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New Hampshire House of Representatives District Carroll 2
New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 is represented by Anita Burroughs (D) and Chris McAleer (D).
As of the 2020 Census, New Hampshire state representatives represented an average of 3,448 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 3,304 residents.
About the office
Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. New Hampshire legislators assume office on the first Wednesday of December following the general election.[1]
Qualifications
To be eligible to serve in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, a candidate must be:[2]
- At least 18 years of age
- A registered voter
- A resident of the state for two years immediately preceding the election
- A resident of the town or ward the candidate is running to represent
Salaries
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[3] | |
|---|---|
| Salary | Per diem |
| $100/year | No per diem is paid. |
Vacancies
If there is a vacancy in the New Hampshire General Court, a special election must be held to fill the vacant seat. The governor and executive council must call a special election within 21 days of receiving proof of a vacancy or a request that a vacancy be filled.[4][5][6]
See sources: New Hampshire Cons. Part II, Articles 16 and 34 and New Hampshire Rev. Stat. Ann. § 661:8
District map
Redistricting
2020 redistricting cycle
On March 23, 2022, Gov. Chris Sununu (R) signed a new state house map into law. On May 6, Sununu signed a new state senate map into law. These maps took effect for New Hampshire's 2022 elections.
On Jan. 5, 2022, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 186-168 to approve the state House map.[7] On Feb. 16, the New Hampshire State Senate voted 14-10 to approve the map.[7] On Feb. 16, the New Hampshire State Senate voted 14-10 to approve the map.[7]
On Feb. 16, the state Senate voted 14-10 to approve the state Senate map. On April 21, the House voted 172-149 to approve the map.[8]
How does redistricting in New Hampshire work? In New Hampshire, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[9]
State law requires that state legislative districts "be contiguous, and maintain the boundaries of towns, wards, or unincorporated places." There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.[9]
New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2
until December 6, 2022
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2
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Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (2 seats)
Incumbent Anita Burroughs and incumbent Chris McAleer defeated Maureen Blanchard in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anita Burroughs (D) | 37.6 | 2,832 |
| ✔ |  | Chris McAleer (D) | 35.0 | 2,635 |
| Maureen Blanchard (R) | 27.2 | 2,048 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 7,526 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (2 seats)
Incumbent Anita Burroughs and incumbent Chris McAleer advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anita Burroughs | 57.4 | 1,080 |
| ✔ | | Chris McAleer | 42.3 | 796 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 1,883 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (2 seats)
Maureen Blanchard advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maureen Blanchard (Write-in) | 53.9 | 83 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 46.1 | 71 | ||
| Total votes: 154 | |||
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2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (2 seats)
Incumbent Anita Burroughs and incumbent Chris McAleer defeated Gene Chandler and Daniel Avery Bacon Jr. in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anita Burroughs (D) | 31.0 | 2,417 |
| ✔ | | Chris McAleer (D) | 28.6 | 2,232 |
 | Gene Chandler (R) | 23.4 | 1,827 | |
| Daniel Avery Bacon Jr. (R) | 16.9 | 1,319 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 7,798 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ray Gilmore (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (2 seats)
Incumbent Anita Burroughs and incumbent Chris McAleer advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anita Burroughs | 56.4 | 825 |
| ✔ | | Chris McAleer | 43.5 | 636 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 1,463 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (2 seats)
Gene Chandler advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gene Chandler (Write-in) | 43.1 | 56 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 56.9 | 74 | ||
| Total votes: 130 | |||
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2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stephen Woodcock (D) | 18.3 | 2,992 |
| ✔ |  | Tom Buco (D) | 17.7 | 2,898 |
| ✔ |  | Karen Umberger (R) | 17.1 | 2,787 |
| Ellin Leonard (D) | 16.1 | 2,638 | ||
| Frank McCarthy (R) | 15.6 | 2,545 | ||
| Wendy Richardson (R) | 15.2 | 2,483 | ||
| Total votes: 16,343 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (3 seats)
Incumbent Tom Buco, incumbent Stephen Woodcock, and Ellin Leonard advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Buco | 34.1 | 900 |
| ✔ | | Stephen Woodcock | 33.7 | 892 |
| ✔ | Ellin Leonard | 31.8 | 841 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 2,643 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (3 seats)
Frank McCarthy, Karen Umberger, and Wendy Richardson advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Frank McCarthy | 36.8 | 678 | |
| ✔ | | Karen Umberger | 35.2 | 648 |
| ✔ | Wendy Richardson | 27.5 | 506 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 1,843 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Buco (D) | 19.8 | 2,323 |
| ✔ |  | Harrison Kanzler (D) | 19.7 | 2,304 |
| ✔ | | Stephen Woodcock (D) | 18.7 | 2,187 |
| Karen Umberger (R) | 15.4 | 1,809 | |
| Frank McCarthy (R) | 14.5 | 1,696 | ||
| William Cuccio (R) | 11.9 | 1,400 | ||
| Total votes: 11,719 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (3 seats)
Incumbent Tom Buco, Harrison Kanzler, and Stephen Woodcock advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Buco | 35.5 | 651 |
| ✔ | | Harrison Kanzler | 32.8 | 602 |
| ✔ | | Stephen Woodcock | 31.7 | 581 |
| Total votes: 1,834 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 (3 seats)
Incumbent Frank McCarthy, incumbent Karen Umberger, and William Cuccio advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Frank McCarthy | 36.3 | 550 | |
| ✔ | | Karen Umberger | 34.4 | 522 |
| ✔ | William Cuccio | 29.3 | 444 | |
| Total votes: 1,516 | |||
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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.
The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Carroll 2 general election.[10][11]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Carroll 2 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Tom Buco Incumbent |
18.38% | 2,508 | |
| Republican | Frank McCarthy Incumbent |
17.39% | 2,372 | |
| Republican | Karen Umberger Incumbent |
18.38% | 2,507 | |
| Democratic | Sean Carney | 14.74% | 2,011 | |
| Democratic | Syndi White | 16.68% | 2,275 | |
| Republican | Billy Cuccio | 14.44% | 1,970 | |
| Total Votes | 13,643 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Tom Buco, Sean Carney, and Syndi White defeated Kate D. Frederick and Bert Weiss in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Carroll 2 Democratic primary.[12][13]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Carroll 2 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Tom Buco Incumbent |
34.90% | 348 | |
| Democratic | Sean Carney |
13.74% | 137 | |
| Democratic | Syndi White |
26.78% | 267 | |
| Democratic | Kate D. Frederick | 12.64% | 126 | |
| Democratic | Bert Weiss | 11.94% | 119 | |
| Total Votes | 997 | |||
Billy Cuccio, incumbent Frank McCarthy, and incumbent Karen Umberger defeated Daniel Avery Bacon Jr. in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Carroll 2 Republican primary.[12][13]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Carroll 2 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Billy Cuccio |
20.99% | 339 | |
| Republican | Frank McCarthy Incumbent |
33.13% | 535 | |
| Republican | Karen Umberger Incumbent |
29.66% | 479 | |
| Republican | Daniel Avery Bacon Jr. | 16.22% | 262 | |
| Total Votes | 1,615 | |||
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. Incumbent Syndi White and incumbent Tom Buco were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while James LeFebvre, Frank McCarthy and Karen Umberger were unopposed in the Republican primary. Mark Hounsell ran as an independent candidate. White, Buco, LeFebvre, McCarthy, Umberger and Hounsell faced off in the general election.[14] All three incumbents were victorious in the general election based on the initial votes.[15] However, the official election results found White losing to McCarthy by 39 votes. Umberger and Buco were confirmed as victorious as well.[16]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Karen Umberger Incumbent |
21.6% | 1,945 | |
| Democratic | Tom Buco Incumbent |
18.8% | 1,698 | |
| Republican | Frank McCarthy |
17.9% | 1,615 | |
| Democratic | Syndi White Incumbent | 17.5% | 1,576 | |
| Republican | James LeFebvre | 13.7% | 1,238 | |
| Independent | Mark Hounsell | 10.5% | 952 | |
| Total Votes | 9,024 | |||
2012
Elections for the office of New Hampshire House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on September 11, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 15, 2012. Syndi White (D), incumbent Karen Umberger (R) and Tom Buco (D) won election to the House in the general election on November 6. Three candidates, including incumbents Karen Umberger and Frank McCarthy, advanced past the September 11 Republican primary. Three candidates advanced past the September 11 Democratic primary.[17]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tom Buco |
18.8% | 2,645 | |
| Republican | Karen Umberger Incumbent |
17.6% | 2,473 | |
| Democratic | Syndi White |
16.9% | 2,375 | |
| Republican | Frank McCarthy Incumbent | 16.6% | 2,338 | |
| Democratic | Dick Pollock | 16.5% | 2,320 | |
| Republican | Richard McClure | 13.6% | 1,905 | |
| Total Votes | 14,056 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Tom Buco |
29.1% | 448 |
| Dick Pollock |
25.5% | 392 |
| Syndi White |
24.3% | 374 |
| Bob Bridgham | 21.1% | 324 |
| Total Votes | 1,538 | |
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Frank McCarthy Incumbent |
31% | 701 |
| Karen Umberger Incumbent |
29.3% | 664 |
| Richard McClure |
22.4% | 507 |
| Steven Steiner | 17.3% | 392 |
| Total Votes | 2,264 | |
Campaign contributions
From 2004 to 2024, candidates for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 raised a total of $86,481. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $1,840 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money
| Campaign contributions, New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Amount | Candidates | Average |
| 2024 | $22,884 | 2 | $11,442 |
| 2022 | $22,360 | 4 | $5,590 |
| 2020 | $13,059 | 4 | $3,265 |
| 2018 | $11,581 | 6 | $1,930 |
| 2016 | $4,364 | 9 | $485 |
| 2014 | $5,254 | 6 | $876 |
| 2012 | $3,428 | 9 | $381 |
| 2010 | $400 | 2 | $200 |
| 2008 | $400 | 1 | $400 |
| 2006 | $2,750 | 2 | $1,375 |
| 2004 | $0 | 2 | $0 |
| Total | $86,481 | 47 | $1,840 |
See also
- New Hampshire General Court
- New Hampshire State Senate
- New Hampshire House of Representatives
- New Hampshire state legislative districts
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Hampshire Constitution, "Part II, Article 3," accessed February 10, 2021
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Qualifications for Office," accessed May 23, 2025
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ State of New Hampshire, "State Constitution-House of Representatives," accessed February 10, 2021 (Sections 12 and 16)
- ↑ State of New Hampshire, "State Constitution-Senate," accessed February 10, 2021 (Section 34)
- ↑ New Hampshire General Court, "Title LXIII: Elections," accessed February 10, 2021 (Title LXIII, Chapter 661:8)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 New Hampshire General Court, "HB50," accessed February 16, 2022
- ↑ New Hampshire General Court, "SB240," accessed February 16, 2022
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 All About Redistricting, "New Hampshire," accessed May 5, 2015
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed July 1, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Representative - 2014 General Election," accessed November 16, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed December 6, 2013
