2022 New Hampshire Senate election

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2022 New Hampshire Senate election
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  2020 November 8, 2022 2024  

All 24 seats in the New Hampshire Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Chuck Morse (retiring) Donna Soucy
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 22nd District 18th District
Seats before1410
Seats after1410
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote293,304299,361
Percentage49.5%50.5%

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Results:
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain

President before election

Chuck Morse
Republican

Elected President

Jeb Bradley
Republican

The 2022 New Hampshire Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. New Hampshire voters elected state senators in all of the state's 24 senate districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the New Hampshire Senate, with all of the seats up for election each cycle. The primary elections held on September 13, 2022, determined which candidates would appear on the November 8, 2022, general election ballot. [1]

Contents

Composition

Affiliation [2] Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican Vacant
Before Election1013231
After Election1014240

Summary

District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
1st Erin Hennessey Rep Carrie Gendreau Rep
2nd Bob Giuda Rep Timothy Lang Sr. Rep
3rd Jeb Bradley Rep Jeb Bradley Rep
4th David H. Watters Dem David H. Watters Dem
5th Suzanne Prentiss Dem Suzanne Prentiss Dem
6th James P. Gray Rep James P. Gray Rep
7th Harold F. French Rep Dan Innis Rep
8th Ruth Ward Rep Ruth Ward Rep
9th Denise Ricciardi Rep Denise Ricciardi Rep
10th Jay Kahn Dem Donovan Fenton Dem
11th Gary Daniels Rep Shannon Chandley Dem
12th Kevin Avard Rep Kevin Avard Rep
13th Cindy Rosenwald Dem Cindy Rosenwald Dem
14th Sharon Carson Rep Sharon Carson Rep
15th Becky Whitley Dem Becky Whitley Dem
16th Kevin Cavanaugh Dem Keith Murphy Rep
17th John Reagan Rep Howard Pearl Rep
18th Donna Soucy Dem Donna Soucy Dem
19th Regina Birdsell Rep Regina Birdsell Rep
20th Lou D'Allesandro Dem Lou D'Allesandro Dem
21st Rebecca Perkins Kwoka Dem Rebecca Perkins Kwoka Dem
22nd Chuck Morse Rep Daryl Abbas Rep
23rd Bill Gannon Rep Bill Gannon Rep
24th Tom Sherman Dem Debra Altschiller Dem

    Close races

    DistrictWinnerMargin
    District 2Republican12.00%
    District 1Republican9.42%
    District 6Republican11.58%
    District 7Republican9.24%
    District 8Republican14.48%
    District 9Republican4.46%
    District 11Democratic (flip)2.62%
    District 12Republican2.46%
    District 13Democratic17.6%
    District 14Republican18.16%
    District 16Republican (flip)6.76%
    District 17Republican13.62%
    District 18Democratic4.78%
    District 20Democratic15.78%
    District 24Democratic11.32%

    Outgoing incumbents

    Retiring

    Seeking another office

    Districts

    District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24

    Source: [3]

    District 1

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 1 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Republican Carrie Gendreau13,11254.71
    Democratic Edith Tucker 10,85545.29
    Total votes23,967 100.0

    District 2

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General Election

    State Senate District 2 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Republican Timothy Lang15,32156.0
    Democratic Kate Miller12,03844.0
    Total votes27,359 100.0

    District 3

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 3 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Republican Jeb Bradley (incumbent)17,33658.48
    Democratic William Marsh 12,30941.52
    Total votes29,645 100.0

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    District 4

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 4 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Democratic David H. Watters (incumbent)15,87963.30
    Republican Seamus Casey9,20736.70
    Total votes25,086 100.0

    District 5

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 5 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Democratic Suzanne Prentiss (incumbent)19,26969.0
    Republican John McIntyre8,65631.0
    Total votes27,925 100.0

    District 6

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 6 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Republican James Gray (incumbent)13,16755.79
    Democratic Ruth Larson10,43444.21
    Total votes23,601 100.0

    District 7

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General Election

    State Senate District 7 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Republican Daniel E. Innis13,41354.62
    Democratic Richard A. Lobban, Jr.11,14645.38
    Total votes24,559 100

    District 8

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 8 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Republican Ruth Ward (incumbent)14,08057.2
    Democratic Charlene Lovett10,52042.7
    Total votes24,610 100.0

    District 9

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 9 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Republican Denise Ricciardi (incumbent)13,68752.2
    Democratic Matthew McLaughlin12,51047.7
    Total votes26,211 100.0

    District 10

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 10 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Democratic Donovan Fenton 17,30566.14
    Republican Sly Karasinski8,86033.86
    Total votes26,165 100.0

    District 11

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    District 12

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 12 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Republican Kevin Avard (incumbent)14,31451.2
    Democratic Melanie Levesque 13,62648.8
    Total votes27,943 100.0

    District 13

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    District 14

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 14 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Republican Sharon Carson (incumbent)14,63159.1
    Democratic John Robinson10,13340.9
    Total votes24,776 100.0

    District 15

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 15 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Democratic Becky Whitley (incumbent)16,62564.7
    Republican Linda Rae Banfil9,07135.3
    Total votes25,715 100.0

    District 16

    Candidates

    Republican

    Democratic

    District 17

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    District 18

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    District 19

    Candidates

    Republican

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 19 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Republican Regina Birdsell (incumbent)15,143100.0
    Total votes15,253 100.0

    District 20

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 20 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Democratic Lou D'Allesandro (incumbent)9,85957.8
    Republican Richard H. Girard7,17242.0
    Total votes17,056 100.0

    District 21

    Candidates

    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 21 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Democratic Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (incumbent)20,084100.0
    Total votes20,315 100.0

    District 22

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    District 23

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 23 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Democratic Brenda Oldak11,06439.5
    Republican Bill Gannon (incumbent)16,90260.4
    Total votes27,981 100.0

    District 24

    Candidates

    Republican
    Democratic

    Results

    General election
    State Senate District 24 general election, 2022
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Democratic Debra Altschiller18,02055.7
    Republican Lou Gargiulo 14,30844.3
    Total votes32,328 100.0

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