New Hampshire's 5th State Senate district

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New Hampshire's 5th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Suzanne Prentiss
D – Lebanon
Registration44.6%  Democratic
18.7%  Republican
36.5%  No party preference
Demographics89.1%  White
1.5%  Black
3.0%  Hispanic
4.5%  Asian
Population (2019)
 • Citizens of voting age		57,741 [1] [2]
44,785

New Hampshire's 5th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Suzanne Prentiss since 2020, succeeding fellow Democrat Martha Hennessey. [3]

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Geography

District 5 covers parts of western Grafton, Merrimack, and Sullivan Counties, including the towns of Canaan, Cornish, Dorchester, Enfield, Grantham, Groton, Hanover, Lebanon, Lyme, New London, Orford, Plainfield, Plymouth, Springfield, and Wentworth. [3]

The district is located entirely within New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. [4] It borders the state of Vermont. [1]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 5 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Suzanne Prentiss (Incumbent) 23,028 66.21
Republican John J. McIntyre11,70933.67
Write-in 420.12
Total votes34,779 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 5 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Suzanne Prentiss (incumbent) 19,269 69.0
Republican John McIntyre8,65631.0
Total votes27,925 100.0

2020

2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 5 [7]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Suzanne Prentiss 4,134 50.4
Democratic Beatriz Pastor4,06249.5
Total votes8,201 100
General election
Democratic Suzanne Prentiss 20,418 66.5
Republican Timothy O'Hearne10,29533.5
Total votes30,713 100
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 5 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Martha Hennessey (incumbent) 16,932 71.2
Republican Patrick Lozito6,86228.8
Total votes23,794 100
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 5 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Martha Hennessey 18,809 65.3
Republican Marie Lobito9,99834.7
Total votes28,807 100
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 5 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David Pierce (incumbent) 18,474 100
Total votes18,474 100
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 5 [7]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David Pierce 3,092 71.6
Democratic Sandy Harris1,22428.4
Total votes4,316 100
General election
Democratic David Pierce 17,719 64.1
Republican Joe Osgood9,94035.9
Total votes27,659 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [8]
2020 President Biden 68.1 – 30.3%
2016 President Clinton 64.6 – 30.9%
2014 Senate Shaheen 68.4 – 31.6%
Governor Hassan 67.7 – 32.3%
2012 President Obama 67.2 – 31.6%
Governor Hassan 68.4 – 28.3%

Historical election results

These results happened prior to 2012 redistricting, and thus occurred under different district lines.

2010

2010 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 5 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Matthew Houde (incumbent) 11,014 59.6
Republican James Danforth7,46540.4
Total votes18,479 100
Democratic hold

References

  1. 1 2 "State Senate District 5, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Senator Suzanne Prentiss (D-Lebanon)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  4. ↑ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ "2024 Election Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  6. ↑ https://www.sos.nh.gov/elections/elections/election-results/2022-election-results-0/2022-general-election-results
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New Hampshire State Senate District 5". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
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