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Ken Wells (New Hampshire)
Ken Wells (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack 1. He assumed office on December 5, 2018. He left office on December 1, 2020.
Wells (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Merrimack 5. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Wells was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Louise Andrus and Deborah Aylward defeated Ken Wells and Lorna Carlisle in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Louise Andrus (R) | 28.2 | 2,021 |
| ✔ |  | Deborah Aylward (R) | 24.4 | 1,749 |
| Ken Wells (D) | 24.3 | 1,741 | ||
| Lorna Carlisle (D) | 23.2 | 1,663 | ||
| Total votes: 7,174 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)
Ken Wells and Lorna Carlisle advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ken Wells | 51.1 | 513 | |
| ✔ | Lorna Carlisle | 48.5 | 487 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 1,004 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Louise Andrus and Deborah Aylward advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 5 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Louise Andrus | 58.4 | 700 |
| ✔ | | Deborah Aylward | 39.5 | 474 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 25 | ||
| Total votes: 1,199 | |||
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2020
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1
Louise Andrus defeated incumbent Ken Wells in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Louise Andrus (R) | 53.9 | 1,679 |
| Ken Wells (D) | 46.1 | 1,436 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 3,117 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1
Incumbent Ken Wells advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ken Wells | 99.2 | 625 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 630 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1
Louise Andrus advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Louise Andrus | 99.4 | 653 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 657 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1
Ken Wells defeated Louise Andrus in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ken Wells (D) | 50.9 | 1,128 | |
| Louise Andrus (R) | 49.0 | 1,086 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 2,215 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1
Ken Wells advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ken Wells | 100.0 | 485 | |
| Total votes: 485 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1
Louise Andrus advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Louise Andrus | 100.0 | 39 |
| Total votes: 39 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ken Wells did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Ken Wells did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
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2020
In 2020, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 30. The session was suspended from March 14 to June 11.
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- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2019
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In 2019, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 2 through June 30.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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| Preceded by Anne Copp (R) |
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 1 2018–2020 |
Succeeded by Louise Andrus (R) |
