Richard Dowd

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Richard Dowd

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

September 11, 2018

Richard Dowd (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire State Senate to represent District 12. He lost in the Republican primary on September 11, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 12

Melanie Levesque defeated incumbent Kevin Avard in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 12 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melanie Levesque (D)	50.3	12,553
		Kevin Avard (R)	49.7	12,384

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,937
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 12

Melanie Levesque defeated Tom Falter in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 12 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melanie Levesque	79.4	3,727
	Submit photo	Tom Falter	20.6	969

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,696
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 12

Incumbent Kevin Avard defeated Richard Dowd in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 12 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Avard	76.1	3,274
	Submit photo	Richard Dowd	23.9	1,028

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,302
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See also

• State legislative elections, 2018
• New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2018
• New Hampshire State Senate

External links

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• New Hampshire State Senate

Footnotes

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Current members of the New Hampshire State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Sharon Carson

Majority Leader:Regina Birdsell

Senators

District 1

David Rochefort (R)

District 2

Timothy Lang (R)

District 3

Mark McConkey (R)

District 4

David Watters (D)

District 5

Suzanne Prentiss (D)

District 6

James Gray (R)

District 7

Dan Innis (R)

District 8

Ruth Ward (R)

District 9

Denise Ricciardi (R)

District 10

Donovan Fenton (D)

District 11

Tim McGough (R)

District 12

Kevin Avard (R)

District 13

Lucinda Rosenwald (D)

District 14

Sharon Carson (R)

District 15

Tara Reardon (D)

District 16

Keith Murphy (R)

District 17

Howard Pearl (R)

District 18

Victoria Sullivan (R)

District 19

Regina Birdsell (R)

District 20

Patrick Long (D)

District 21

Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D)

District 22

Daryl Abbas (R)

District 23

William Gannon (R)

District 24

Debra Altschiller (D)

Republican Party (16)

Democratic Party (8)