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The 2020 New Hampshire Executive Council elections took place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, to elect all five members of the Executive Council of New Hampshire. The party primaries were held on September 8. [1]
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||||||||
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| No. | % | No. | ∆No. | % | ||||||||||
| Republican | 5 | 398,757 | 51.99% | 4 |  2 | 80.0% | ||||||||
| Democratic | 5 | 368,190 | 48.01% | 1 |  2 | 20.0% | ||||||||
| Total | 766,947 | 100.0% | 5 |  | 100.0% | |||||||||
| Source: New Hampshire Elections Results | ||||||||||||||
District 1 covered all of Coos, Carroll, and Grafton counties, plus the municipalities of Alton, Center Harbor, Gilford, Laconia, Meredith, New Hampton, Sanbornton, Tilton in Belknap County, the towns of Andover, Danbury, Hill, New London, and Wilmot in Merrimack County, the towns of Middleton, Milton, and New Durham in Strafford County, and the municipalities of Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Grantham, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, and Sunapee in Sullivan County.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Joseph Kenney | 80,073 | 51.69% | |
| Democratic | Michael Cryans (incumbent) | 74,847 | 48.31% | |
| Total votes | 154,920 | 100.0% | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
District 2 covered the towns of Barnstead, Belmont, and Gilmanton in Belknap County, the municipalities of Alstead, Chesterfield, Dublin, Gilsum, Harrisville, Hinsdale, Keene, Marlborough, Marlow, Nelson, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Surry, Walpole, Westmoreland, and Winchester in Cheshire County, the town of Hancock in Hillsborough County, the municipalities of Boscawen, Bradford, Canterbury, Concord, Franklin, Henniker, Hopkinton, Newbury, Northfield, Salisbury, Sutton, Warner, and Webster in Merrimack County, the municipalities of Dover, Durham, Farmington, Madbury, Rochester, Rollinsford, Somersworth, and Strafford in Strafford County, and the towns of Acworth, Charlestown, Goshen, Langdon, Lempster, Unity, and Washington in Sullivan County.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Cinde Warmington | 79,266 | 54.44% | |
| Republican | Jim Beard | 66,325 | 45.56% | |
| Total votes | 145,591 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3 covered the municipalities of Atkinson, Brentwood, Chester, Danville, Derry, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham, and Windham in Rockingham County, and the town of Pelham in Hillsborough County.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Janet Stevens | 85,821 | 52.4% | |
| Democratic | Mindi Messmer | 77,971 | 47.6% | |
| Total votes | 163,792 | 100.0% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 4 covered the municipalities of Bedford, Goffstown, and Manchester Hillsborough County, the towns of Allenstown, Bow, Chichester, Epsom, Hooksett, Loudon, Pembroke, and Pittsfield in Merrimack County, the towns of Auburn, Candia, Deerfield, Londonderry, Northwood, and Nottingham in Rockingham County, and the towns of Barrington and Lee in Strafford County.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Ted Gatsas (incumbent) | 78,975 | 55.64% | |
| Democratic | Mark MacKenzie | 62,971 | 44.36% | |
| Total votes | 141,946 | 100.0% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 5 covered the towns of Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey, Richmond, Rindge, Swanzey, and Troy in Cheshire County, the town of Dunbarton in Merrimack County, and the municipalities of Amherst, Antrim, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Francestown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Boston, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Sharon, Temple, Weare, Wilton, and Windsor in Hillsborough County.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Dave Wheeler | 74,622 | 50.5% | |
| Democratic | Debora Pignatelli (incumbent) | 73,135 | 49.5% | |
| Total votes | 147,757 | 100.0% | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
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