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Donna Soucy
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Prior offices
New Hampshire State Senate District 18
Predecessor: Tom DeBlois

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

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Donna Soucy (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire State Senate, representing District 18. She assumed office on December 5, 2012. She left office on December 4, 2024.

Soucy (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire State Senate to represent District 18. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Soucy became state Senate minority leader in December 2020.[1] She previously served as state Senate president from 2018 to 2020.[2]

Prior to her election to the state Senate, Soucy served three terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. She was also a member of the Manchester Board of Alderman and served on the Manchester School Board.[2][3]

Biography

Soucy received her bachelor's degree from Saint Anselm College and her J.D. from the University of New Hampshire School of Law.[3]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Soucy was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Soucy was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Soucy was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017
Commerce
Election Law and Internal Affairs
Executive Departments and Administration
Rules, Enrolled Bills and Internal Affairs

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Soucy served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Soucy served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

Victoria Sullivan defeated incumbent Donna Soucy in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Victoria Sullivan
Victoria Sullivan (R)
 
51.4
 
13,289
Image of Donna Soucy
Donna Soucy (D)
 
48.5
 
12,541
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
18

Total votes: 25,848
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

Incumbent Donna Soucy advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Donna Soucy
Donna Soucy
 
99.4
 
3,234
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
19

Total votes: 3,253
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

Victoria Sullivan advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Victoria Sullivan
Victoria Sullivan
 
98.4
 
3,777
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.6
 
60

Total votes: 3,837
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Soucy in this election.

2022

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

Incumbent Donna Soucy defeated George Lambert in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Donna Soucy
Donna Soucy (D)
 
52.3
 
9,920
Image of George Lambert
George Lambert (R)
 
47.5
 
9,015
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
26

Total votes: 18,961
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

Incumbent Donna Soucy advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Donna Soucy
Donna Soucy
 
99.1
 
2,221
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
21

Total votes: 2,242
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

George Lambert defeated Ross Terrio in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of George Lambert
George Lambert
 
54.7
 
2,168
Image of Ross Terrio
Ross Terrio
 
44.8
 
1,773
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
19

Total votes: 3,960
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2020

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

Incumbent Donna Soucy defeated George Lambert in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Donna Soucy
Donna Soucy (D)
 
55.4
 
14,105
Image of George Lambert
George Lambert (R)
 
44.6
 
11,355

Total votes: 25,460
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

Incumbent Donna Soucy advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Donna Soucy
Donna Soucy
 
99.5
 
3,929
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
19

Total votes: 3,948
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

George Lambert defeated Ross Terrio in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of George Lambert
George Lambert
 
54.9
 
2,219
Image of Ross Terrio
Ross Terrio
 
44.3
 
1,790
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
30

Total votes: 4,039
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2018

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

Incumbent Donna Soucy defeated George Lambert in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Donna Soucy
Donna Soucy (D)
 
56.0
 
10,276
Image of George Lambert
George Lambert (R)
 
44.0
 
8,066

Total votes: 18,342
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

Incumbent Donna Soucy advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Donna Soucy
Donna Soucy
 
100.0
 
3,571

Total votes: 3,571
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18

George Lambert advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 18 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of George Lambert
George Lambert
 
100.0
 
2,615

Total votes: 2,615
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2016

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 10, 2016.

Incumbent Donna Soucy defeated Ross W. Terrio in the New Hampshire State Senate District 18 general election.[4][5]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 18 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Donna Soucy Incumbent 55.03% 13,299
     Republican Ross W. Terrio 44.97% 10,869
Total Votes 24,168
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Incumbent Donna Soucy ran unopposed in the New Hampshire State Senate District 18 Democratic primary.[6][7]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 18 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Donna Soucy Incumbent (unopposed)


Ross W. Terrio defeated Ralph Boehm and George Lambert in the New Hampshire State Senate District 18 Republican primary.[6][7]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 18 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ross W. Terrio 36.65% 1,253
     Republican Ralph Boehm 27.03% 924
     Republican George Lambert 36.33% 1,242
Total Votes 3,419

2014

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 13, 2014. Incumbent Donna Soucy was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while George Lambert defeated Robyn M. Dunphy in the Republican primary. Soucy and Lambert faced off in the general election.[8] Incumbent Soucy defeated Lambert in the general election, and was re-elected for another term.[9]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 18 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDonna Soucy Incumbent 53.2% 8,266
     Republican George Lambert 46.8% 7,268
Total Votes 15,534
New Hampshire State Senate, District 18 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngGeorge Lambert 56.2% 1,780
Robyn Dunphy 43.8% 1,386
Total Votes 3,166

2012

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2012

Soucy won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire State Senate, District 18. Soucy ran unopposed in the September 11th Democratic primary election and defeated J. Gail Barry (R) and Arthur J. Beaudry (I) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10][11]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 18, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDonna Soucy 51.6% 12,139
     Republican J. Gail Barry 34.1% 8,024
     Independent Arthur J. Beaudry 14.3% 3,378
Total Votes 23,541

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Donna Soucy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Donna Soucy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Donna Soucy campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire State Senate District 18Lost general$0 $0
2022New Hampshire State Senate District 18Won general$103,180 $0
2020New Hampshire State Senate District 18Won general$212,662 N/A**
2018New Hampshire State Senate District 18Won general$133,693 N/A**
2016New Hampshire State Senate, District 18Won $159,108 N/A**
2014New Hampshire State Senate, District 18Won $175,863 N/A**
2012New Hampshire Senate, District 18Won $122,915 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024

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Notable endorsements

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This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Notable candidate endorsements by Donna Soucy
EndorseeElectionStageOutcome
Joe Biden  source  (D, Working Families Party) President of the United States (2020) PrimaryWon General
Notable ballot measure endorsements by Donna Soucy
MeasurePositionOutcome
New Hampshire Increase Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment (2024)  source SupportDefeated

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Tom DeBlois (R)
New Hampshire State Senate District 18
2012-2024
Succeeded by
Victoria Sullivan (R)


Current members of the New Hampshire State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Sharon Carson
Majority Leader:Regina Birdsell
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
Dan Innis (R)
District 8
Ruth Ward (R)
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
Republican Party (16)
Democratic Party (8)