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United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2022 (September 13 Republican primary)

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U.S. Senate, New Hampshire
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: June 10, 2022
Primary: September 13, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
Pre-election incumbent:
Maggie Hassan (Democratic)
How to vote
Poll times: Varies by municipality
Voting in New Hampshire
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic
Inside Elections: Tilt Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
See also
U.S. Senate, New Hampshire
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd
New Hampshire elections, 2022
U.S. Congress elections, 2022
U.S. Senate elections, 2022
U.S. House elections, 2022

A Republican Party primary took place on September 13, 2022, in New Hampshire to determine which Republican candidate would run in the state's general election on November 8, 2022.

Don Bolduc advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
June 10, 2022
September 13, 2022
November 8, 2022


Heading into the election, the incumbent was Maggie Hassan (Democrat), who was first elected in 2016.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New Hampshire uses a semi-closed primary system. Unaffiliated voters may vote in the primary, but in order to do so, they have to choose a party before voting. This changes their status from unaffiliated to affiliated with that party unless they fill out a card to return to undeclared status.[1][2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on New Hampshire's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Don Bolduc
Don Bolduc
 
36.9
 
52,629
Image of Chuck Morse
Chuck Morse
 
35.7
 
50,929
Image of Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith
 
11.7
 
16,621
Image of Vikram Mansharamani
Vikram Mansharamani
 
7.5
 
10,690
Image of Bruce Fenton
Bruce Fenton
 
4.5
 
6,381
Image of John Berman
John Berman
 
0.7
 
961
Image of Andy Martin
Andy Martin
 
0.6
 
920
Image of Tejasinha Sivalingam
Tejasinha Sivalingam Candidate Connection
 
0.6
 
832
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Dennis Lamare
 
0.5
 
773
Image of Edmond Laplante
Edmond Laplante Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
723
Image of Gerard Beloin
Gerard Beloin
 
0.4
 
521
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
623

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 142,603
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

News and conflicts in this primary

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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.

Presidential elections

See also: Presidential voting trends in New Hampshire and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for New Hampshire, 2022
District Incumbent Party PVI
New Hampshire's 1st Chris Pappas Electiondot.png Democratic Even
New Hampshire's 2nd Annie Kuster Electiondot.png Democratic D+2


2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, New Hampshire[4]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
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:


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.

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

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from New Hampshire

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
Race Winner Runner up
2020 56.7%Democratic Party 41.0%Republican Party
2016 48.0%Democratic Party 47.9%Republican Party
2014 51.5%Democratic Party 48.2%Republican Party
2010 60.2%Republican Party 36.7%Democratic Party
2008 51.6%Democratic Party 45.3%Republican Party
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
Race Winner Runner up
2020 65.1%Republican Party 33.4%Democratic Party
2018 52.8%Republican Party 45.7%Democratic Party
2016 48.8%Republican Party 46.6%Democratic Party
2014 52.4%Democratic Party 47.4%Republican Party
2012 54.6%Republican Party 43.2%Democratic Party
Average 54.7 43.3

State partisanship

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
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Chris Sununu
Secretary of State Republican Party David Scanlan
Attorney General Republican Party John Formella

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

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in New Hampshire and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for New Hampshire
New Hampshire United States
Population 1,316,470 308,745,538
Land area (sq mi) 8,953 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 92.9% 72.5%
Black/African American 1.6% 12.7%
Asian 2.7% 5.5%
Native American 0.2% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.2%
Other (single race) 0.6% 4.9%
Multiple 2.1% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 3.7% 18%
Education
High school graduation rate 93.1% 88%
College graduation rate 37% 32.1%
Income
Median household income $76,768 $62,843
Persons below poverty level 7.6% 13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**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.


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed April 25, 2023
  2. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  3. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State,"Voting in Party Primaries," accessed April 25, 2023
  4. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022


New Hampshire's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Maggie Hassan (D)
Jeanne Shaheen (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
Democratic Party (4)


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