New Hampshire state legislative special elections, 2024

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In 2024, four special elections were called to fill vacant seats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

Click here to read more about the special elections.

House special elections called:

• Coos 1: January 23
• Coos 6: January 23
• Strafford 11: March 12
• Rockingham 21: March 12

How vacancies are filled in New Hampshire

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.

See sources: New Hampshire Cons. Part II, Articles 16 and 34 and New Hampshire Rev. Stat. Ann. § 661:8

About the legislature

The General Court of New Hampshire is the bicameral state legislature of New Hampshire. The lower house is the New Hampshire House of Representatives with 400 members. The upper house is the New Hampshire State Senate with 24 members.

The boxes below show the partisan composition of both chambers directly before and after the most recent general elections prior to 2024. For the most up-to-date numbers on partisan composition in this legislature, see here (Senate) and here (House).

New Hampshire State Senate
Party		As of November 8, 2022	After November 9, 2022
	Democratic Party	10	10
	Republican Party	13	14
	Vacancy	1	0
Total		24	24

New Hampshire House of Representatives
Party		As of November 8, 2022	After November 9, 2022
	Democratic Party	177	198
	Republican Party	202	201
	Independent	1	0
	Vacancy	20	1
Total		400	400

Special elections

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Historical data

There were 955 state legislative special elections that took place from 2010 to 2023. New Hampshire held 39 special elections during the same time period; about three per year on average. The largest number of special elections in New Hampshire took place in 2017 when 10 special elections were held.

The table below details how many state legislative special elections were held in a state in a given year.

Special elections throughout the country

See also: State legislative special elections, 2024

In 2024, 52 state legislative special elections were scheduled for 2024 in 22 states. Between 2011 and 2023, an average of 71 special elections took place each year.

Breakdown of 2024 special elections

In 2024, special elections for state legislative positions were held for the following reasons:

• 31 due to resignation
• 11 due to appointment, election, or the seeking of election to another position
• 4 due to the death of the incumbent
• 6 due to redistricting

Impact of special elections on partisan composition

The partisan breakdown for the special elections was as follows:

• 25 Democratic seats
• 27 Republican seats

The table below details how many seats changed parties as the result of a special election in 2024. The number on the left reflects how many vacant seats were originally held by each party, while the number on the right shows how many vacant seats each party won in the special elections.

Note: This table reflects information for elections that were held and not the total number of vacant seats.

Partisan Change from Special Elections (2024)
Party		As of Special Election	After Special Election
	Democratic Party	26	29
	Republican Party	26	23
	Independent	0	0
Total		52	52

List of seats

In 2024, five seats changed party hands as a result of state legislative special elections.

Seats that changed from D to R

• New Hampshire House of Representatives District Coos 6 (January 23)

Seats that changed from R to D

• Florida House of Representatives District 35 (January 16)
• Alabama House of Representatives District 10 (March 26)
• North Dakota State Senate District 9 (November 5)
• North Dakota House of Representatives District 9 (November 5)

See also

• State legislative special elections, 2024
• State legislative special elections, 2023
• State legislative special elections, 2022
• State legislative special elections, 2021
• New Hampshire House of Representatives

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