzy (D)

Patricia Klee (D)

Suzanne Vail (D)

Hillsborough 31

David Cote (D)

Manny Espitia (D)

Stacie-Marie Laughton (D)

Hillsborough 32

Allison Nutting-Wong (D)

Michael Pedersen (D)

Dan Toomey (D)

Hillsborough 33

Efstathia Booras (D)

Mark King (D)

Fran Nutter-Upham (D)

Hillsborough 34

Melbourne Moran (D)

Catherine Sofikitis (D)

Deb Stevens (D)

Hillsborough 35

Skip Cleaver (D)

Latha Mangipudi (D)

Laura Telerski (D)

Hillsborough 36

Linda Harriott-Gathright (D)

Martin Jack (D)

Michael O'Brien (D)

Hillsborough 37

Bob Greene (R)

Alicia Lekas (R)

Tony Lekas (R)

Hershel Nunez (R)

Andrew Prout (R)

Andrew Renzullo (R)

Kimberly Rice (R)

Denise Smith (R)

Jordan Ulery (R)

Hillsborough 38

Jim Creighton (R)

Stephanie Hyland (D)

Hillsborough 39

John Burt (R)

Hillsborough 4

Jim Kofalt (R)

Lisa Post (R)

Hillsborough 40

Keith Ammon (R)

Hillsborough 41

Laurie Sanborn (R)

Hillsborough 42

Jacqueline Chretien (D)

Matt Wilhelm (D)

Hillsborough 43

Benjamin Baroody (D)

Amy Bradley (D)

Christopher Herbert (D)

Hillsborough 44

Ross Berry (R)

Mark McLean (R)

Hillsborough 45

Jane Beaulieu (D)

Connie Houten (D)

Hillsborough 5

William Foster (R)

Gerald Griffin (R)

Hillsborough 6

Joe Alexander (R)

Barbara Griffin (R)

Fred Plett (R)

Claire Rouillard (R)

Hillsborough 7

Ted Gorski (R)

Linda Gould (R)

John Graham (R)

Niki Kelsey (R)

Sue Mullen (D)

Catherine Rombeau (D)

Hillsborough 8

Jeffrey Goley (D)

Diane Langley (D)

Hillsborough 9

Linda DiSilvestro (D)

Iz Piedra (D)

Merrimack 1

Louise Andrus (R)

Merrimack 10

David Luneau (D)

Mel Myler (D)

Mary Wallner (D)

Merrimack 11

Stephen Shurtleff (D)

Merrimack 12

Connie Lane (D)

Merrimack 13

Beth Richards (D)

Merrimack 14

Jim MacKay (D)

Merrimack 15

Eric Gallager (D)

Merrimack 16

Timothy Soucy (D)

Merrimack 17

Safiya Wazir (D)

Merrimack 18

Kris Schultz (D)

Merrimack 19

Christy Bartlett (D)

Merrimack 2

James Mason (R)

Dave Testerman (R)

Merrimack 20

Dianne Schuett (D)

Brian Seaworth (R)

Nick White (R)

Merrimack 21

James Allard (R)

John Klose (R)

Merrimack 22

Matthew Pitaro (R)

Merrimack 23

Muriel Hall (D)

Mary Walz (D)

Gary Woods (D)

Merrimack 24

Stephen Boyd (R)

John Leavitt (R)

Thomas Walsh (R)

Michael Yakubovich (R)

Merrimack 25

Natalie Wells (R)

Merrimack 26

Howard Pearl (R)

Merrimack 27

Art Ellison (D)

Rebecca McWilliams (D)

Merrimack 28

Katherine Rogers (D)

Merrimack 29

Carol McGuire (R)

Merrimack 3

Kenna Cross (R)

Gregory Hill (R)

Merrimack 4

Tom Schamberg (D)

Merrimack 5

Karen Ebel (D)

Dan Wolf (R)

Merrimack 6

Tony Caplan (D)

Rod Pimentel (D)

Merrimack 7

Margaret Kennedy (R)

Merrimack 8

Caroletta Alicea (D)

Merrimack 9

Jose Cambrils (R)

Michael Moffett (R)

Rockingham 1

Paul Tudor (R)

Rockingham 10

Dennis Acton (R)

Rockingham 11

Melissa Litchfield (R)

Rockingham 12

Scott Wallace (R)

Rockingham 13

Dennis Green (R)

Joe Guthrie (R)

David Welch (R)

Ken Weyler (R)

Rockingham 14

Debra DeSimone (R)

Robert Harb (R)

Norman Major (R)

Peter Torosian (R)

Rockingham 15

Charles Melvin (R)

Rockingham 16

J D Bernardy (R)

Rockingham 17

Michael Cahill (D)

Charlotte DiLorenzo (D)

Ellen Read (D)

Rockingham 18

Lisa Bunker (D)

Julie Gilman (D)

Gaby Grossman (D)

Mark Paige (D)

Rockingham 19

Patrick Abrami (R)

Debra Altschiller (D)

Rockingham 2

Alan Bershtein (R)

James Spillane (R)

Kevin Verville (R)

Rockingham 20

Tim Baxter (R)

Tina Harley (R)

Aboul Khan (R)

Rockingham 21

Robert Cushing (D)

Michael Edgar (D)

Tracy Emerick (R)

Tom Loughman (D)

Rockingham 22

Jim Maggiore (D)

Rockingham 23

Dennis Malloy (D)

Rockingham 24

Jaci Grote (D)

Kate Murray (D)

Rockingham 25

Laura Pantelakos (D)

Rockingham 26

Rebecca McBeath (D)

Rockingham 27

Peter Somssich (D)

Rockingham 28

Gerry Ward (D)

Rockingham 29

David Meuse (D)

Rockingham 3

Paul Ayer (R)

Dustin Dodge (R)

Kevin Pratt (R)

Rockingham 30

Jacqueline Cali-Pitts (D)

Rockingham 31

Joan Hamblet (D)

Rockingham 32

Terry Roy (R)

Rockingham 33

Josh Yokela (R)

Rockingham 34

Mark Pearson (R)

Rockingham 35

Deborah Hobson (R)

Rockingham 36

Alexis Simpson (D)

Rockingham 37

Max Abramson (R)

Rockingham 4

Jess Edwards (R)

Oliver Ford (R)

Jason Osborne (R)

Tony Piemonte (R)

Chris True (R)

Rockingham 5

Alfred Baldasaro (R)

Tom Dolan (R)

David Lundgren (R)

Wayne MacDonald (R)

Betsy McKinney (R)

Sherman Packard (R)

Doug Thomas (R)

Rockingham 6

Phyllis Katsakiores (R)

Mary Ann Kimball (R)

Erica Layon (R)

David Love (R)

David Milz (R)

Stephen Pearson (R)

John Potucek (R)

Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien (R)

Richard Tripp (R)

Rockingham 7

Mary Griffin (R)

Robert Lynn (R)

Charles McMahon (R)

Julius Soti (R)

Rockingham 8

Daryl Abbas (R)

Fred Doucette (R)

Robert Elliott (R)

Betty Gay (R)

John Janigian (R)

Everett McBride (R)

Joe Sweeney (R)

John Sytek (R)

Susan Vandecasteele (R)

Rockingham 9

Cody Belanger (R)

Michael Vose (R)

Strafford 1

Glenn Bailey (R)

Peter Hayward (R)

Strafford 10

Aidan Ankarberg (R)

Strafford 11

Chuck Grassie (D)

Strafford 12

Mac Kittredge (R)

Strafford 13

Casey Conley (D)

Strafford 14

Kristina Fargo (D)

Strafford 15

Ariel Oxaal (D)

Strafford 16

Sherry Frost (D)

Strafford 17

Peter Bixby (D)

Susan Treleaven (D)

Kenneth Vincent (D)

Strafford 18

Gerri Cannon (D)

Wendy Chase (D)

Cecilia Rich (D)

Strafford 19

Peter Schmidt (D)

Strafford 2

James Horgan (R)

Joseph Pitre (R)

Strafford 20

Tom Southworth (D)

Strafford 21

Catt Sandler (D)

Strafford 22

Thomas Kaczynski (R)

Strafford 23

Fenton Groen (R)

Strafford 24

Susan DeLemus (R)

Strafford 25

Amanda Gourgue (D)

Strafford 3

Michael Harrington (R)

Kurt Wuelper (R)

Strafford 4

Cassandra Levesque (D)

Len Turcotte (R)

Strafford 5

Jeffrey Salloway (D)

Strafford 6

Timothy Horrigan (D)

Cam Kenney (D)

Marjorie Smith (D)

Judith Spang (D)

Janet Wall (D)

Strafford 7

Timothy Fontneau (D)

Strafford 8

Donna Ellis (D)

Strafford 9

Clifford Newton (R)

Sullivan 1

Lee Oxenham (D)

Brian Sullivan (D)

Sullivan 10

John Cloutier (D)

Sullivan 11

Steven Smith (R)

Sullivan 2

Sue Gottling (D)

Sullivan 3

Andrew O'Hearne (D)

Sullivan 4

Gary Merchant (D)

Sullivan 5

Walter Stapleton (R)

Sullivan 6

John Callum (R)

Skip Rollins (R)

Sullivan 7

Judy Aron (R)

Sullivan 8

Walter Spilsbury (R)

Sullivan 9

Linda Tanner (D)

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