Peterborough is a town in Hillsborough County,New Hampshire,United States. The population was 6,418 at the 2020 census. The main village,with 3,090 people at the 2020 census,is a census-designated place (CDP) and lies along the Contoocook River at the junction of U.S. Route 202 and New Hampshire Route 101. Peterborough is 38 miles (61 km) west of Manchester and 72 miles (116 km) northwest of Boston.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court,the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 203 legislative districts across the state,created from divisions of the state's counties. On average,each legislator represents about 3,300 residents,which is the smallest state legislative population-to-representative ratio in the country.
The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire (LPNH) is the New Hampshire affiliate of the national Libertarian Party (LP). Active since its foundation in 1972,it is the third-largest political party in the state having had multiple members elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives as well as being ballot-qualified multiple times.
New Hampshire is often noted for its moderate politics and its status as a prominent swing state. Voters predominantly selected Republicans for national office during the 19th and 20th centuries until 1992. Since then,the state has been considered a swing state. Since 2006,control of the state legislature and New Hampshire's congressional seats have switched back and forth between Republicans and Democrats. Although the state has voted for the Democratic candidate in the last six presidential elections since 2004,it has done so by relatively small,however consistent margins.
Brianna Titone is an American politician and scientist,currently serving as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 27th district. Titone serves in the 74th Colorado General Assembly and is the first openly transgender state legislator elected in Colorado and the 4th elected in the United States.
This is a list of endorsements for declared candidates in the Democratic primaries for the 2020 United States presidential election.
Alexander H. “Sparky”Von Plinsky IV is a New Hampshire politician.
Andrew Bouldin was a New Hampshire politician.
Daniel E. Toomey is a New Hampshire politician.
Thornton John Cleaver Jr.,better known as Skip Cleaver,was an American politician in the state of New Hampshire.
From January 23 to June 8,2024,presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the delegates to the 2024 Democratic National Convention,to determine the party's nominee for president in the 2024 United States presidential election. The elections took place in all U.S. states except Florida and Delaware,in the District of Columbia,in five U.S. territories,and as organized by Democrats Abroad.
Tony Labranche is a New Hampshire politician. He was the youngest member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the youngest openly LGBTQ+ legislator in United States history.
Ross Berry is a New Hampshire politician.
Manuel "Manny" Espitia was an American politician serving as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for the Hillsborough 31 district. He assumed office on December 5,2018,and left office on December 7,2022.
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.
The 2022 New Hampshire Executive Council elections took place on November 8,2022,to elect all five members of the Executive Council of New Hampshire. The party primaries were held on September 13. These elections are notable because although Democrats won the majority of the votes in the five concurrent elections,they only won one of the five seats.
Robin Warren Vogt is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the Rockingham 21st district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023.
The 2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on January 23,2024,as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. The January New Hampshire primary was not sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The DNC-approved 2024 calendar placed the South Carolina primary first,but New Hampshire state law mandates them to hold the first primary in the country,and a "bipartisan group of state politicians",including the chairs of the Democratic and the Republican parties,announced that the state would preserve this status. Thus,the DNC initially stripped all 33 of the state's delegates that would have been allocated to the Democratic National Convention. The delegates will be allowed to be seated at the convention following the holding of a party-backed firehouse primary on April 27.
Ivy Vann is a Democratic member politician who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2014 to 2022,where he represented the Hillsborough 24 district.
Maria Perez is an El-Salvadoran born American politician who served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives,representing the 43rd district which includes part of Hillsborough County First elected as a Democrat in 2020,Perez left the party to sit as an independent in 2023,citing a lack of progress on issues and "feeling unwelcome in the party". Her party switch was met with mostly negative reactions from the Democratic Caucus,who cited the decision as "disappointing".
