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New Hampshire State Senate District 13

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New Hampshire State Senate District 13
Incumbent
Assumed office: December 5, 2018

New Hampshire State Senate District 13 is represented by Lucinda Rosenwald (D).

As of the 2020 Census, New Hampshire state senators represented an average of 57,462 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 55,060 residents.

About the office

Members of the New Hampshire State Senate 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 State Senate, a candidate must be:[2]

  • At least 30 years of age
  • A registered voter
  • A resident of the state for seven years immediately preceding the election
  • A resident of the district for which the candidate is running


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 State Senate District 13
until May 5, 2022

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New Hampshire State Senate District 13
starting May 6, 2022

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Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

Incumbent Lucinda Rosenwald defeated Stephen Scaer in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lucinda Rosenwald
Lucinda Rosenwald (D)
 
56.7
 
14,334
Stephen Scaer (R)
 
43.2
 
10,913
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
23

Total votes: 25,270
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

Incumbent Lucinda Rosenwald advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lucinda Rosenwald
Lucinda Rosenwald
 
99.2
 
3,190
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
25

Total votes: 3,215
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

Stephen Scaer advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Stephen Scaer
 
98.7
 
2,573
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
33

Total votes: 2,606
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2022

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

Incumbent Lucinda Rosenwald defeated Stephen Scaer in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lucinda Rosenwald
Lucinda Rosenwald (D)
 
58.8
 
10,445
Stephen Scaer (R)
 
41.2
 
7,319
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
8

Total votes: 17,772
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

Incumbent Lucinda Rosenwald advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lucinda Rosenwald
Lucinda Rosenwald
 
99.1
 
2,177
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
19

Total votes: 2,196
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

Stephen Scaer defeated Daniel Paul in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Stephen Scaer
 
50.3
 
1,249
Daniel Paul
 
48.6
 
1,207
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
28

Total votes: 2,484
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2020

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

Incumbent Lucinda Rosenwald defeated Mariellen MacKay in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lucinda Rosenwald
Lucinda Rosenwald (D)
 
58.6
 
15,611
Mariellen MacKay (R)
 
41.4
 
11,042

Total votes: 26,653
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

Incumbent Lucinda Rosenwald advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lucinda Rosenwald
Lucinda Rosenwald
 
99.5
 
4,143
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
19

Total votes: 4,162
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

Mariellen MacKay advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mariellen MacKay
 
98.2
 
2,773
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.8
 
52

Total votes: 2,825
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2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

Lucinda Rosenwald defeated David Schoneman in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lucinda Rosenwald
Lucinda Rosenwald (D)
 
60.9
 
11,307
David Schoneman (R)
 
39.1
 
7,259

Total votes: 18,566
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

Lucinda Rosenwald advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lucinda Rosenwald
Lucinda Rosenwald
 
100.0
 
3,304

Total votes: 3,304
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13

David Schoneman advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
David Schoneman
 
100.0
 
2,131

Total votes: 2,131
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2016

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate 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 Bette Lasky defeated Joan Donahue in the New Hampshire State Senate District 13 general election.[10][11]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 13 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Bette Lasky Incumbent 59.63% 14,619
     Republican Joan Donahue 40.37% 9,897
Total Votes 24,516
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Incumbent Bette Lasky ran unopposed in the New Hampshire State Senate District 13 Democratic primary.[12][13]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 13 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Bette Lasky Incumbent (unopposed)


Joan Donahue ran unopposed in the New Hampshire State Senate District 13 Republican primary.[12][13]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 13 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Joan Donahue  (unopposed)

2014

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate 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 Bette Lasky was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Doris Hohensee was unopposed in the Republican primary. Lasky and Hohensee faced off in the general election.[14] Incumbent Laskey defeated Hohensee in the general election, and was re-elected for another term.[15]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 13 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBette Lasky Incumbent 56.8% 8,729
     Republican Doris Hohensee 43.2% 6,628
Total Votes 15,357

2012

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2012

Elections for the office of New Hampshire State Senate 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. Bette Lasky (D) defeated Joseph Krasucki (R) in the general election. Both candidates were unopposed in the September 11 primary elections.[16][17][18]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 13, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBette Lasky 65.1% 15,314
     Republican Joseph Krasucki 34.9% 8,224
Total Votes 23,538

Campaign contributions

From 2000 to 2024, candidates for New Hampshire State Senate District 13 raised a total of $938,135. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $36,082 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

Campaign contributions, New Hampshire State Senate District 13
Year Amount Candidates Average
2024 $64,373 2 $32,187
2022 $130,964 3 $43,655
2020 $127,423 2 $63,712
2018 $108,416 2 $54,208
2016 $43,330 2 $21,665
2014 $57,110 2 $28,555
2012 $52,421 2 $26,211
2010 $119,463 2 $59,732
2008 $71,206 2 $35,603
2006 $81,151 2 $40,576
2004 $23,275 1 $23,275
2002 $50,179 2 $25,090
2000 $8,824 2 $4,412
Total $938,135 26 $36,082


2016 pivot county

206 Pivot Counties Logo.png
See also: Pivot Counties and Legislative districts intersecting with Pivot Counties

This district was one of 710 state legislative districts that, based on boundaries adopted after the 2010 census, intersected with one or more Pivot Counties. These 206 Pivot Counties voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012.

The 206 Pivot Counties were located in 34 states. Iowa, with 31, had the most such counties. At that time, the partisan makeup of state legislative districts intersecting with Pivot Counties was slightly more Republican than the overall partisan makeup of state legislatures throughout the country.[19]

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 August 6, 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
  19. The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.


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