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Darlene Gildersleeve
Darlene Gildersleeve (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Merrimack 9. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Muriel Hall (D) | 15.2 | 5,261 |
| ✔ |  | Eleana Colby (D) | 14.5 | 5,022 |
| ✔ |  | David Luneau (D) | 14.3 | 4,944 |
| ✔ |  | James Newsom (D) | 14.1 | 4,884 |
| Matthew Poulin (R) | 11.5 | 3,979 | ||
 | David Germain (R) | 10.6 | 3,667 | |
 | John Martin (R) | 10.1 | 3,515 | |
 | Darlene Gildersleeve (R) | 9.7 | 3,363 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 34,657 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (4 seats)
Incumbent Muriel Hall, Eleana Colby, incumbent David Luneau, and James Newsom defeated Nicholas Lydon in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Muriel Hall | 26.2 | 2,073 |
| ✔ | | Eleana Colby | 23.2 | 1,834 |
| ✔ | | David Luneau | 21.9 | 1,731 |
| ✔ | | James Newsom | 19.3 | 1,528 |
 | Nicholas Lydon | 9.1 | 721 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 7,898 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (4 seats)
Matthew Poulin, David Germain, John Martin, and Darlene Gildersleeve advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Matthew Poulin | 28.2 | 1,174 | |
| ✔ | | David Germain | 24.7 | 1,030 |
| ✔ | | John Martin | 23.7 | 987 |
| ✔ | | Darlene Gildersleeve | 22.7 | 944 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 4,165 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gildersleeve in this election.
Pledges
Gildersleeve signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Muriel Hall (D) | 15.6 | 4,647 |
| ✔ |  | Angela Brennan (D) | 15.2 | 4,526 |
| ✔ | | David Luneau (D) | 15.1 | 4,502 |
| ✔ |  | Mel Myler (D) | 14.7 | 4,377 |
| Christopher Lins (R) | 10.2 | 3,024 | ||
| John Martin (R) | 9.8 | 2,917 | |
| Jon Richardson (R) | 9.8 | 2,913 | ||
| Darlene Gildersleeve (R) | 9.5 | 2,832 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 29,739 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (4 seats)
Incumbent Muriel Hall, incumbent David Luneau, Angela Brennan, and incumbent Mel Myler advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Muriel Hall | 26.0 | 1,466 |
| ✔ | | David Luneau | 25.0 | 1,412 |
| ✔ | | Angela Brennan | 24.4 | 1,377 |
| ✔ | | Mel Myler | 24.3 | 1,371 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 5,638 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 9 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Christopher Lins | 27.9 | 948 | |
| ✔ | | John Martin | 20.1 | 685 |
| ✔ | Jon Richardson | 16.3 | 555 | |
| ✔ | | Darlene Gildersleeve | 14.2 | 483 |
| Joel Lloyd | 10.5 | 359 | ||
| Jed Tocci | 10.0 | 341 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 32 | ||
| Total votes: 3,403 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Darlene Gildersleeve did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Darlene Gildersleeve completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gildersleeve's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Will fight to strengthen our NH economy
- Will fight for student and parent voices in education.
- I will fight to limit government and for more freedom and liberty.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
