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William Gannon
Republican Party
New Hampshire State Senate District 23
Tenure
2020 - Present
Term ends
2026
Years in position
5
Predecessor: Jon Morgan (D)
Prior offices:
New Hampshire State Senate District 23
Years in office: 2016 - 2018
New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4
Years in office: 2014 - 2016
Compensation
Base salary
$100/year
Per diem
No per diem is paid.
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact
Official website
Campaign website
Personal Facebook
Personal LinkedIn

William Gannon (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire State Senate, representing District 23. He assumed office on December 2, 2020. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Gannon (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire State Senate to represent District 23. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Gannon is a former Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham 4 from 2014 to 2016.

Biography

William Gannon earned a B.A. from Saint Anselm College and a J.D. from Massachusetts School of Law. Gannon's career experience includes working as an attorney and owning a business.[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Gannon was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Gannon was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Gannon was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017
• Executive Departments and Administration
• Judiciary
• Transportation, Vice chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Gannon served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

Incumbent William Gannon defeated Brenda Oldak in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of William Gannon
William Gannon (R)
 
62.4
 
22,670
Image of Brenda Oldak
Brenda Oldak (D)
 
37.5
 
13,648
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
36

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 36,354
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

Brenda Oldak advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brenda Oldak
Brenda Oldak
 
99.4
 
3,491
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
20

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

Total votes: 3,511
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

Incumbent William Gannon defeated Emily Phillips in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of William Gannon
William Gannon
 
66.8
 
5,782
Image of Emily Phillips
Emily Phillips
 
32.9
 
2,845
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
25

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,652
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

Incumbent William Gannon defeated Brenda Oldak in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of William Gannon
William Gannon (R)
 
60.4
 
16,902
Image of Brenda Oldak
Brenda Oldak (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.5
 
11,064
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
15

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,981
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

Brenda Oldak advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brenda Oldak
Brenda Oldak Candidate Connection
 
99.5
 
2,895
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
15

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

Total votes: 2,910
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

Incumbent William Gannon defeated Daniel O'Shea in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of William Gannon
William Gannon
 
98.7
 
6,924
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Daniel O'Shea (Write-in)
 
0.7
 
46
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
42

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,012
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2020

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

William Gannon defeated incumbent Jon Morgan in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of William Gannon
William Gannon (R)
 
53.3
 
18,627
Image of Jon Morgan
Jon Morgan (D)
 
46.7
 
16,314

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 34,941
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

Incumbent Jon Morgan advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jon Morgan
Jon Morgan
 
99.8
 
5,657
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
11

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,668
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

William Gannon defeated Allen Cook in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of William Gannon
William Gannon
 
73.0
 
5,000
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Allen Cook
 
26.6
 
1,820
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
28

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

Total votes: 6,848
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2018

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

Jon Morgan defeated incumbent William Gannon in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jon Morgan
Jon Morgan (D)
 
50.2
 
12,911
Image of William Gannon
William Gannon (R)
 
49.8
 
12,806

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 25,717
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

Jon Morgan advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jon Morgan
Jon Morgan
 
100.0
 
4,714

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

Total votes: 4,714
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23

Incumbent William Gannon advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 23 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of William Gannon
William Gannon
 
100.0
 
4,217

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,217
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2016

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 10, 2016. Incumbent Russell Prescott (R) did not seek re-election.

William Gannon defeated Alexis Simpson in the New Hampshire State Senate District 23 general election.[2][3]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 23 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png William Gannon 56.51% 17,337
     Democratic Alexis Simpson 43.49% 13,343
Total Votes 30,680
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Alexis Simpson ran unopposed in the New Hampshire State Senate District 23 Democratic primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 23 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Alexis Simpson  (unopposed)


William Gannon defeated Maureen Barrows, Bob Goodman, and Nancy Steenson in the New Hampshire State Senate District 23 Republican primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 23 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png William Gannon 37.61% 1,850
     Republican Maureen Barrows 18.76% 923
     Republican Bob Goodman 27.61% 1,358
     Republican Nancy Steenson 16.02% 788
Total Votes 4,919

This district was included in the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee's list of "2016 Essential Races." Read more »

2014

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 13, 2014. Two candidates were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while nine candidates faced off in the Republican primary.[6] The general election was contested by two Democrats and five Republicans. The Democrats were Charlotte Lister and Stephen D'Angelo. The Republicans participants were William M. Gannon, Jason Osborne, Chris True, incumbent Joseph Hagan, and incumbent James Devine. All five Republicans were victorious over the Democrats in the general election.[7]


New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam M. Gannon 17.1% 3,979
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngChris True 16.4% 3,816
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Hagan Incumbent 16.2% 3,786
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJames Devine Incumbent 16.1% 3,756
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJason Osborne 15.2% 3,536
     Democratic Stephen D'Angelo 9.7% 2,252
     Democratic Charlotte Lister 9.3% 2,174
     NA Scatter 0.1% 13
Total Votes 23,312


New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 4 District Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Gannon 16% 905
Green check mark transparent.pngChris True 13.8% 781
Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Hagan Incumbent 13.2% 750
Green check mark transparent.pngJason Osborne 13.2% 749
Green check mark transparent.pngJames Devine Incumbent 12.3% 697
James Headd 9.6% 546
Dan Dumaine Incumbent 9% 509
William Polewarczyk 8.8% 497
Frank Carrio, Sr. 4.1% 233
Total Votes 5,667

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

William Gannon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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William Gannon campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024New Hampshire State Senate District 23Won general$170,433 $0
2022New Hampshire State Senate District 23Won general$47,700 $0
2020New Hampshire State Senate District 23Won general$62,468 N/A**
2018New Hampshire State Senate District 23Lost general$39,610 N/A**
2016New Hampshire State Senate, District 23Won $21,499 N/A**
2014New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 4Won $0 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ New Hampshire General Court, "Senator William Gannon (R-Sandown)," accessed February 24, 2021
    2. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
    3. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
    6. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed July 1, 2014
    7. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014

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