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The 2020 New Hampshire House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. New Hampshire voters elected all 400 state representatives from 204 districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. A primary election on September 8, 2020 determined which candidates appeared on the November 3 general election ballot. All the members elected would serve in the 167th New Hampshire General Court.
Following the 2018 election, Democrats had control of the New Hampshire House of Representatives with 231 seats to Republicans' 159 seats. Following the 2020 election, the Republicans flipped control of the chamber alongside the New Hampshire Senate. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Sources [5]
71 incumbent Representatives (35 Democrats and 36 Republicans) did not seek re-election in 2020:
10 incumbent representatives (6 Republicans and 4 Democrats) sought reelection but were defeated in the September 8 primary.
33 incumbent representatives (32 Democrats and one Republican) sought reelection but were defeated in the November 3 general election.
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The Cook Political Report [6] | Lean D | October 21, 2020 |
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New Hampshire Probate Court in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, is the court which has jurisdiction over trusts, wills, and estates, adoptions, termination of parental rights, name changes, guardianship of incapacitated persons, guardianship of minors, partition of property and involuntary admissions. Each of the ten counties has a probate court. Full-time judges assigned to Belknap, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham and Strafford counties, with the remaining counties having part-time judges.
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