New Hampshire's 17th State Senate district

New Hampshire's 17th State Senate district
Senator	Howard Pearl R – Loudon
Registration	34.2%  Republican 23.0%  Democratic 42.8%  No party preference
Demographics	95.5%  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]

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard Pearl (Incumbent)	19,762	57.72
	Democratic	Kelly Roberts	14,456	42.23
	Write-in		16	0.05
Total votes			34,234	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

2022 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 ^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard Pearl	4,436	69.9
	Republican	Scott Bryer	1,906	30.1
Total votes			6,342	100
General election
	Republican	Howard Pearl	14,878	56.8
	Democratic	Christine Tappan	11,311	43.2
Total votes			26,189	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Reagan (incumbent)	5,688	82.4
	Republican	Janet DelFuoco	1,201	17.4
Total votes			6,900	100
General election
	Republican	John Reagan (incumbent)	20,317	60.1
	Democratic	Nancy R.B. Fraher	13,488	39.9
Total votes			33,805	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Reagan (incumbent)	13,172	55.5
	Democratic	Christopher Roundy	10,578	44.5
Total votes			23,750	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Reagan (incumbent)	18,252	61.3
	Democratic	Nancy R.B. Fraher	11,522	38.7
Total votes			29,774	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 ^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Reagan (incumbent)	4,045	82.9
	Republican	Howard Pearl	837	17.1
Total votes			4,882	100
General election
	Republican	John Reagan (incumbent)	11,669	58.2
	Democratic	Nancy R.B. Fraher	8,382	41.8
Total votes			20,051	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17 ^[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Reagan	2,689	51.2
	Republican	Howard Pearl	2,559	48.8
Total votes			5,248	100
General election
	Republican	John Reagan	14,672	52.8
	Democratic	Nancy R.B. Fraher	13,138	47.2
Total votes			27,810	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [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%

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. "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. "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.