Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: New Hampshire State Legislature

October 29, 2012

By Ballotpedia's State legislative team

New Hampshire's State Legislative Elections in 2012
Senate seats	Contested senate seats	House seats	Contested house seats
24	23 (95.8%)	400	381 (95.3%)

CONCORD: New Hampshire: There are 424 total legislative seats with 2012 elections in New Hampshire, where poll hours vary by city. Most close at 7:00 PM Eastern Time.

Ballotpedia considers the New Hampshire House of Representatives to be a game-changer with a potential partisan swing.

Of the 24 incumbents up for election in 2012, 15 (62.5%) of them are running for re-election. A total of 404 of 424 (95.3%) districts will see more than one major party candidate in the general election.

Here are a few races to watch:

Senate

• In District 1, Jeff Woodburn (D) and Debi Warner will vie for the seat of outgoing incumbent John Gallus (R).
• In District 7, Andrew J. Hosmer (D) and Joshua F. Youssef (R) are running for an open seat after Republican Andy Sanborn resigned and filed to run in District 9.
• In District 9, Sanborn and Lee C. Nyquist (D) are running for the seat vacated by outgoing incumbent Raymond White (R).

House

• In Belknap 2, nine candidates will vie for four seats, one of which is new, and another which is being vacated by Republican incumbent Bill Tobin.
• In Hillsborough 11, Nick Levasseur (D) will run to keep his seat, with the other up for grabs after the death of Republican incumbent Leo P. Pepino.
• In Hillsborough 25, Republicans James Coffey and Jim Parison will challenge incumbent Jennifer Daler (D).

New Hampshire State Senate
Party		As of November 5, 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	5	11
	Republican Party	19	13
Total		24	24

New Hampshire House of Representatives
Party		As of November 5, 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	103	221
	Republican Party	288	179
	Independent	2	0
	Vacancy	7	0
Total		400	400

Articles

• 2012 elections preview: New Hampshire voters to select winners in congressional, legislative primaries September 10
• 2012 elections review: Results still coming in for New Hampshire legislative primaries September 12
• 2012 competitiveness in New Hampshire state legislative elections July 15

See also

• Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: New Hampshire Congressional Seats
• Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: New Hampshire State Executive Officials
• Ballotpedia:2012 general election preview articles
• State legislative elections, 2012
• November 6, 2012 election results
• New Hampshire elections, 2012

• New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2012
• New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012