New Hampshire State Senate District 16
New Hampshire State Senate District 16 is represented by Keith Murphy (R).
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
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] | |
|---|---|
| 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
2016 pivot county
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.[7]
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.[8] On Feb. 16, the New Hampshire State Senate voted 14-10 to approve the map.[8] On Feb. 16, the New Hampshire State Senate voted 14-10 to approve the map.[8]
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.[9]
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.[10]
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.[10]
New Hampshire State Senate District 16
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New Hampshire State Senate District 16
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Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
Incumbent Keith Murphy defeated Mike York in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Keith Murphy (R) | 56.6 | 18,435 |
| Mike York (D) | 43.3 | 14,080 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 39 | ||
| Total votes: 32,554 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
Mike York advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mike York (Write-in) | 70.9 | 802 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 29.1 | 329 | ||
| Total votes: 1,131 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
Incumbent Keith Murphy advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Murphy | 98.6 | 5,452 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.4 | 79 | ||
| Total votes: 5,531 | |||
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2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
Keith Murphy defeated June Trisciani in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Murphy (R) | 53.3 | 13,494 |
| June Trisciani (D) | 46.6 | 11,783 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 24 | ||
| Total votes: 25,301 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
June Trisciani advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | June Trisciani (Write-in) | 90.9 | 661 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 9.1 | 66 | ||
| Total votes: 727 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
Michael Yakubovich defeated Barbara Griffin in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Yakubovich | 57.3 | 3,565 |
| Barbara Griffin | 42.4 | 2,640 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 6,224 | |||
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2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
Incumbent Kevin Cavanaugh defeated Jason Syversen in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kevin Cavanaugh (D) | 51.8 | 17,165 |
| Jason Syversen (R) | 48.2 | 15,986 | ||
| Total votes: 33,151 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
Incumbent Kevin Cavanaugh advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Cavanaugh | 99.4 | 5,944 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 35 | ||
| Total votes: 5,979 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
Jason Syversen advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jason Syversen | 98.9 | 5,206 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 56 | ||
| Total votes: 5,262 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
Incumbent Kevin Cavanaugh defeated David Boutin in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Cavanaugh (D) | 52.3 | 12,990 |
 | David Boutin (R) | 47.7 | 11,853 | |
| Total votes: 24,843 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
Incumbent Kevin Cavanaugh advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Cavanaugh | 100.0 | 5,566 |
| Total votes: 5,566 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16
David Boutin defeated Bill Kuch in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Boutin | 60.0 | 2,961 |
 | Bill Kuch | 40.0 | 1,978 | |
| Total votes: 4,939 | |||
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2017
A special election for the position of New Hampshire State Senate District 16 was called for July 25, 2017. A primary election was held on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 14, 2017.[11]
The seat became vacant on March 21, 2017, when Scott McGilvray (D) died at a Boston hospital after suffering from an illness.[12]
Manchester Ward 1 Alderman Kevin Cavanaugh defeated Jim Normand in the special Democratic primary. Former Sen. David Boutin was unopposed in the special Republican primary. Boutin previously represented Senate District 16 from 2010 to 2016.[13] Cavanaugh defeated Boutin and Libertarian Jason Dubrow in the special election.[11][14]
Senate District 16 is one of 710 state legislative districts that intersect 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. Before Democrats won the seat in 2016, the last time Democrats held the seat was in 1970. Scott McGilvray (D) was elected in 2016 with a margin of victory of 2 percent. In the previous nine elections for Senate District 16, Republicans won the district with an average margin of victory of 11.35 percent.
| New Hampshire State Senate, District 16, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Kevin Cavanaugh |
54.8% | 4,751 | |
| Republican | David Boutin | 44% | 3,817 | |
| Libertarian | Jason Dubrow | 1.3% | 109 | |
| Total Votes | 8,677 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
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 David Boutin (R) did not seek re-election.
Scott McGilvray defeated Joe Duarte in the New Hampshire State Senate District 16 general election.[15][16]
| New Hampshire State Senate, District 16 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Scott McGilvray |
51.04% | 15,118 | |
| Republican | Joe Duarte | 48.96% | 14,503 | |
| Total Votes | 29,621 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
Scott McGilvray defeated Kolawole Ernest Adewumi in the New Hampshire State Senate District 16 Democratic primary.[17][18]
| New Hampshire State Senate, District 16 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Scott McGilvray |
81.13% | 2,399 | |
| Democratic | Kolawole Ernest Adewumi | 18.87% | 558 | |
| Total Votes | 2,957 | |||
Joe Duarte defeated Donald R. Winterton in the New Hampshire State Senate District 16 Republican primary.[17][18]
| New Hampshire State Senate, District 16 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Joe Duarte |
96.33% | 4,456 | |
| Republican | Donald R. Winterton | 3.67% | 170 | |
| Total Votes | 4,626 | |||
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 David Boutin defeated Jane Cormier in the Republican primary. Boutin defeated write in candidate Maureen Raiche Manning (D) in the general election.[19][20]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | David Boutin Incumbent |
55.8% | 11,666 | |
| Democratic | Maureen Raiche Manning | 44.2% | 9,255 | |
| Total Votes | 20,921 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
David Boutin Incumbent |
54.2% | 3,096 |
| Jane Cormier | 45.8% | 2,613 |
| Total Votes | 5,709 | |
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. Incumbent David Boutin (R) defeated Kathleen Kelley (D) and Richard Tomasso (L) in the general election. All candidates were unopposed in the September 11 primary elections.[21][22][23]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | David Boutin Incumbent |
49.1% | 13,876 | |
| Democratic | Kathleen Kelley | 47.7% | 13,480 | |
| Libertarian | Richard Tomasso | 3.3% | 921 | |
| Total Votes | 28,277 | |||
Campaign contributions
From 2000 to 2024, candidates for New Hampshire State Senate District 16 raised a total of $1,768,296. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $53,585 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money
| Campaign contributions, New Hampshire State Senate District 16 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Amount | Candidates | Average |
| 2024 | $60,031 | 1 | $60,031 |
| 2022 | $170,873 | 4 | $42,718 |
| 2020 | $229,124 | 2 | $114,562 |
| 2018 | $165,485 | 3 | $55,162 |
| 2016 | $103,521 | 3 | $34,507 |
| 2014 | $232,646 | 3 | $77,549 |
| 2012 | $65,570 | 3 | $21,857 |
| 2010 | $61,147 | 2 | $30,574 |
| 2008 | $291,725 | 2 | $145,863 |
| 2006 | $162,053 | 2 | $81,027 |
| 2004 | $15,021 | 2 | $7,511 |
| 2002 | $67,009 | 3 | $22,336 |
| 2000 | $144,090 | 3 | $48,030 |
| Total | $1,768,296 | 33 | $53,585 |
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)
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 New Hampshire General Court, "HB50," accessed February 16, 2022
- ↑ New Hampshire General Court, "SB240," accessed February 16, 2022
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 All About Redistricting, "New Hampshire," accessed May 5, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Special election for state senator from District No. 16," accessed April 6, 2017
- ↑ Concord Monitor, "Democratic state senator, NEA-NH president Scott McGilvray dies at age 51," accessed April 3, 2017
- ↑ New Hampshire Union Leader, "Cavanaugh cruises to big Democratic primary win," June 6, 2017
- ↑ Decision Desk HQ, "New Hampshire State Senate 16 Special Election," accessed July 25, 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed December 6, 2013
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Candidate List," accessed December 6, 2013
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed December 6, 2013
