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Michael Thornton
Michael Thornton (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Hillsborough 23. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Peter Petrigno (D) | 13.7 | 4,051 |
| ✔ |  | Bill King (R) | 13.4 | 3,954 |
| ✔ |  | Vanessa Sheehan (R) | 13.1 | 3,861 |
| ✔ |  | Maria Perez (D) | 12.9 | 3,822 |
| Michael Thornton (R) | 12.5 | 3,680 | ||
Alexander Lloyd (D)  | 11.5 | 3,408 | ||
| Herb Salmon (D) | 11.5 | 3,388 | ||
| Steve Tourangeau (R) | 11.4 | 3,372 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 29,538 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 (4 seats)
Herb Salmon, incumbent Peter Petrigno, Maria Perez, and Alexander Lloyd advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Herb Salmon | 26.4 | 1,206 | |
| ✔ | | Peter Petrigno | 26.2 | 1,196 |
| ✔ | | Maria Perez | 25.2 | 1,148 |
| ✔ | Alexander Lloyd | 22.2 | 1,011 | |
| Total votes: 4,561 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 (4 seats)
Michael Thornton, Vanessa Sheehan, Bill King, and Steve Tourangeau advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Thornton | 27.2 | 1,132 | |
| ✔ | | Vanessa Sheehan | 25.2 | 1,049 |
| ✔ | | Bill King | 24.5 | 1,020 |
| ✔ | Steve Tourangeau | 22.6 | 942 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 16 | ||
| Total votes: 4,159 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joelle Martin (D) | 14.5 | 3,310 | |
| ✔ |  | Paul Dargie (D) | 13.7 | 3,110 |
| ✔ | | Peter Petrigno (D) | 13.6 | 3,106 |
| ✔ | Charlie Burns (R) | 12.1 | 2,745 | |
| John Frazier (D) | 12.0 | 2,721 | ||
| Carolyn Halstead (R) | 11.7 | 2,655 | ||
| Michael Thornton (R) | 11.2 | 2,558 | ||
| John Yule (R) | 11.2 | 2,551 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 22,760 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 (4 seats)
Incumbent Joelle Martin, Paul Dargie, Peter Petrigno, and John Frazier advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joelle Martin | 28.4 | 1,062 | |
| ✔ | | Paul Dargie | 24.8 | 929 |
| ✔ | | Peter Petrigno | 24.5 | 918 |
| ✔ | John Frazier | 22.2 | 832 | |
| Total votes: 3,741 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 (4 seats)
Incumbent Charlie Burns, incumbent Carolyn Halstead, John Yule, and Michael Thornton advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 23 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charlie Burns | 28.0 | 781 | |
| ✔ | Carolyn Halstead | 24.9 | 693 | |
| ✔ | John Yule | 23.7 | 661 | |
| ✔ | Michael Thornton | 23.4 | 651 | |
| Total votes: 2,786 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Thornton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
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