New Hampshire 2012 legislative election results

The tabs below contain analysis of election results in the 2012 legislative elections for New Hampshire.

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New Hampshire State Senate Election Results

This page contains macro-level election results and analysis for the New Hampshire State Senate 2012 elections. For results in individual contests see our New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2012 page. The following is a breakdown of the state Senate before and after the election:

New Hampshire State Senate
Party		As of November 5, 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	5	11
	Republican Party	19	13
Total		24	24

What You'll See on This Page

This page displays the following lists of candidates:

• Incumbents who ran on November 6
• Newly elected senators
• List of all winners
• Unopposed candidates
• Third party candidates

State Senate Overview:

• A total of 24 of the state's Senate seats were up for election in 2012.

Incumbents

Incumbents who ran on November 6

The following is a list of all of the incumbents who were on the November 6 general election ballot:

1. Jeanie Forrester
2. Jim Luther
3. Jim Rausch
4. Chuck Morse
5. Nancy Stiles
6. Russell Prescott
7. Peter Bragdon
8. Jeb Bradley
9. David Boutin
10. Sharon Carson
11. Bob Odell
12. Molly Kelly
13. Sylvia Larsen
14. Lou D'Allesandro
15. Steve Cassano

Incumbents defeated

The following is a list of incumbents defeated in 2012:

General election

• Jim Luther

Challengers who beat an incumbent

The following is a list of challengers who defeated an incumbent in 2012:

General election

• Peggy Gilmour

New State Senators and General Election Winners

Newly elected senators

The following list displays newly-elected members of the New Hampshire State Senate:

Democratic

1. David Watters
2. David Pierce (New Hampshire Senate)
3. Peggy Gilmour
4. Bette Lasky
5. Martha Fuller Clark
6. Jeff Woodburn
7. Donna Soucy
8. Andrew Hosmer

Republican

1. Sam Cataldo
2. John Reagan

Open Seat Winners

The following displays a list of candidates who won election in seats where there was no incumbent:

Democratic

1. David Pierce (New Hampshire Senate)
2. David Watters
3. Bette Lasky
4. Andrew Hosmer
5. Martha Fuller Clark
6. Jeff Woodburn
7. Donna Soucy

Republican

1. John Reagan
2. Sam Cataldo

Candidates who won election

The following is a list of all candidates elected to the New Hampshire State Senate:

Democratic

1. David Watters
2. David Pierce (New Hampshire Senate)
3. Molly Kelly
4. Peggy Gilmour
5. Bette Lasky
6. Sylvia Larsen
7. Lou D'Allesandro
8. Martha Fuller Clark
9. Jeff Woodburn
10. Donna Soucy
11. Andrew Hosmer
12. Steve Cassano

Republican

1. Sam Cataldo
2. John Reagan
3. Jeanie Forrester
4. Jim Rausch
5. Chuck Morse
6. Nancy Stiles
7. Russell Prescott
8. Peter Bragdon
9. Jeb Bradley
10. David Boutin
11. Sharon Carson
12. Bob Odell

Competitiveness

Unopposed candidates in general election

The following candidates did not face major party competition:

Republican

1. Peter Bragdon

Ballot Access

Third party candidates

The following is a list of third party and independent candidates who ran in 2012:

1. Richard B. Kahn
2. Richard Tomasso
3. Arthur J. Beaudry

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New Hampshire State House Election Results

This page contains macro-level election results and analysis for the New Hampshire House of Representatives elections in 2012. For results in individual contests, see our New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012. The following is a breakdown of the state House before and after the election:

New Hampshire House of Representatives
Party		As of November 5, 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	103	221
	Republican Party	288	179
	Independent	2	0
	Vacancy	7	0
Total		400	400

What You'll See on This Page

This page displays the following lists of candidates:

• Incumbents who ran on November 6
• Newly elected representatives
• List of all winners
• Unopposed candidates
• Third party candidates

State House Overview

• All 400 of the state's House seats were up for election in 2012.

Incumbency Analysis

Incumbents who ran on November 6

The following is a list of all of the incumbents who were on the November 6 general election ballot:

1. Andy Schmidt
2. Phil Ginsburg
3. Benjamin Lefebvre
4. Marsha Pelletier
5. Dale Spainhower
6. Patricia Lovejoy
7. Dick Patten
8. June Frazer
9. Jim MacKay (New Hampshire)
10. Jennifer Daler
11. Marjorie Porter
12. Gary Coulombe
13. Bruce Tatro
14. Cynthia Chase
15. Gladys Johnsen
16. Colette Worsman
17. Bob Greemore
18. Franklin Tilton
19. Robert Luther (New Hampshire)
20. Robert Kingsbury
21. Harry Accornero
22. Guy Comtois
23. Frank McCarthy (New Hampshire)
24. Harry Merrow
25. Steve Schmidt (New Hampshire)
26. Robert Moore (New Hampshire)
27. Anne Cartwright
28. Edwin Smith
29. Charlie Moore
30. Duffy Daugherty
31. Gregory Sorg
32. Lester Bradley
33. Paul Simard
34. Jeff Shackett
35. Skip Reilly
36. Charles Sova
37. Paul Mirski
38. Robert Fredette
39. Holly Mecheski
40. Daniel Donovan (New Hampshire)
41. James Coffey
42. Jim Parison
43. Bruce Marcus
44. William Condra
45. Jim Belanger
46. Jack Flanagan
47. Peter Hansen
48. Stephen Stepanek
49. Mark Warden
50. John Burt
51. Win Hutchinson
52. Kathleen Souza
53. Mike Ball (New Hampshire)
54. Mark Proulx
55. Carlos Gonzalez (New Hampshire)
56. Tammy Simmons Garthwaite
57. Matthew Swank
58. Keith Murphy
59. Jeanine Notter
60. Lenette Peterson
61. Joseph Thomas (New Hampshire)
62. Dick Barry
63. Sean McGuinness
64. Kathleen Stroud
65. Kevin Avard
66. Michael Balboni
67. Donald McClarren
68. Lisa Scontsas
69. Michael Buxton
70. Timothy Twombly
71. Duane Erickson
72. Bill Ohm
73. David Robbins (New Hampshire)
74. Michael Reed
75. Don LeBrun
76. James Summers (New Hampshire)
77. George Lambert
78. Steve Winter
79. Gregory Hill (New Hampshire)
80. Mark Lindsley
81. Brandon Giuda
82. Kenneth Kreis
83. Dan McGuire (New Hampshire)
84. Jon Richardson
85. Brian Seaworth
86. Kyle Tasker
87. Joe Duarte
88. Stella Tremblay
89. Daniel Tamburello
90. David Lundgren (New Hampshire)
91. John Sytek
92. Kevin Waterhouse
93. Gary Azarian
94. James Webb (New Hampshire)
95. John O'Connor (New Hampshire State Representative)
96. Jeffrey Oligny
97. Kevin Reichard
98. Brian Chirichiello
99. Jason Antosz
100. Regina Birdsell
101. Adam Schroadter
102. Lee Quandt
103. Timothy Copeland
104. Patrick Abrami
105. Michele Peckham
106. Frederick Rice
107. Laura Jones (New Hampshire)
108. Cliff Newton
109. Fred Leonard (New Hampshire)
110. Susan DeLemus
111. Philip Munck
112. Bill O'Connor (New Hampshire House)
113. Robbie Parsons
114. Joseph Pitre (New Hampshire)
115. Michael Weeden
116. Donald Andolina
117. Spec Bowers
118. Paul LaCasse
119. Charlene Marcotte Lovett
120. Thomas Laware
121. Benjamin Baroody
122. Patrick Garrity
123. Thomas Katsiantonis
124. Barbara Shaw
125. Brian Rhodes (New Hampshire)
126. Lucinda Rosenwald
127. Mary Gorman
128. Kenneth Gidge
129. David Cote
130. Gary Richardson (New Hampshire)
131. David Campbell (New Hampshire)
132. Mary Gile
133. Carol McGuire
134. Harold Rice
135. Mary Jane Wallner
136. Rick Watrous
137. Kathleen Hoelzel
138. Marcia Moody
139. Terie Norelli
140. Laura Pantelakos
141. Sandra Keans
142. Anne Grassie
143. Roger Berube
144. Stephen Shurtleff
145. Candace Bouchard
146. Donna Schlachman
147. Jacqueline Cali-Pitts
148. Naida Kaen
149. Judith Spang
150. Robert Perry (New Hampshire)
151. Raymond Gagnon
152. Tara Sad
153. Lucy McVitty Weber
154. Kris Roberts
155. Charles Weed
156. William Butynski
157. Henry Parkhurst
158. Alfred Lerandeau
159. Evalyn Merrick
160. William Hatch
161. Robert Theberge
162. James Aguiar (New Hampshire House District Grafton 7)
163. Yvonne Thomas
164. Sharon Nordgren
165. Mary Cooney
166. Bernard Benn
167. Chuck Townsend
168. Susan Almy
169. Andrew White (New Hampshire)
170. Laurie Harding
171. Peter Leishman
172. Peter Ramsey
173. Jean Jeudy
174. Jeffrey Goley
175. Nickolas Levasseur
176. Theodoros Rokas
177. Daniel Sullivan (New Hampshire)
178. Patrick Long (New Hampshire state senator)
179. Thomas Howard (New Hampshire)
180. Beverly Rodeschin
181. Pamela Tucker
182. Warren Groen
183. Lawrence Perkins
184. Timothy Comerford
185. Daniel Itse
186. John Sedensky
187. Ken Weyler
188. James Devine
189. Elisabeth Sanders
190. Norman Major
191. Will Smith (New Hampshire House Rockingham 18)
192. Gene Charron
193. Robert Elliott (New Hampshire)
194. Frank Sapareto
195. Matthew Quandt
196. Amy Perkins
197. Walter Kolodziej
198. Charles McMahon
199. Betsy McKinney
200. Sherman Packard
201. Joseph Hagan
202. Debra DeSimone
203. Beverly Ann Ferrante
204. Robert Fesh
205. Alfred Baldasaro
206. Robert Introne
207. Ronald Belanger
208. Marilinda Garcia
209. Frank Kotowski
210. Todd Smith, New Hampshire Representative
211. Jennifer Coffey
212. Priscilla Lockwood
213. David Hess
214. David Kidder
215. Robert Haefner
216. Jordan Ulery
217. Mary Griffin
218. Lars Christiansen
219. Russell Ober
220. Lynne Ober
221. Carl Seidel
222. Michael McCarthy (New Hampshire)
223. Edith Hogan
224. Peter Silva
225. Tony Pellegrino
226. Dick Hinch
227. John Cebrowski
228. Moe Villeneuve
229. Larry Gagne
230. William Infantine
231. Gary Hopper
232. Calvin Pratt
233. Dennis Reed
234. Neal Kurk
235. Andrew Renzullo
236. John Hikel
237. Shawn Jasper
238. Ralph Boehm
239. Robert Willette
240. Steve Vaillancourt
241. Irene Messier
242. Rick Ladd
243. Edmond Gionet
244. Paul Ingbretson
245. Herbert Richardson
246. John Tholl
247. Susan Emerson
248. Franklin Sterling Jr.
249. Laurence Rappaport
250. Jane Johnson
251. Karen Umberger
252. Gary Daniels
253. Dennis Fields
254. Gene Chandler
255. Robert Rowe
256. Carolyn Gargasz
257. Donald Flanders
258. Lyle Bulis
259. Mark McConkey
260. Christopher Ahlgren
261. John Hunt (New Hampshire)
262. J.R. Hoell
263. Dorothea Hooper
264. Lawrence Kappler
265. Peter Sullivan
266. Beatriz Pastor
267. Ross Terrio
268. John Graham, New Hampshire Representative
269. Ken Sheffert
270. Suzanne Smith (New Hampshire)
271. Josh Davenport (New Hampshire)
272. Stephen Palmer (New Hampshire)
273. William O'Brien (New Hampshire)
274. Mary Allen (New Hampshire)
275. Peter Schmidt (New Hampshire)
276. Timothy Horrigan
277. Janet Wall
278. John Cloutier
279. Steven Smith, New Hampshire Politician

New Representatives and General Election Winners

Newly elected representatives

The following lists the newly-elected members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives:

Democratic

1. Chris Muns
2. Linda Harriott-Gathright
3. Bob Backus
4. Ruth Heden
5. Richard Ames (New Hampshire)
6. Paul Berch
7. Ruth Gulick
8. Syndi White
9. George Katsiantonis
10. Joel Winters
11. Timothy Soucy
12. Leigh Webb
13. Michael O'Brien Sr. (New Hampshire)
14. Joy Tilton
15. Mary Ann Knowles
16. Dianne Schuett
17. Barbara French
18. Mary Beth Walz
19. Maureen Mann
20. Robert Cushing
21. David Borden (New Hampshire)
22. Rose Marie Rogers
23. Deanna Rollo
24. Kenneth Ward
25. Rachel Burke (New Hampshire)
26. Cynthia Sweeney
27. Tom Buco
28. Susan Ford
29. Carol Friedrich
30. Catherine Mulholland
31. Gilman Shattuck
32. Melanie Levesque
33. Robert Thompson, New Hampshire Representative
34. Robert Walsh (New Hampshire)
35. Shannon Chandley
36. Brenda Grady
37. Elaine Andrews-Ahearn
38. Lisa DiMartino
39. Ed Butler (New Hampshire)
40. Douglas Ley
41. Wayne Moynihan
42. Sylvia Gale
43. Mario Ratzki
44. Thomas Schamberg
45. Clyde Carson
46. Paul Henle
47. Lorrie Carey
48. Tom Sherman
49. Ken Grossman
50. James Verschueren
51. David Miller (New Hampshire)
52. Sue Gottling
53. David Huot
54. Ian Raymond
55. Beth Arsenault
56. John Mann
57. Marge Shepardson
58. Rebecca Brown
59. Larry Phillips (New Hampshire)
60. Harry Young
61. Patricia Higgins
62. David Woodbury
63. Timothy Smith (New Hampshire)
64. Angeline Kopka
65. Jill Hammond
66. Jan Schmidt
67. Douglas Carroll
68. Stacie-Marie Laughton
69. Michael Garcia (New Hampshire)
70. Geoffrey Hirsch
71. Jeremy Dobson
72. Brian Wazlaw
73. Audrey Stevens
74. Scott Burns (New Hampshire)
75. Karen Ebel
76. Caroletta Alicea
77. Howard Moffett
78. Jane Hunt
79. Mary Frambach
80. Christy Bartlett
81. Katherine Rogers
82. David Karrick
83. Chris Andrews (New Hampshire)
84. Elizabeth Burtis
85. Mary Till
86. Bill Baber
87. Andrew O'Hearne
88. Roger Menear
89. Virginia Irwin
90. Sid Lovett
91. Stephen Spratt
92. Tim O'Flaherty
93. Jack Kelley
94. Daniel Hansberry
95. Roland LaPlante
96. Steven Briden
97. Eileen Flockhart
98. Marcia Hammon
99. Eric Palangas
100. Tom Lavender
101. Linda Massimilla
102. Wendy Piper
103. David McCloskey
104. Mary Nelson (New Hampshire)
105. Ronald Boisvert
106. Mel Myler
107. Rebecca Emerson-Brown
108. Frank Heffron
109. Janice Gardner
110. Greg Burdwood
111. Stephen Ketel
112. Susan Ticehurst
113. Richard Eaton (New Hampshire state representative)
114. Richard McNamara (New Hampshire state representative)
115. Alisson Turcotte
116. Lisa Whittemore
117. Barbara Helmstetter
118. Joe Scarlotto
119. Daniel Eaton
120. Larry Enman
121. Linda Lauer
122. Evelyn Connor
123. Jonathan Manley
124. Kermit Williams (New Hampshire)
125. Ruth Gage
126. Carol Williams (New Hampshire)
127. Delmar Burridge
128. Thomas Donovan
129. Jane Beaulieu
130. Paul Hackel
131. Timothy Robertson
132. Sally Hoskinson Kelly
133. Frank Davis (Vermont House of Representatives Orleans-1 District)
134. Marjorie Smith
135. Linda Tanner

Republican

1. Laurie Sanborn
2. Mariellen MacKay
3. Michael Garcia (New Hampshire)
4. Richard Meaney
5. Andre Martel
6. Franklin Bishop
7. Romeo Danais
8. Tracy Emerick
9. Richard Gordon (New Hampshire)
10. Steven Beaudoin
11. Richard Burchell
12. Bill Nelson (New Hampshire)
13. Jim Grenier
14. John Mullen
15. Bob Nigrello
16. Jack Hayes (New Hampshire)
17. Phil Straight
18. Shawn Sweeney (New Hampshire)
19. Richard LeVasseur
20. Dan Dumaine
21. Jane Cormier
22. Leon Rideout
23. Brad Bailey (New Hampshire)
24. Dick Marston
25. Charlene Takesian
26. David Murotake
27. Patrick Culbert
28. Bruce Hodgdon
29. David Thompson (New Hampshire)
30. Patrick Bick
31. William Friel
32. Herb Vadney
33. Kelleigh Murphy
34. Kevin St. James
35. Stephen Holmes
36. Ralph Doolan
37. David Danielson
38. Bianca Garcia (New Hampshire)
39. Curtis Grace
40. Jeffrey Harris (New Hampshire)
41. Glenn Cordelli
42. Frank Byron
43. Michael Sylvia
44. Charles Fink
45. Anne Priestley
46. Donald Wright

Open Seat Winners

The following lists candidates who won election in seats where no incumbent was running:

Democratic

1. Ruth Gulick
2. David Huot
3. Ed Butler (New Hampshire)
4. Lisa DiMartino

Republican

1. Donald Wright
2. Richard Burchell
3. Herb Vadney
4. Stephen Holmes

Candidates who won election

The following lists all candidates elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2012:

Democratic

1. Andy Schmidt
2. Phil Ginsburg
3. Benjamin Lefebvre
4. Marsha Pelletier
5. Dale Spainhower
6. Chris Muns
7. Patricia Lovejoy
8. Dick Patten
9. June Frazer
10. Jim MacKay (New Hampshire)
11. Linda Harriott-Gathright
12. Bob Backus
13. Ruth Heden
14. Marjorie Porter
15. Gary Coulombe
16. Richard Ames (New Hampshire)
17. Bruce Tatro
18. Cynthia Chase
19. Gladys Johnsen
20. Paul Berch
21. Ruth Gulick
22. Syndi White
23. Jack Flanagan
24. Patrick Garrity
25. Thomas Katsiantonis
26. Barbara Shaw
27. George Katsiantonis
28. Joel Winters
29. Brian Rhodes (New Hampshire)
30. Lucinda Rosenwald
31. Mary Gorman
32. Kenneth Gidge
33. Timothy Soucy
34. David Cote
35. Leigh Webb
36. Gary Richardson (New Hampshire)
37. David Campbell (New Hampshire)
38. Michael O'Brien Sr. (New Hampshire)
39. Joy Tilton
40. Mary Ann Knowles
41. Dianne Schuett
42. Mary Gile
43. Barbara French
44. Harold Rice
45. Mary Jane Wallner
46. Rick Watrous
47. Mary Beth Walz
48. Maureen Mann
49. Marcia Moody
50. Robert Cushing
51. Terie Norelli
52. Laura Pantelakos
53. David Borden (New Hampshire)
54. Anne Grassie
55. Rose Marie Rogers
56. Roger Berube
57. Stephen Shurtleff
58. Candace Bouchard
59. Donna Schlachman
60. Jacqueline Cali-Pitts
61. Deanna Rollo
62. Kenneth Ward
63. Rachel Burke (New Hampshire)
64. Naida Kaen
65. Judith Spang
66. Cynthia Sweeney
67. Robert Perry (New Hampshire)
68. Raymond Gagnon
69. Tom Buco
70. Tara Sad
71. Lucy McVitty Weber
72. Kris Roberts
73. Charles Weed
74. William Butynski
75. Henry Parkhurst
76. Alfred Lerandeau
77. William Hatch
78. Susan Ford
79. James Aguiar (New Hampshire House District Grafton 7)
80. Carol Friedrich
81. Yvonne Thomas
82. Sharon Nordgren
83. Mary Cooney
84. Bernard Benn
85. Chuck Townsend
86. Catherine Mulholland
87. Susan Almy
88. Andrew White (New Hampshire)
89. Laurie Harding
90. Gilman Shattuck
91. Peter Leishman
92. Peter Ramsey
93. Jean Jeudy
94. Melanie Levesque
95. Jeffrey Goley
96. Nickolas Levasseur
97. Theodoros Rokas
98. Daniel Sullivan (New Hampshire)
99. Robert Thompson, New Hampshire Representative
100. Patrick Long (New Hampshire state senator)
101. Robert Walsh (New Hampshire)
102. Herbert Richardson
103. Dorothea Hooper
104. Peter Sullivan
105. Shannon Chandley
106. Brenda Grady
107. Elaine Andrews-Ahearn
108. Lisa DiMartino
109. Ed Butler (New Hampshire)
110. Douglas Ley
111. Wayne Moynihan
112. Sylvia Gale
113. Mario Ratzki
114. Thomas Schamberg
115. Clyde Carson
116. Paul Henle
117. Lorrie Carey
118. Tom Sherman
119. Ken Grossman
120. James Verschueren
121. David Miller (New Hampshire)
122. Sue Gottling
123. David Huot
124. Ian Raymond
125. Beth Arsenault
126. John Mann
127. Marge Shepardson
128. Rebecca Brown
129. Larry Phillips (New Hampshire)
130. Harry Young
131. Patricia Higgins
132. David Woodbury
133. Timothy Smith (New Hampshire)
134. Angeline Kopka
135. Jill Hammond
136. Jan Schmidt
137. Douglas Carroll
138. Stacie-Marie Laughton
139. Michael Garcia (New Hampshire)
140. Geoffrey Hirsch
141. Jeremy Dobson
142. Brian Wazlaw
143. Audrey Stevens
144. Scott Burns (New Hampshire)
145. Karen Ebel
146. Caroletta Alicea
147. Howard Moffett
148. Jane Hunt
149. Mary Frambach
150. Christy Bartlett
151. Katherine Rogers
152. David Karrick
153. Chris Andrews (New Hampshire)
154. Elizabeth Burtis
155. Mary Till
156. Bill Baber
157. Andrew O'Hearne
158. Roger Menear
159. Virginia Irwin
160. Sid Lovett
161. Stephen Spratt
162. Tim O'Flaherty
163. Jack Kelley
164. Daniel Hansberry
165. Roland LaPlante
166. Steven Briden
167. Eileen Flockhart
168. Marcia Hammon
169. Eric Palangas
170. Tom Lavender
171. Linda Massimilla
172. Wendy Piper
173. David McCloskey
174. Mary Nelson (New Hampshire)
175. Ronald Boisvert
176. Mel Myler
177. Rebecca Emerson-Brown
178. Frank Heffron
179. Janice Gardner
180. Greg Burdwood
181. Stephen Ketel
182. Susan Ticehurst
183. Richard Eaton (New Hampshire state representative)
184. Richard McNamara (New Hampshire state representative)
185. Alisson Turcotte
186. Lisa Whittemore
187. Barbara Helmstetter
188. Joe Scarlotto
189. Daniel Eaton
190. Larry Enman
191. Beatriz Pastor
192. Linda Lauer
193. Evelyn Connor
194. Jonathan Manley
195. Kermit Williams (New Hampshire)
196. Ruth Gage
197. Carol Williams (New Hampshire)
198. Delmar Burridge
199. Thomas Donovan
200. Jane Beaulieu
201. Paul Hackel
202. Timothy Robertson
203. Suzanne Smith (New Hampshire)
204. Sally Hoskinson Kelly
205. Frank Davis (Vermont House of Representatives Orleans-1 District)
206. Peter Schmidt (New Hampshire)
207. Timothy Horrigan
208. Marjorie Smith
209. Janet Wall
210. John Cloutier
211. Linda Tanner

Republican

1. Colette Worsman
2. Bob Greemore
3. Franklin Tilton
4. Robert Luther (New Hampshire)
5. Guy Comtois
6. Harry Merrow
7. Steve Schmidt (New Hampshire)
8. Lester Bradley
9. Jeff Shackett
10. Skip Reilly
11. James Coffey
12. Jim Parison
13. Jim Belanger
14. Jack Flanagan
15. Peter Hansen
16. Mark Warden
17. John Burt
18. Kathleen Souza
19. Keith Murphy
20. Jeanine Notter
21. Lenette Peterson
22. Dick Barry
23. Kathleen Stroud
24. Don LeBrun
25. George Lambert
26. Laurie Sanborn
27. Dan McGuire (New Hampshire)
28. Kyle Tasker
29. Joe Duarte
30. Stella Tremblay
31. Daniel Tamburello
32. David Lundgren (New Hampshire)
33. John Sytek
34. Kevin Waterhouse
35. Gary Azarian
36. James Webb (New Hampshire)
37. John O'Connor (New Hampshire State Representative)
38. Jeffrey Oligny
39. Brian Chirichiello
40. Regina Birdsell
41. Adam Schroadter
42. Timothy Copeland
43. Patrick Abrami
44. Michele Peckham
45. Frederick Rice
46. Laura Jones (New Hampshire)
47. Robbie Parsons
48. Joseph Pitre (New Hampshire)
49. Carol McGuire
50. Kathleen Hoelzel
51. Robert Theberge
52. Pamela Tucker
53. Warren Groen
54. Lawrence Perkins
55. Timothy Comerford
56. Daniel Itse
57. John Sedensky
58. Ken Weyler
59. James Devine
60. Elisabeth Sanders
61. Norman Major
62. Gene Charron
63. Robert Elliott (New Hampshire)
64. Frank Sapareto
65. Amy Perkins
66. Walter Kolodziej
67. Charles McMahon
68. Betsy McKinney
69. Sherman Packard
70. Joseph Hagan
71. Debra DeSimone
72. Beverly Ann Ferrante
73. Robert Fesh
74. Alfred Baldasaro
75. Robert Introne
76. Ronald Belanger
77. Marilinda Garcia
78. Frank Kotowski
79. Todd Smith, New Hampshire Representative
80. Priscilla Lockwood
81. David Hess
82. David Kidder
83. Robert Haefner
84. Jordan Ulery
85. Mary Griffin
86. Lars Christiansen
87. Russell Ober
88. Lynne Ober
89. Michael McCarthy (New Hampshire)
90. Tony Pellegrino
91. Dick Hinch
92. John Cebrowski
93. Moe Villeneuve
94. Larry Gagne
95. William Infantine
96. Gary Hopper
97. Calvin Pratt
98. Dennis Reed
99. Neal Kurk
100. Andrew Renzullo
101. John Hikel
102. Shawn Jasper
103. Ralph Boehm
104. Robert Willette
105. Steve Vaillancourt
106. Rick Ladd
107. Edmond Gionet
108. Herbert Richardson
109. Susan Emerson
110. Laurence Rappaport
111. Jane Johnson
112. Karen Umberger
113. Gary Daniels
114. Dennis Fields
115. Gene Chandler
116. Robert Rowe
117. Carolyn Gargasz
118. Donald Flanders
119. Mark McConkey
120. Christopher Ahlgren
121. John Hunt (New Hampshire)
122. J.R. Hoell
123. Lawrence Kappler
124. Mariellen MacKay
125. Michael Garcia (New Hampshire)
126. Richard Meaney
127. Andre Martel
128. Franklin Bishop
129. Romeo Danais
130. Tracy Emerick
131. Richard Gordon (New Hampshire)
132. Steven Beaudoin
133. Richard Burchell
134. Bill Nelson (New Hampshire)
135. Jim Grenier
136. John Mullen
137. Bob Nigrello
138. Jack Hayes (New Hampshire)
139. Phil Straight
140. Shawn Sweeney (New Hampshire)
141. Richard LeVasseur
142. Dan Dumaine
143. Jane Cormier
144. Leon Rideout
145. Brad Bailey (New Hampshire)
146. Dick Marston
147. Charlene Takesian
148. David Murotake
149. Patrick Culbert
150. Bruce Hodgdon
151. David Thompson (New Hampshire)
152. Patrick Bick
153. William Friel
154. Herb Vadney
155. Kelleigh Murphy
156. Kevin St. James
157. Stephen Holmes
158. Ralph Doolan
159. David Danielson
160. Bianca Garcia (New Hampshire)
161. Curtis Grace
162. Jeffrey Harris (New Hampshire)
163. Glenn Cordelli
164. Frank Byron
165. Michael Sylvia
166. Charles Fink
167. Anne Priestley
168. John Graham, New Hampshire Representative
169. Donald Wright
170. Stephen Palmer (New Hampshire)
171. William O'Brien (New Hampshire)
172. Mary Allen (New Hampshire)
173. Steven Smith, New Hampshire Politician

Competitiveness

Unopposed candidates in general election

The following candidates did not face major party competition:

Democratic

1. George Condodemetraky
2. Ronald Cormier
3. Yvonne Thomas
4. Jean Jeudy
5. Delmar Burridge
6. Kris Roberts
7. Charles Weed
8. Henry Parkhurst
9. William Hatch
10. Bernard Benn
11. Sharon Nordgren
12. Susan Almy
13. Laurie Harding
14. Stephen Shurtleff
15. Rick Watrous
16. Peter Schmidt (New Hampshire)
17. Andrew White (New Hampshire)
18. Gladys Johnsen
19. Gary Coulombe
20. June Frazer
21. Jim MacKay (New Hampshire)
22. Dorothea Hooper
23. Peter Sullivan
24. Rebecca Emerson-Brown
25. Paul Henle
26. Patricia Higgins
27. James Verschueren
28. Jane Hunt
29. Bill Baber
30. Beatriz Pastor
31. Caroletta Alicea

Republican

1. Franklin Bishop
2. Robert Theberge
3. Susan Emerson
4. John Hunt (New Hampshire)
5. Edmond Gionet
6. Rick Ladd
7. David Hess
8. Frank Kotowski
9. Todd Smith, New Hampshire Representative
10. Kathleen Hoelzel
11. Lawrence Kappler
12. Amy Perkins
13. Lawrence Perkins
14. Pamela Tucker
15. Warren Groen

Ballot Access

Third party candidates

The following is a list of third party and independent candidates who ran in 2012:

1. Peter Bolster
2. John T. O'Brien
3. Russell A. Kotfila
4. Bob Heaton (New Hampshire)
5. Cynthia J. Dokmo
6. Betty B. Hall
7. Lisa M. Wilber
8. Michael Hubbard
9. Gerald G. Donatelli
10. Alexander Avery

National Partisan Trends

2012 Legislative Election Results
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National Partisan Trends

The following tables detail the partisan breakdown of national election results.

Incumbents who were defeated in the general election

In the 44 states with elections, there were 4,534 incumbents who ran in the general election. The following is a breakdown of incumbents defeated in the 2012 general election:

Incumbents defeated in 2012 legislative general election
Party	Senate	House	Total
Democratic	21	49	70
Republican	37	182	219
Third Party	2	3	5
TOTALS	60	234	294

Total new legislators elected

In total, 1,707 (28.4%) new legislators were elected in 2012. Of these 1,707, 849 (50.0%) were Republicans and 854 (50.0%) were Democrats.

The following is the breakdown of new legislators.

New Legislators after the 2012 legislative elections
Party	Senate	House	Total
Democratic	165	684	849
Republican	202	652	854
Independent	0	4	4
TOTALS	367	1,340	1,707

Winners of Open Seats

Open seats contests made up 705 (11.7%) of the 6,015 seats in 2012. Of these 705 open seats, Republicans won 401 (56.9%) while Democrats won 304 (43.1%). Going into the election, the number of open seats formerly held by each party was quite similar. Estimates prior to the election suggested that approximately 52% of the open seats were previously held by Republicans and 48% were held by Democrats.

The following is the breakdown of open seat winners.

Open Seat Winners in 2012 legislative elections
Party	Senate	House	Total
Democratic	82	220	302
Republican	105	296	401
Third Party	0	0	0
TOTALS	187	516	703

Impact on legislative majorities

See also: Partisan balance of state legislatures

Partisan Balance of Chambers with 2012 Elections
	Pre-election				Post-election
Legislative chamber
State senates	17	24	1	1	18	24	0	1
State houses	15	27	1	0	19	24	0	0
Totals:	32	51	2	1	37	48	0	1

Partisan Balance of All 99 Chambers Before and After 2012 Elections
	Pre-election				Post-election
Legislative chamber
State senates	19	28	2	1	20	28	1	1
State houses	17	31	1	0	21	28	0	0
Totals:	36	59	3	1	41	56	1	1