New Hampshire's 23rd State Senate district

New Hampshire's 23rd State Senate district
Senator	Bill Gannon R – Sandown
Registration	32.7%  Republican 29.8%  Democratic 37.9%  No party preference
Demographics	92%  White 1%  Black 1%  Hispanic 1%  Asian
Population (2020)	57,395 [1] [2]

New Hampshire's 23rd State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Bill Gannon since 2020, following his defeat of Democratic incumbent Jon Morgan. Gannon first represented the district from 2016-2018. ^[3]

Geography

District 23 is based in Rockingham County. The district is entirely located within New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. ^[4]

Rockingham County - 18.2%

• Brentwood
• Chester
• Danville
• East Kingston
• Epping
• Fremont
• Kensington
• Kingston
• Newton
• Sandown
• Seabrook
• South Hampton

Federal and statewide results

Results are of elections held under 2022 district lines.

Year	Office	Results [5]
2022	Senate	Bolduc 56 – 44%
	Governor	Sununu 67 - 33%

Recent election results

2024

2024 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Gannon (Incumbent)	22,670	62.36
	Democratic	Brenda Oldak	13,648	37.54
	Write-in		36	0.10
Total votes			36,354	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

2022 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Gannon (incumbent)	16,902	60.4
	Democratic	Brenda Oldak	11,064	39.6
Total votes			27,966	100
	Republican hold

Historical election results

All election results below took place prior to 2012 redistricting, and thus were held under different district lines.

2020

2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 ^[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Gannon	5,000	73.1
	Republican	Allen Cook	1,820	26.6
Total votes			6,839	100
General election
	Republican	Bill Gannon	18,627	53.3
	Democratic	Jon Morgan (incumbent)	16,314	46.7
Total votes			34,941	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jon Morgan	12,911	50.2
	Republican	Bill Gannon (incumbent)	12,806	49.8
Total votes			25,717	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 ^[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Gannon	1,850	37.6
	Republican	Bob Goodman	1,358	27.6
	Republican	Maureen Barrows	923	18.8
	Republican	Nancy Steenson	788	16.0
Total votes			4,919	100
General election
	Republican	Bill Gannon	17,337	56.5
	Democratic	Alexis Simpson	13,343	43.5
Total votes			30,680	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Prescott (incumbent)	12,030	57.4
	Democratic	Donna Schlachman	8,915	42.6
Total votes			20,945	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 ^[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Prescott (incumbent)	3,415	77.0
	Republican	Dennis Acton	1,018	23.0
Total votes			4,433	100
General election
	Republican	Russell Prescott (incumbent)	15,029	53.5
	Democratic	Carol Croteau	13,076	46.5
Total votes			28,105	100
	Republican hold

2010

2010 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 23 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Prescott	11,001	53.4
	Democratic	Maggie Hassan (incumbent)	9,606	46.6
Total votes			20,607	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

1. "State Senate District 23, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
2. "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
3. Max Sullivan. "Gannon defeats Morgan to regain Senate District 23 seat". Seacoast Online. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
5. "New Hampshire Elections Database - ElectionStats". Election Stats. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
6. "2024 Election Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
7. "New Hampshire State Senate District 23". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 11, 2020.