New Hampshire's 17th State Senate district

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New Hampshire's 17th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Howard Pearl
R Loudon
Registration34.2%  Republican
23.0%  Democratic
42.8%  No party preference
Demographics95.5%  White
0.4%  Black
1.9%  Hispanic
0.6%  Asian
Population (2019)
  Citizens of voting age
57,013 [1] [2]
44,667

New Hampshire's 17th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Howard Pearl since 2022. [3]

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Geography

District 17 covers parts of Merrimack, Rockingham, and Strafford Counties to the east of Concord, including the towns of Allenstown, Chichester, Deerfield, Epsom, Loudon, Northwood, Nottingham, Pembroke, Pittsfield, Raymond, and Strafford. [3]

The district overlaps with both New Hampshire's 1st congressional district and New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. [4]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Howard Pearl (Incumbent) 19,762 57.72
Democratic Kelly Roberts14,45642.23
Write-in 160.05
Total votes34,234 100.0
Republican hold

2022

2022 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Howard Pearl 4,436 69.9
Republican Scott Bryer1,90630.1
Total votes6,342 100
General election
Republican Howard Pearl 14,878 56.8
Democratic Christine Tappan11,31143.2
Total votes26,189 100
Republican hold

Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.

Historical election results

2020

2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 5,688 82.4
Republican Janet DelFuoco1,20117.4
Total votes6,900 100
General election
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 20,317 60.1
Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher13,48839.9
Total votes33,805 100
Republican hold

2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 13,172 55.5
Democratic Christopher Roundy10,57844.5
Total votes23,750 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 18,252 61.3
Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher11,52238.7
Total votes29,774 100
Republican hold

2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 4,045 82.9
Republican Howard Pearl83717.1
Total votes4,882 100
General election
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 11,669 58.2
Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher8,38241.8
Total votes20,051 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Reagan 2,689 51.2
Republican Howard Pearl2,55948.8
Total votes5,248 100
General election
Republican John Reagan 14,672 52.8
Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher13,13847.2
Total votes27,810 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [7]
2020 President Trump 53.9 – 44.1%
Senate Shaheen 49.3 – 47.7%
2016 President Trump 55.0 – 39.6%
2014 Senate Brown 51.6 – 48.4%
Governor Havenstein 51.6– 48.4%
2012 President Romney 50.0 – 48.6%
Governor Hassan 51.7 – 45.9%

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References

  1. "State Senate District 17, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  2. "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Senator Howard Pearl (R-Loudon)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  5. "2024 Election Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New Hampshire State Senate District 17". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved December 9, 2019.