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New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2024 (September 10 Democratic primary)
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| Filing deadline: June 14, 2024 |
| Primary: September 10, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 Pre-election incumbent(s): Chris Sununu |
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A Democratic Party primary took place on September 10, 2024, in New Hampshire to determine which candidate would earn the right to run as the party's nominee in the state's gubernatorial election on November 5, 2024.
Joyce Craig advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of New Hampshire.
This was one of 11 gubernatorial elections that took place in 2024. The governor serves as a state's top executive official and is the only executive office elected in all 50 states. At the time of the 2024 elections, there were 27 Republican governors and 23 Democratic governors. Click here for an overview of all 11 gubernatorial elections that took place in 2024.
Heading into the 2024 elections, there were 23 Republican trifectas, 17 Democratic trifectas, and 10 divided governments where neither party held trifecta control. There were 25 Republican triplexes, 20 Democratic triplexes, and five divided governments where neither party held triplex control.
A state government trifecta refers to a situation where one party controls a state's governorship and majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. A state government triplex refers to a situation where the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state are all members of the same political party.
This page focuses on New Hampshire's Democratic Party gubernatorial primary. For more in-depth information on New Hampshire's Republican gubernatorial primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2024 (September 10 Republican primary)
- New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2024
Candidates and election results
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of New Hampshire
Joyce Craig defeated Cinde Warmington and Jonathan Kiper in the Democratic primary for Governor of New Hampshire on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joyce Craig | 47.9 | 59,976 |
 | Cinde Warmington | 41.8 | 52,420 | |
 | Jonathan Kiper  | 9.4 | 11,789 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 1,076 | ||
| Total votes: 125,261 | |||
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Candidate profiles
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Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office:
- Mayor of Manchester (2018-2024)
Biography: Craig earned a bachelor's degree from the University of New Hampshire. She served on the Board of School Committee and as an Alderman. Before running for public office, she was an account executive at the advertising agency Hill Holiday and worked for Viacord, a biotech startup.
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Sources: Joyce Craig 2024 campaign website, "About," accessed September 20, 2024;Joyce Craig 2024 campaign website, "Issues," accessed September 20, 2024;WMUR, "Kelly Ayotte, Joyce Craig weigh in on top issues as race gets underway | CloseUp," September 15, 2024; WMUR, "Joyce Craig, D, 2024 candidate for New Hampshire governor," August 19, 2024;Business NH Magazine, "Meet the New Manchester Mayor: Joyce Craig,' February 28, 2018
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Governor of New Hampshire in 2024.
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I am a small business owner, father of a 2nd greater who attends public school, and a lifelong NH resident. I am running for governor to champion the causes of the working-class and middle-class: fighting inflation and increasing housing affordability. I believe we need to hold big oil accountable for global warming and also legalize cannabis. I strongly believe in keeping the government out of personal medical decisions. Live free or die!"
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Governor of New Hampshire in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in New Hampshire
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
- Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
- State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
Cook PVI by congressional district
| Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for New Hampshire, 2024 | |||
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| District | Incumbent | Party | PVI |
| New Hampshire's 1st | Chris Pappas |  Democratic |
Even |
| New Hampshire's 2nd | Annie Kuster | Democratic |
D+2 |
2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines
| 2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, New Hampshire[1] | ||||
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| District | Joe Biden 
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Donald Trump 
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| New Hampshire's 1st | 52.2% | 46.2% | ||
| New Hampshire's 2nd | 53.6% | 44.7% | ||
2012-2020
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
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| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 33.8% of New Hampshirites lived in either Hillsborough or Sullivan County, the state's two Battleground Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in 2012 and 2020 and the Republican in 2016, and 32.8% lived in one of four Solid Democratic counties. Overall, New Hampshire was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in New Hampshire following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| New Hampshire county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
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| Battleground Democratic | 2 | 33.8% | |||||
| Solid Democratic | 4 | 32.8% | |||||
| New Democratic | 2 | 26.4% | |||||
| Solid Republican | 1 | 4.6% | |||||
| Trending Republican | 1 | 2.3% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 8 | 93.1% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 2 | 6.9% | |||||
Historical voting trends
New Hampshire presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 13 Democratic wins
- 18 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | D |
This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.
U.S. Senate elections
The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in New Hampshire.
| U.S. Senate election results in New Hampshire | ||
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| Race | Winner | Runner up |
| 2022 | 53.5% |
44.4%
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| 2020 | 56.7% |
41.0%
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| 2016 | 48.0% |
47.9%
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| 2014 | 51.5% |
48.2%
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| 2010 | 60.2% |
36.7%
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| Average | 53.6 | 43.8 |
Gubernatorial elections
- See also: Governor of New Hampshire
The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in New Hampshire.
| Gubernatorial election results in New Hampshire | ||
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| Race | Winner | Runner up |
| 2022 | 57.0% |
41.5%
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| 2020 | 65.1% |
33.4%
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| 2018 | 52.8% |
45.7%
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| 2016 | 48.8% |
46.6%
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| 2014 | 52.4% |
47.4%
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| Average | 54.7 | 43.3 |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of New Hampshire's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from New Hampshire | |||
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| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 4 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in New Hampshire's top three state executive offices as of May 2024.
| State executive officials in New Hampshire, May 2024 | |
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| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Chris Sununu
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| Secretary of State | David Scanlan
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| Attorney General | John Formella
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State legislature
New Hampshire State Senate
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 10 | |
| Republican Party | 14 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | |
New Hampshire House of Representatives
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 193 | |
| Republican Party | 201 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Other | 1 | |
| Vacancies | 4 | |
| Total | 400 | |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
New Hampshire Party Control: 1992-2024
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Thirteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R |
| House | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R |
The table below details demographic data in New Hampshire and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.
| Demographic Data for New Hampshire | ||
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| New Hampshire | United States | |
| Population | 1,377,529 | 331,449,281 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 8,953 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 90% | 65.9% |
| Black/African American | 1.5% | 12.5% |
| Asian | 2.6% | 5.8% |
| Native American | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.2% |
| Other (single race) | 1.1% | 6% |
| Multiple | 4.6% | 8.8% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 4.3% | 18.7% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 93.8% | 89.1% |
| College graduation rate | 39% | 34.3% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $90,845 | $75,149 |
| Persons below poverty level | 4.4% | 8.8% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
State profile
| Demographic data for New Hampshire | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 1,330,111 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 8,953 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 93.7% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 1.3% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 2.4% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 1.8% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 3.2% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 92.3% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 34.9% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $66,779 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 9.9% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in New Hampshire. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
New Hampshire voted for the Democratic candidate in six out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, three are located in New Hampshire, accounting for 1.46 percent of the total pivot counties.[2]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. New Hampshire had one Retained Pivot County and two Boomerang Pivot Counties, accounting for 0.55 and 8.00 percent of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respectively.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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