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New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4
Incumbents
Assumed office: December 7, 2022
Assumed office: December 5, 2018
Assumed office: December 2, 2020

New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 is represented by Heath Howard (D), Cassandra Levesque (D), and Len Turcotte (R).

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

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

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]
SalaryPer diem
$100/yearNo per diem is paid.

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

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]

DocumentIcon.jpg 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

See also: Redistricting in New Hampshire after the 2020 census

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 Strafford 4
until December 6, 2022

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New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4
starting December 7, 2022

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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 Strafford 4 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Len Turcotte
Len Turcotte (R)
 
17.4
 
4,349
Image of Cassandra Levesque
Cassandra Levesque (D) Candidate Connection
 
17.2
 
4,286
Image of Heath Howard
Heath Howard (D) Candidate Connection
 
16.8
 
4,200
Kurt Wuelper (R)
 
16.8
 
4,184
Seamus Casey (R)
 
16.2
 
4,050
Image of Adam Mulholland
Adam Mulholland (D)
 
15.6
 
3,906
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
3

Total votes: 24,978
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (3 seats)

Incumbent Cassandra Levesque, incumbent Heath Howard, and Adam Mulholland advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cassandra Levesque
Cassandra Levesque Candidate Connection
 
34.9
 
1,153
Image of Heath Howard
Heath Howard Candidate Connection
 
34.2
 
1,129
Image of Adam Mulholland
Adam Mulholland
 
30.8
 
1,018
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
6

Total votes: 3,306
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (3 seats)

Incumbent Len Turcotte, Kurt Wuelper, and Seamus Casey advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Len Turcotte
Len Turcotte
 
37.2
 
1,149
Kurt Wuelper
 
32.0
 
989
Seamus Casey
 
30.5
 
942
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
11

Total votes: 3,091
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2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cassandra Levesque
Cassandra Levesque (D)
 
17.4
 
3,363
Image of Len Turcotte
Len Turcotte (R)
 
17.0
 
3,283
Image of Heath Howard
Heath Howard (D)
 
16.8
 
3,243
Matthew Towne (D)
 
16.8
 
3,236
Kurt Wuelper (R)
 
16.2
 
3,127
Davis Miller (R)
 
15.8
 
3,052
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
5

Total votes: 19,309
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (3 seats)

Incumbent Cassandra Levesque, Matthew Towne, and Heath Howard advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cassandra Levesque
Cassandra Levesque
 
34.1
 
798
Matthew Towne
 
33.2
 
776
Image of Heath Howard
Heath Howard
 
32.0
 
749
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
15

Total votes: 2,338
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (3 seats)

Incumbent Len Turcotte, incumbent Kurt Wuelper, and Davis Miller advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Len Turcotte
Len Turcotte
 
37.5
 
1,012
Kurt Wuelper
 
32.7
 
881
Davis Miller
 
28.8
 
776
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
28

Total votes: 2,697
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (2 seats)

Len Turcotte and incumbent Cassandra Levesque defeated incumbent Matthew Towne and Jenny Wilson in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Len Turcotte
Len Turcotte (R)
 
26.3
 
2,844
Image of Cassandra Levesque
Cassandra Levesque (D)
 
25.5
 
2,755
Matthew Towne (D)
 
24.1
 
2,611
Jenny Wilson (R)
 
24.1
 
2,604
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
5

Total votes: 10,819
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (2 seats)

Incumbent Cassandra Levesque and incumbent Matthew Towne advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cassandra Levesque
Cassandra Levesque
 
51.2
 
870
Matthew Towne
 
48.6
 
827
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
3

Total votes: 1,700
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (2 seats)

Len Turcotte and Jenny Wilson advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Len Turcotte
Len Turcotte
 
54.6
 
772
Jenny Wilson
 
45.0
 
636
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
6

Total votes: 1,414
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2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (2 seats)

Cassandra Levesque and Matthew Towne defeated Jenny Wilson, Robert Drew, and Frank Bertone in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cassandra Levesque
Cassandra Levesque (D)
 
26.4
 
2,061
Matthew Towne (D)
 
25.4
 
1,983
Jenny Wilson (R)
 
23.0
 
1,801
Robert Drew (R)
 
22.9
 
1,787
Image of Frank Bertone
Frank Bertone (L)
 
2.4
 
187

Total votes: 7,819
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (2 seats)

Cassandra Levesque and Matthew Towne advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cassandra Levesque
Cassandra Levesque
 
51.3
 
699
Matthew Towne
 
48.7
 
663

Total votes: 1,362
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (2 seats)

Robert Drew and Jenny Wilson advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Robert Drew
 
51.7
 
492
Jenny Wilson
 
48.3
 
460

Total votes: 952
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 (2 seats)

Frank Bertone advanced from the Libertarian primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Frank Bertone
Frank Bertone
 
100.0
 
5

Total votes: 5
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2016

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 Jacalyn Cilley and incumbent Len Turcotte defeated George McPeek and Seamus Casey in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Strafford 4 general election.[10][11]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Strafford 4 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jacalyn Cilley Incumbent 28.82% 2,568
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Len Turcotte Incumbent 27.10% 2,415
     Democratic George McPeek 21.11% 1,881
     Republican Seamus Casey 22.98% 2,048
Total Votes 8,912
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Incumbent Jacalyn Cilley and George McPeek were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Strafford 4 Democratic primary.[12][13]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Strafford 4 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jacalyn Cilley Incumbent
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png George McPeek


Seamus Casey and incumbent Len Turcotte were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Strafford 4 Republican primary.[12][13]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Strafford 4 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Seamus Casey
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Len Turcotte Incumbent

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. Incumbent Dennis Malloy and Jacalyn Cilley were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Len Turcotte and Jenny O. Wilson defeated Devon Claire Boyd and Seamus Casey in the Republican primary. Malloy, Cilley, Turcotte and Wilson faced off in the general election.[14] Cilley and Turcotte defeated incumbent Malloy and Wilson in the general election.[15]


New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJackie Cilley 27.4% 1,740
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLen Turcotte 25.1% 1,589
     Republican Jenny O. Wilson 24% 1,523
     Democratic Dennis Malloy Incumbent 23.5% 1,489
Total Votes 6,341


New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 4 District Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngLen Turcotte 46.1% 433
Green check mark transparent.pngJenny Wilson 29.1% 273
Seamus Casey 13.6% 128
Devon Boyd 11.2% 105
Total Votes 939

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 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. Dennis Malloy (D) and Ken Grossman (D) defeated Devon Claire Boyd (R) and incumbent Bill O'Connor (R) in the general election. Both sets of candidates were unopposed in the September 11 primary elections.[16][17][18]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 4, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDennis Malloy 27.2% 2,251
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngKen Grossman 26.4% 2,190
     Republican Bill O'Connor Incumbent 25.2% 2,086
     Republican Devon Claire Boyd 21.3% 1,762
Total Votes 8,289

Campaign contributions

From 2004 to 2024, candidates for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4 raised a total of $114,202. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $2,076 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

Campaign contributions, New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 4
Year Amount Candidates Average
2024 $13,476 6 $2,246
2022 $35,123 6 $5,854
2020 $7,890 4 $1,972
2018 $6,151 5 $1,230
2016 $5,702 4 $1,426
2014 $44,710 6 $7,452
2012 $0 6 $0
2010 $150 5 $30
2008 $1,000 4 $250
2006 $0 4 $0
2004 $0 5 $0
Total $114,202 55 $2,076


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. New Hampshire Constitution, "Part II, Article 3," accessed February 10, 2021
  2. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Qualifications for Office," accessed May 23, 2025
  3. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  4. State of New Hampshire, "State Constitution-House of Representatives," accessed February 10, 2021 (Sections 12 and 16)
  5. State of New Hampshire, "State Constitution-Senate," accessed February 10, 2021 (Section 34)
  6. New Hampshire General Court, "Title LXIII: Elections," accessed February 10, 2021 (Title LXIII, Chapter 661:8)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 New Hampshire General Court, "HB50," accessed February 16, 2022
  8. New Hampshire General Court, "SB240," accessed February 16, 2022
  9. 9.0 9.1 All About Redistricting, "New Hampshire," accessed May 5, 2015
  10. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
  11. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
  12. 12.0 12.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
  13. 13.0 13.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
  14. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed July 1, 2014
  15. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
  16. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed December 6, 2013
  17. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Candidate List," accessed December 6, 2013
  18. New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed December 6, 2013


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