Rockingham County is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 census,the population was 314,176,making it New Hampshire's second-most populous county. The county seat is Brentwood. Rockingham County is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton,MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area and the greater Boston-Worcester-Providence,MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area. Per the 2020 census,it was New Hampshire's fastest growing county from 2010 to 2020.
The State of New Hampshire has a republican form of government modeled after the Government of the United States,with three branches:the executive,consisting of the Governor of New Hampshire,the elected Executive Council,and subordinate agencies;the legislative,called the New Hampshire General Court,which includes the Senate and the House of Representatives;and the judicial,consisting of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire and lower courts.
The New Hampshire Senate is the upper house of the New Hampshire General Court,alongside the lower New Hampshire House of Representatives. The Senate has been meeting since 1784. The Senate consists of 24 members representing Senate districts based on population. There are 16 Republicans and 8 Democrats currently serving in the Senate.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of New Hampshire enjoy the same rights as non-LGBTQ people,with most advances in LGBT rights occurring in the state within the past two decades. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in New Hampshire,and the state began offering same-sex couples the option of forming a civil union on January 1,2008. Civil unions offered most of the same protections as marriages with respect to state law,but not the federal benefits of marriage. Same-sex marriage in New Hampshire has been legally allowed since January 1,2010,and one year later New Hampshire's civil unions expired,with all such unions converted to marriages. New Hampshire law has also protected against discrimination based on sexual orientation since 1998 and gender identity since 2018. Additionally,a conversion therapy ban on minors became effective in the state in January 2019. In effect since January 1,2024,the archaic common-law "gay panic defence" was formally abolished;by legislation implemented within August 2023.
Donna M. Soucy is an American attorney and Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate,first elected in 2012 in the 18th district. She is previously served as the President of the New Hampshire Senate,from December 5,2018 until December 2,2020. Soucy serves on the Senate Commerce,and Rules and Enrolled Bills committees,in addition to the Joint Fiscal Committee Soucy has also previously served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and as a Manchester alderman.
The 2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New Hampshire,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen won reelection to a third term after comfortably defeating Republican nominee Bryant Messner by 15.6 points and sweeping every single county in the state. This marked the first Senate election since 1972 in which the Democrat carried Belknap County.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on November 6,2018,to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of New Hampshire,one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Sharon Carson is an American politician who has served in the New Hampshire Senate from the 14th district since 2008. She previously served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Rockingham's 3rd district from 2000 to 2008.
Ruth Ward is an American politician who has served in the New Hampshire Senate from the 8th district since 2016.
Frank Sapareto is an American politician who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1996 to 2002,2008 to 2014 and 2016 to 2018. He previously served in the New Hampshire Senate from the 19th district from 2002 to 2004.
Martha S. Hennessey is an American politician who served in the New Hampshire Senate for the 5th district from 2016 until 2020. She was the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee,and served on Transportation and Health and Human Services Committees. She previously served on the Children and Family Law Committee in the New Hampshire House of Representatives for the Grafton 12 district from 2014 to 2016.
New Hampshire's 19th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the state Senate of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It has been represented by Republican Regina Birdsell since 2014,succeeding fellow Republican Jim Rausch.
The 2018 New Hampshire Senate election was held on November 6,2018,concurrently with the elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives,to elect members to the 166th New Hampshire General Court. All 24 seats in the New Hampshire Senate were up for election. It resulted in Democrats gaining control of both chambers of the New Hampshire General Court,ending the total control of New Hampshire's state government,that Republicans had held in New Hampshire since the 2016 state elections.
Josh Yokela is an American Republican legislator elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives on November 6,2018. He was elected to represent Rockingham 33 district which includes the towns of Brentwood,Danville,and Fremont. He sits on the Children and Family Law Committee which hears matters including the rights of children,divorce,and child support. He lives in Fremont,New Hampshire and holds positions on the Fremont Zoning Board of Adjustments and the Fremont Budget Committee.
Rebecca Whitley is an American politician who has served in the New Hampshire Senate from the 15th district since 2020. A Democrat,she represents the state capital,Concord,as well as Hopkinton,Penacook,and Bow.
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka is an American politician who has served in the New Hampshire Senate from the 21st district since 2020. Her district encompasses Portsmouth,Durham,Newmarket,Lee,Newfields,Madbury,and Newington.
Erin Tapper Hennessey is an American politician serving as the Deputy Secretary of State of New Hampshire. She was formerly a member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 1st district,serving from 2020 to 2022.
Gary L. Daniels is an American Republican politician who served as a member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 11th district. He previously served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1991 to 2000,2007 to 2012,and 2013 to 2014.
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.
Edward "Ned" Gordon is an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A Republican,Gordon has represented the 9th Grafton district in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2018 until 2022. He previously served one term in the State House and four in the New Hampshire Senate. He served as a Circuit Court Judge in the New Hampshire Court System from 2005 to 2018. He has served as Town Moderator of Bristol,New Hampshire since 1994.
