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Politics & Elections in New Hampshire

Election results, representatives and voting trends.

Democratic presidential vote share
50.4%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Governor
Kelly Ayotte (R)
National Governors Association
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
53.5%
2022 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
U.S. House seats apportioned to New Hampshire
2
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
Total votes cast for president
831,033
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Undeclared
~39%

Election Results

In the 2024 presidential election, New Hampshire favored the Democratic candidate, continuing its recent trend as a competitive swing-leaning state.

Democratic presidential vote share
50.4%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican presidential vote share
47.6%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
2024 Winner
Democratic (Harris)
Margin
~2.8 points
Electoral Votes
4

Democratic presidential vote share

1976–2024
50.4%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

Republican presidential vote share

1976–2024
47.6%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

IndicatorNew HampshireU.S.
Electoral Votes4538
  • •New Hampshire holds the nation's first presidential primary, giving it outsized political influence.

Governors

Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, has served as Governor of New Hampshire since January 2025.

Governor
Kelly Ayotte (R)
National Governors Association
In office since
2025
National Governors Association
Governors listed
79
1776–present · National Governors Association
Party
Republican
Term Length
2 years
Governors of New Hampshire
GovernorPartyIn office
Kelly AyotteRepublican2025–present
Chuck MorseRepublican2017–2017
Maggie HassanDemocratic2013–2017
John LynchDemocratic2005–2013
Craig BensonRepublican2003–2005
Jeanne ShaheenDemocratic1997–2003
Stephen MerrillRepublican1993–1997
Judd GreggRepublican1989–1993
John H. SununuRepublican1983–1989
Vesta M. RoyRepublican1982–1983
Hugh J. GallenDemocratic1979–1982
Meldrim ThomsonRepublican1973–1979
Walter PetersonRepublican1969–1973
John William KingDemocratic1963–1969
Wesley PowellRepublican1959–1963
Lane DwinellRepublican1955–1959
Hugh GreggRepublican1953–1955
Charles Milby DaleRepublican1945–1949
Robert Oscar BloodRepublican1941–1945
Francis Parnell MurphyRepublican1937–1941
Henry Styles BridgesRepublican1935–1937
Charles William TobeyRepublican1929–1931
Huntley Nowell SpauldingRepublican1927–1929
Fred Herbert BrownDemocratic1923–1925
Albert Oscar BrownRepublican1921–1923
John Henry BartlettRepublican1919–1921
Henry Wilder KeyesRepublican1917–1919
Rolland Harty SpauldingRepublican1915–1917
Samuel Demeritt FelkerDemocratic1913–1915
Robert Perkins BassRepublican1911–1913
Henry Brewer QuinbyRepublican1909–1911
Charles Miller FloydRepublican1907–1909
John McLaneRepublican1905–1907
Nahum Josiah BachelderRepublican1903–1905
Chester Bradley JordanRepublican1901–1903
Frank West RollinsRepublican1899–1901
George RamsdellRepublican1897–1899
Charles Albert BusielRepublican1895–1897
John Butler SmithRepublican1893–1895
Hiram Americus TuttleRepublican1891–1893
David Harvey GoodellRepublican1889–1891
Charles Henry SawyerRepublican1887–1889
Moody CurrierRepublican1885–1887
Samuel Whitney HaleRepublican1883–1885
Charles Henry BellRepublican1881–1883
Nathaniel HeadRepublican1879–1881
Benjamin Franklin PrescottRepublican1877–1879
Person Colby CheneyRepublican1875–1877
Ezekiel Albert StrawRepublican1872–1874
Onslow StearnsRepublican1869–1871
Walter HarrimanRepublican1867–1869
Frederick SmythRepublican1865–1867
Joseph Albree GilmoreRepublican1863–1865
Icabod GoodwinRepublican1859–1861
William HaileRepublican1857–1859
Ralph MetcalfKnow-Nothing1855–1857
Nathaniel Bradley BakerDemocratic1854–1855
Noah MartinDemocratic1852–1854
Samuel Dinsmoor Jr.Democratic1849–1852
Jared Warner WilliamsDemocratic1847–1849
Anthony ColbyWhig1846–1847
John Hardy SteeleDemocratic1844–1846
Henry HubbardDemocratic1842–1844
John PageDemocratic1839–1842
Isaac HillDemocratic1836–1839
William BadgerDemocratic1834–1836
Samuel DinsmoorDemocratic1831–1834
Joseph Morrill HarperDemocratic1831–1831
Matthew HarveyDemocratic1830–1831
John BellNational Republican1828–1829
Benjamin PierceDemocratic-Republican1827–1828
David Lawrence MorrilDemocratic-Republican1824–1827
Levi WoodburyDemocratic-Republican1823–1824
Samuel BellDemocratic-Republican1819–1823
William PlumerDemocratic-Republican1812–1813
Jeremiah SmithFederalist1809–1810
John Taylor GilmanFederalist1794–1805
Josiah BartlettDemocratic-Republican1790–1794
Meshech WeareCurrent Governor1776–1785

Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.

IndicatorNew HampshireU.S.
Gubernatorial Term Length (years)24
  • •New Hampshire is one of only two states with two-year gubernatorial terms.

Senators

New Hampshire is represented by two Democratic U.S. Senators, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan.

Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
53.5%
2022 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
44.4%
2022 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Senators
2
Party
2 Democrats
Names
Shaheen & Hassan

Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections

1978–2022
53.5%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.

Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections

1978–2022
44.4%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

IndicatorNew HampshireU.S.
Senate Seats2100
  • •Jeanne Shaheen was New Hampshire's first female governor before becoming a U.S. Senator.

Representatives

New Hampshire holds 2 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, both currently held by Democrats.

U.S. House seats apportioned to New Hampshire
2
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
House Seats
2
Party Split
2 Democrats
US Total Seats
435

U.S. House seats apportioned to New Hampshire

1910–2020
2▲ 0%

U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.

IndicatorNew HampshireU.S.
House Seats2435
  • •New Hampshire has had only 2 U.S. House seats since 1883, one of the smallest delegations.

Party Distribution

New Hampshire has no party registration majority, with a large share of undeclared/independent voters outnumbering both major parties.

Undeclared
~39%
Republican
~31%
Democratic
~30%
IndicatorNew HampshireU.S.
Independent/Undeclared Share (%)3929
  • •Undeclared voters are the largest bloc in New Hampshire, able to vote in either party's primary.
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