Hillsborough County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 census,the population was 422,937,almost one-third the population of the entire state. Its county seats are Manchester and Nashua,the state's two biggest cities. Hillsborough is northern New England's most populous county as well as its most densely populated.
New Hampshire Route 31 is a 56.148-mile-long (90.361 km) north–south state highway in southern New Hampshire. It runs from Mason on the Massachusetts border,where,as Greenville Road,the road becomes Massachusetts Route 31. It passes through Greenville,Wilton,Lyndeborough,Greenfield,Bennington,Antrim,Hillsborough,Windsor,and Washington,reaching its northern terminus of Goshen at New Hampshire Route 10.
Theodore L. Gatsas is an American politician and member of the Republican party who had served as Mayor of Manchester,New Hampshire from 2010 to 2018. He was a member of the New Hampshire Senate,representing the 16th District from 2000 until he resigned in 2009 after being elected mayor.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of New Hampshire enjoy most of the same rights as non-LGBT residents,with most advances occurring within the past two decades. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in New Hampshire,and the state began offering same-sex couples the option of forming a civil union on January 1,2008. Civil unions offered most of the same protections as marriages with respect to state law,but not the federal benefits of marriage. Same-sex marriage in New Hampshire has been legally allowed since January 1,2010,and one year later New Hampshire's civil unions expired,with all such unions converted to marriages. New Hampshire law has also protected against discrimination based on sexual orientation since 1998 and gender identity since 2018. Additionally,a conversion therapy ban on minors became effective in the state in January 2019.
Jeanie Forrester was Chairman of the Republican Party of New Hampshire and a former Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate,representing the 2nd district from 2010 until 2016. A businesswoman by trade,Forrester served on the Finance and Public/Municipal Affairs committees. In 2016,Forrester decided not to seek reelection to the senate and instead ran for the republican nomination for Governor of New Hampshire,ultimately losing to now-Governor Chris Sununu. Sununu later supported Forrester's successful candidacy for party chairman.
The 2014 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the governor of New Hampshire,concurrently with the election to New Hampshire's Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of New Hampshire,one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including governor of New Hampshire and U.S. senator.
This election marked the first time since 1992 that New Hampshire elected members of two parties into the House of Representatives,and as of 2021,it is the most recent time a Republican has been elected to Congress in New Hampshire.
Christopher Thomas Sununu is an American politician and engineer who has served as the 82nd governor of New Hampshire since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,Sununu was a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council from 2011 to 2017.
The 2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2016,to elect the governor of New Hampshire,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Shawn N. Jasper is an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party,he serves as the Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture,Markets,and Food,and is a former Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Andy Sanborn is a former Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate,representing the 9th district between 2012 and 2018,and previously the 7th district from 2010 to 2012.
Stephen Stepanek is an American politician from New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party,he served as chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party from 2019 to 2023.
The 2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New Hampshire,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen won reelection to a third term after comfortably defeating Republican nominee Bryant Messner by 15.6 points and sweeping every single county in the state. This marked the first Senate election since 1972 in which the Democrat carried Belknap County.
The 2018 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Republican Governor Chris Sununu won re-election to a second term,defeating former state senator Molly Kelly. Sununu was the first incumbent Republican to win reelection as governor since Steve Merrill was reelected in 1994.
The 2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Republican Governor Chris Sununu was re-elected to a third two-year term in office,defeating his opponent Dan Feltes,the Majority Leader of the Senate. Nine governors ran for re-election in this cycle and all nine were re-elected. Sununu's win marked the first time since 1986 that a Republican was elected to a third term as governor,in which his father,John H. Sununu was reelected for his third and final term. The elder Sununu chose not to seek reelection in 1988,instead becoming George H.W. Bush's chief of staff in 1989.
Steve Negron is an American politician from Nashua,New Hampshire who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He was the Republican nominee for the United States Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in 2018 and 2020,but lost the election to Democratic incumbent Ann McLane Kuster.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on November 8,2022,to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of New Hampshire,one from each of the state's two congressional districts.
The 2022 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of New Hampshire. As New Hampshire does not have gubernatorial term limits,incumbent Republican Governor Chris Sununu won re-election to a fourth 2-year term in office against Democratic nominee Tom Sherman with 57 percent of the vote,a reduced margin from his 65 percent landslide win in 2020.
Melissa Blasek is an American politician in the state of New Hampshire. She was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives,sitting as a Republican from the Hillsborough-21 multi-member district from 2020 to 2022.
The 2024 New Hampshire gubernatorial election will be held on November 5,2024,to elect the Governor of New Hampshire,concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. Because New Hampshire does not have gubernatorial term limits in its Constitution,incumbent Republican governor Chris Sununu will be eligible to run for re-election for a historic fifth term in 2024. This race is also one of two Republican-held governorships along with Vermont up for election in 2024 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
