2014 New Hampshire Senate election

2014 New Hampshire Senate election

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All 24 seats in the New Hampshire Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Chuck Morse Sylvia Larsen (retired) Party Republican Democratic Leader since 3 September 2013 Leader's seat District 22 District 15 Last election 13 11 Seats after 14 10 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 230,950 233,544 Percentage 49.72% 50.28%
President of the Senate before election Chuck Morse Republican Elected President of the Senate Chuck Morse Republican

The 2014 New Hampshire Senate election was held on 4 November 2014 to determine which party would control the New Hampshire Senate for the following two years in the 164th New Hampshire General Court. All 24 seats in the New Hampshire Senate were up for election and the primary was held on 9 September 2014. Prior to the election, 13 seats were held by Republicans and 11 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw Republicans expanding their majority by a single seat. ^[1]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing [2]	Lean R	20 October 2014

Retirements

Democrats

1. District 15: Sylvia Larsen retired.

Republicans

1. District 8: Bob Odell retired.
2. District 19: Jim Rausch retired.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 7, 0.82%
2. District 12, 1.50% (gain)
3. District 18, 6.42%
4. District 9, 6.52%

Results

District 1

District 1 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Woodburn (incumbent)	10,829	60.18%
	Republican	Mark Evans	7,166	39.82%
Total votes			17,995	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 2

District 2 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeanie Forrester (incumbent)	12,657	62.73%
	Democratic	Carolyn Mello	7,521	37.27%
Total votes			20,178	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 3

District 3 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Bradley (incumbent)	14,409	64.44%
	Democratic	John White	7,950	35.56%
Total votes			22,359	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 4

District 4 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David H. Watters (incumbent)	10,121	55.65%
	Republican	Eddie Edwards	8,067	44.35%
Total votes			18,188	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 5

District 5 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Pierce (incumbent)	18,474	100.0%
Total votes			18,474	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 6

District 6 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Cataldo (incumbent)	9,882	56.40%
	Democratic	Richard Leonard	7,640	43.60%
Total votes			17,522	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 7

District 7 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Hosmer (incumbent)	9,578	50.41%
	Republican	Kathleen Lauer-Rago	9,423	49.59%
Total votes			19,001	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 8

District 8 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Little	12,033	55.50%
	Democratic	Linda Tanner	9,649	44.50%
Total votes			21,682	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 9

District 9 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Sanborn (incumbent)	12,310	53.26%
	Democratic	Lee Nyquist	10,804	46.74%
Total votes			23,114	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 10

District 10 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Molly Kelly (incumbent)	14,034	100.0%
Total votes			14,034	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 11

District 11 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary L. Daniels	12,754	59.80%
	Democratic	Roger Tilton	8,575	40.20%
Total votes			21,329	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 12

District 12 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Avard	10,839	50.75%
	Democratic	Peggy Gilmour (incumbent)	10,517	49.25%
Total votes			21,356	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 13

District 13 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bette Lasky (incumbent)	8,729	56.84%
	Republican	Doris Hohensee	6,628	43.16%
Total votes			15,357	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 14

District 14 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sharon Carson (incumbent)	11,742	63.71%
	Democratic	Kate Messner	6,689	36.29%
Total votes			18,431	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 15

District 15 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Feltes	13,352	65.11%
	Republican	Lydia Dube Harman	7,154	34.89%
Total votes			20,506	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 16

District 16 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Boutin (incumbent)	11,666	55.76%
	Democratic	Maureen Raiche Manning	9,255	44.24%
Total votes			20,921	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 17

District 17 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Reagan (incumbent)	11,669	58.20%
	Democratic	Nancy R.B. Fraher	8,382	41.80%
Total votes			20,051	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 18

District 18 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donna Soucy (incumbent)	8,266	53.21%
	Republican	George Lambert	7,268	46.79%
Total votes			15,534	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 19

District 19 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Regina Birdsell	11,561	61.38%
	Democratic	Kristi St. Laurent	7,275	38.62%
Total votes			18,836	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 20

District 20 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lou D'Allesandro (incumbent)	7,973	57.94%
	Republican	Eileen Landies	5,787	42.06%
Total votes			13,760	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 21

District 21 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martha Fuller Clark (incumbent)	12,423	60.87%
	Republican	Phil Nazzaro	7,987	39.13%
Total votes			20,410	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 22

District 22 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Morse (incumbent)	12,928	65.61%
	Democratic	Richard O'Shaughnessy	6,777	34.39%
Total votes			19,705	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 23

District 23 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Prescott (incumbent)	12,030	57.44%
	Democratic	Donna Schlachman	8,915	42.56%
Total votes			20,945	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 24

District 24 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nancy Stiles (incumbent)	14,990	60.43%
	Democratic	Chris Muns	9,816	39.57%
Total votes			24,806	100.0%
	Republican hold

References

1. "New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2014". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
2. Luzer, Daniel (20 October 2014). "Only a Few 2014 Legislative Races Are Competitive". Governing. Retrieved 28 November 2025.