Don Cardinale

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Don Cardinale

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Don Cardinale (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire State Senate to represent District 21. Cardinale lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 21

Incumbent Rebecca Perkins Kwoka defeated Don Cardinale in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D)	67.0	22,700
	Submit photo	Don Cardinale (R)	32.9	11,155
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	38

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,893
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21

Incumbent Rebecca Perkins Kwoka advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rebecca Perkins Kwoka	99.6	7,329
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	33

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,362
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21

Don Cardinale advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Don Cardinale	99.0	2,707
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	26

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,733
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

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Campaign finance summary

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Don Cardinale campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	New Hampshire State Senate District 21	Lost general	$0	$0
Grand total			$0	$0
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

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Current members of the New Hampshire State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Sharon Carson

Majority Leader:Regina Birdsell

Senators

District 1

David Rochefort (R)

District 2

Timothy Lang (R)

District 3

Mark McConkey (R)

District 4

David Watters (D)

District 5

Suzanne Prentiss (D)

District 6

James Gray (R)

District 7

Dan Innis (R)

District 8

Ruth Ward (R)

District 9

Denise Ricciardi (R)

District 10

Donovan Fenton (D)

District 11

Tim McGough (R)

District 12

Kevin Avard (R)

District 13

Lucinda Rosenwald (D)

District 14

Sharon Carson (R)

District 15

Tara Reardon (D)

District 16

Keith Murphy (R)

District 17

Howard Pearl (R)

District 18

Victoria Sullivan (R)

District 19

Regina Birdsell (R)

District 20

Patrick Long (D)

District 21

Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D)

District 22

Daryl Abbas (R)

District 23

William Gannon (R)

District 24

Debra Altschiller (D)

Republican Party (16)

Democratic Party (8)