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Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 15

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

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Ken Sheffert (Republican Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham 15.

Sheffert (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Rockingham 29. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Sheffert was a 2016 Republican candidate for Rockingham 21 of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

Sheffert was a 2014 Republican candidate for Rockingham 21 of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham 15 from 2010 to 2012.

Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Muns
Chris Muns (D)
 
13.6
 
5,067
Image of Michael Edgar
Michael Edgar (D)
 
13.4
 
4,969
Image of Nicholas Bridle
Nicholas Bridle (R) Candidate Connection
 
13.0
 
4,823
Image of Erica de Vries
Erica de Vries (D)
 
12.9
 
4,802
Alan Scott Blair (D)
 
12.2
 
4,520
Image of Bruce Theriault
Bruce Theriault (R)
 
11.7
 
4,355
David Hagen (R)
 
11.7
 
4,351
Ken Sheffert (R)
 
11.4
 
4,239
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
7

Total votes: 37,133
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 (4 seats)

Incumbent Chris Muns, Erica de Vries, incumbent Michael Edgar, and Alan Scott Blair advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Muns
Chris Muns
 
25.9
 
1,322
Image of Erica de Vries
Erica de Vries
 
25.6
 
1,310
Image of Michael Edgar
Michael Edgar
 
25.2
 
1,290
Alan Scott Blair
 
23.0
 
1,177
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
14

Total votes: 5,113
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 (4 seats)

David Hagen, Nicholas Bridle, Ken Sheffert, and Bruce Theriault defeated George Attar in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
David Hagen
 
21.2
 
1,104
Image of Nicholas Bridle
Nicholas Bridle Candidate Connection
 
20.4
 
1,059
Ken Sheffert
 
20.1
 
1,044
Image of Bruce Theriault
Bruce Theriault
 
19.9
 
1,036
George Attar
 
18.0
 
935
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
21

Total votes: 5,199
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Endorsements

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Pledges

Sheffert signed the following pledges.

  • U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Muns
Chris Muns (D)
 
13.4
 
4,512
Image of Michael Edgar
Michael Edgar (D)
 
13.3
 
4,480
Image of Candice O'Neil
Candice O'Neil (D)
 
13.3
 
4,463
Image of Tracy Emerick
Tracy Emerick (R)
 
12.7
 
4,282
Matthew Saunders (D)
 
12.5
 
4,220
Ken Sheffert (R)
 
11.8
 
3,964
Image of Bruce Theriault
Bruce Theriault (R)
 
11.5
 
3,881
William Jackson (R)
 
11.4
 
3,842
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
21

Total votes: 33,665
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 (4 seats)

Candice O'Neil, Chris Muns, incumbent Michael Edgar, and Matthew Saunders advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Candice O'Neil
Candice O'Neil
 
25.9
 
1,315
Image of Chris Muns
Chris Muns
 
25.7
 
1,305
Image of Michael Edgar
Michael Edgar
 
24.6
 
1,247
Matthew Saunders
 
23.5
 
1,194
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
13

Total votes: 5,074
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 (4 seats)

Ken Sheffert, Bruce Theriault, incumbent Tracy Emerick, and William Jackson advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Ken Sheffert
 
26.3
 
1,381
Image of Bruce Theriault
Bruce Theriault
 
24.6
 
1,292
Image of Tracy Emerick
Tracy Emerick
 
24.4
 
1,281
William Jackson
 
24.2
 
1,271
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
24

Total votes: 5,249
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 21 (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 21 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Edgar
Michael Edgar (D)
 
13.0
 
5,106
Image of Tracy Emerick
Tracy Emerick (R)
 
13.0
 
5,086
Image of Tom Loughman
Tom Loughman (D)
 
13.0
 
5,085
Image of Robert Cushing
Robert Cushing (D)
 
12.9
 
5,072
Image of Katherine Harake
Katherine Harake (D)
 
12.6
 
4,948
Ken Sheffert (R)
 
11.8
 
4,649
David Hagen (R)
 
11.8
 
4,643
Sharleene Hurst (R)
 
11.8
 
4,625
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
30

Total votes: 39,244
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 21 (4 seats)

Katherine Harake, incumbent Robert Cushing, incumbent Michael Edgar, and incumbent Tom Loughman advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 21 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Katherine Harake
Katherine Harake
 
25.7
 
1,597
Image of Robert Cushing
Robert Cushing
 
25.0
 
1,552
Image of Michael Edgar
Michael Edgar
 
24.9
 
1,543
Image of Tom Loughman
Tom Loughman
 
24.3
 
1,509
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
5

Total votes: 6,206
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 21 (4 seats)

Tracy Emerick, Ken Sheffert, David Hagen, and Sharleene Hurst advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 21 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tracy Emerick
Tracy Emerick
 
27.2
 
1,264
Ken Sheffert
 
24.8
 
1,153
David Hagen
 
24.8
 
1,151
Sharleene Hurst
 
23.2
 
1,076

Total votes: 4,644
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2016

General election

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives 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 Frederick Rice (R) did not seek re-election.

The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 21 general election.[1][2]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 21 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Robert Cushing Incumbent 13.25% 4,256
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mike Edgar Incumbent 13.03% 4,186
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Philip W. Bean 13.78% 4,427
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tracy Emerick Incumbent 12.98% 4,170
     Democratic Graham Bunce 11.55% 3,709
     Democratic Dick Desrosiers 11.94% 3,837
     Republican Sharleene Page Hurst 11.72% 3,766
     Republican Ken Sheffert 11.75% 3,773
Total Votes 32,124
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Graham Bunce, incumbent Robert Cushing, Dick Desrosiers, and incumbent Mike Edgar were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 21 Democratic primary.[3][4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 21 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Graham Bunce
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Robert Cushing Incumbent
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dick Desrosiers
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mike Edgar Incumbent


Philip W. Bean, incumbent Tracy Emerick, Sharleene Page Hurst, and Ken Sheffert were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 21 Republican primary.[3][4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 21 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Philip W. Bean
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tracy Emerick Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Sharleene Page Hurst
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ken Sheffert

Special election

See also: New Hampshire state legislative special elections, 2016

A special election for the position of New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 21 was called for March 8.[5]

The seat was vacant following David Wood's (R) resignation in December 2015.[6]

Mike Edgar (D) defeated Ken Sheffert (R) and Phil Bean (I) in the special election.[7][5][8]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 21, Special Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMike Edgar 39.9% 1,467
     Independent Phil Bean 30.9% 1,134
     Republican Ken Sheffert 29.2% 1,074
Total Votes 3,675

2014

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives 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. Four candidates were unopposed in the Democratic primary, and four candidates were unopposed in the Republican primary.[9] The general election was contested by four Democrats and four Republicans. The Democrats were Robert Cushing, Frank D. DeLuca, Michael Edgar, and George D. Harvey. The Republicans participants were Tracy Emerick, Frederick Rice, Ken Sheffert, and David Wood. The initial vote count following the general election triggered a mandatory re-count that took place on Thursday, November 13, 2014.[10] Cushing, Emerick, Rice, and Wood defeated DeLuca, Edgar, Harvey and Sheffert in the general election.[11]

New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 21 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFrederick Rice Incumbent 15.2% 3,676
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTracy Emerick Incumbent 14.6% 3,513
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Wood 13% 3,125
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Cushing Incumbent 12.6% 3,029
     Republican Ken Sheffert 12.5% 3,025
     Democratic Frank D. DeLuca 11.5% 2,776
     Democratic Michael Edgar 10.9% 2,635
     Democratic George D. Harvey 9.7% 2,347
Total Votes 24,126

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Sheffert ran for re-election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 21. Sheffert advanced past the September 11 primary and was defeated in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[12][13]

2010

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2010

On November 2, 2010, Sheffert won election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[14][15]

Sheffert advanced past the September 14 primary election. He faced incumbent Robert Cushing (D), incumbent Christopher Nevins (R), Bill Ford (D), Dick Desrosiers (D), Larry Stuker (D), Kevin Sullivan (R), Frederick Rice (R), Jim Waddell (R), and Chris Muns (D) in the November 2 general election.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 15 general election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Christopher Nevins (R) 3,498
Green check mark transparent.png Frederick Rice (R) 3,327
Green check mark transparent.png Kevin Sullivan (R) 3,211
Green check mark transparent.png Jim Waddell (R) 3,091
Green check mark transparent.png Kenneth Sheffert (R) 2,665
Robert Cushing (D) 2,579
Chris Muns (D) 2,502
Dick Desrosiers (D) 2,311
Larry Stuker (D) 2,161
Bill Ford (D) 2,160

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Ken Sheffert did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Ken Sheffert did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Ken Sheffert did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Ken Sheffert campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29Lost general$0 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 29Lost general$0 $0
Grand total$0 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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

Endorsements

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Ken Sheffert endorsed Newt Gingrich in the 2012 presidential election.[16]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
  2. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
  3. 3.0 3.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
  4. 4.0 4.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
  5. 5.0 5.1 seacoastonline.com, "No contest primary for House seat draws 341 voters," accessed February 26, 2016
  6. seacoastonline.com, "Wood resigns from Hampton N.H. House seat," December 7, 2015
  7. Patch.com, "Hampton, North Hampton Town Election Results," accessed March 9, 2016
  8. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Rockingham County District No. 21 (Hampton)," accessed March 28, 2016
  9. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed July 1, 2014
  10. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "RECOUNTS - General Election – November 4, 2014," accessed November 7, 2014
  11. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Representative - 2014 General Election," accessed November 16, 2014
  12. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Results," accessed May 15, 2014
  13. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014
  14. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2010 Primary Election Results," accessed May 16, 2014
  15. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2010 General Election Results," accessed May 16, 2014
  16. Union Leader, "Primary Status: Goffstown House member, former Perry supporter, now backing Mitt Romney," November 29, 2011


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