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United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, 2022
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected two candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's two U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for September 13, 2022. The filing deadline was June 10, 2022.
Partisan breakdown
| Members of the U.S. House from New Hampshire -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2022 | After the 2022 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 2 | 2 | |
| Republican Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
- Chris Pappas (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Karoline Leavitt (Republican Party)
Democratic primary candidates
- Chris Pappas (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
- Tom Alciere
- Tim Baxter
- Gail Huff Brown
- Mark Kilbane
- Karoline Leavitt ✔
- Mary Maxwell
- Matt Mowers
- Russell Prescott
- Kevin Rondeau
- Gilead Towne
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 2
General election candidates
- Annie Kuster (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Bob Burns (Republican Party)
Democratic primary candidates
- Annie Kuster (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
Ballot access
For information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Hampshire, click here.
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District maps - A map of the state's districts before and after redistricting.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below were the district maps in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the maps in place before the election.
New Hampshire Congressional Districts
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
New Hampshire Congressional Districts
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in New Hampshire.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in New Hampshire in 2022. Information below was calculated on Augusr 2, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Nineteen candidates filed to run for New Hampshire's two U.S. House districts, including two Democrats and 17 Republicans. That's 9.5 candidates per district, more than the six candidates per district in 2020 and fewer than the 12.5 in 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. New Hampshire was apportioned two districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census.
The 19 candidates who ran this year were seven more than the 12 who ran in 2020 and six fewer than the 25 who ran in 2018. Fourteen candidates ran in 2016, and 10 ran in 2014 and 2012.
Incumbents Chris Pappas (D-1st) and Annie Kuster (D-2nd) both filed to run for re-election, meaning there were no open seats this year. The last year there was an open U.S. House seat in New Hampshire was 2018. Neither incumbent faced a primary challenger.
There were two contested primaries this year, both Republican. That was fewer than the three contested primaries in 2020 and 2018, and the same number as in 2016, 2014, and 2012. Eleven candidates filed to run in the 1st district, the most candidates running for a seat this year. Republican and Democratic candidates filed to run in both districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party this year.
Presidential elections
As a result of redistricting following the 2020 census, many district boundaries changed. As a result, analysis of the presidential vote in each of these new districts is not yet available. Once that analysis is available, it will be published here.
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 |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of New Hampshire's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from New Hampshire, November 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 November 2022.
| State executive officials in New Hampshire, November 2022 | |
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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
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the New Hampshire General Court as of November 2022.
New Hampshire State Senate
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 10 | |
| Republican Party | 13 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | |
| Total | 24 | |
New Hampshire House of Representatives
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 177 | |
| Republican Party | 202 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Vacancies | 20 | |
| Total | 400 | |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, New Hampshire was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
New Hampshire Party Control: 1992-2022
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Eleven 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Redistricting following 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.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
