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2020 New Hampshire Executive Council election

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2020 New Hampshire Executive Council elections

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All 5 seats on the Executive Council of New Hampshire
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 2 seats 3 seats
Seats before 2 3
Seats after 4 1
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 398,757 368,190
Percentage 51.99% 48.01%
Swing Increase 5.27% Decrease 2.89%

Results of the elections:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Result undetermined

The 2020 New Hampshire Executive Council elections took place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, to elect all five members of the Executive Council of New Hampshire. The party primaries were held on September 8.[1]

Overview of results

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Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % No. No. %
Republican 5 398,757 51.99% 4 Increase 2 80.0%
Democratic 5 368,190 48.01% 1 Decrease 2 20.0%
Total 766,947 100.0% 5 Steady 100.0%
Source: New Hampshire Elections Results
Popular vote
Republican
51.99%
Democratic
48.01%
Executive Council seats
Republican
80.0%
Democratic
20.0%

District 1

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District 1 covered all of Coos, Carroll, and Grafton counties, plus the municipalities of Alton, Center Harbor, Gilford, Laconia, Meredith, New Hampton, Sanbornton, Tilton in Belknap County, the towns of Andover, Danbury, Hill, New London, and Wilmot in Merrimack County, the towns of Middleton, Milton, and New Durham in Strafford County, and the municipalities of Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Grantham, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, and Sunapee in Sullivan County.

General election

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Executive Council District 1 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph Kenney 80,073 51.69%
Democratic Michael Cryans (incumbent) 74,847 48.31%
Total votes 154,920 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 2

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District 2 covered the towns of Barnstead, Belmont, and Gilmanton in Belknap County, the municipalities of Alstead, Chesterfield, Dublin, Gilsum, Harrisville, Hinsdale, Keene, Marlborough, Marlow, Nelson, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Surry, Walpole, Westmoreland, and Winchester in Cheshire County, the town of Hancock in Hillsborough County, the municipalities of Boscawen, Bradford, Canterbury, Concord, Franklin, Henniker, Hopkinton, Newbury, Northfield, Salisbury, Sutton, Warner, and Webster in Merrimack County, the municipalities of Dover, Durham, Farmington, Madbury, Rochester, Rollinsford, Somersworth, and Strafford in Strafford County, and the towns of Acworth, Charlestown, Goshen, Langdon, Lempster, Unity, and Washington in Sullivan County.

General election

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Executive Council District 2 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cinde Warmington 79,266 54.44%
Republican Jim Beard 66,325 45.56%
Total votes 145,591 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 3

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District 3 covered the municipalities of Atkinson, Brentwood, Chester, Danville, Derry, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham, and Windham in Rockingham County, and the town of Pelham in Hillsborough County.

General election

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Executive Council District 3 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Janet Stevens 85,821 52.4%
Democratic Mindi Messmer 77,971 47.6%
Total votes 163,792 100.0%
Republican hold

District 4

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District 4 covered the municipalities of Bedford, Goffstown, and Manchester Hillsborough County, the towns of Allenstown, Bow, Chichester, Epsom, Hooksett, Loudon, Pembroke, and Pittsfield in Merrimack County, the towns of Auburn, Candia, Deerfield, Londonderry, Northwood, and Nottingham in Rockingham County, and the towns of Barrington and Lee in Strafford County.

General election

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Executive Council District 4 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Gatsas (incumbent) 78,975 55.64%
Democratic Mark MacKenzie 62,971 44.36%
Total votes 141,946 100.0%
Republican hold

District 5

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District 5 covered the towns of Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey, Richmond, Rindge, Swanzey, and Troy in Cheshire County, the town of Dunbarton in Merrimack County, and the municipalities of Amherst, Antrim, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Francestown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Boston, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Sharon, Temple, Weare, Wilton, and Windsor in Hillsborough County.

General election

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Executive Council District 5 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Wheeler 74,622 50.5%
Democratic Debora Pignatelli (incumbent) 73,135 49.5%
Total votes 147,757 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2020 State Primary". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2020.