2020 New Hampshire Executive Council election

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]

2020 New Hampshire Executive Council elections

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All 5 seats on the Executive Council of New Hampshire
 Majority partyMinority party
 
PartyRepublicanDemocratic
Last election2 seats3 seats
Seats before23
Seats after41
Seat changeIncrease 2Decrease 2
Popular vote398,757368,190
Percentage51.99%48.01%
SwingIncrease 5.27%Decrease 2.89%

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

Overview of results

PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No.%No.No.%
Republican5398,75751.99%4 280.0%
Democratic5368,19048.01%1 220.0%
Total766,947100.0%5 100.0%
Source: New Hampshire Elections Results
Popular vote
Republican
51.99%
Democratic
48.01%
Executive Council seats
Republican
80.0%
Democratic
20.0%

District 1

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

Executive Council District 1 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJoseph Kenney 80,073 51.69%
DemocraticMichael Cryans (incumbent)74,84748.31%
Total votes154,920 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 2

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

Executive Council District 2 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticCinde Warmington 79,266 54.44%
RepublicanJim Beard66,32545.56%
Total votes145,591 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 3

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

Executive Council District 3 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJanet Stevens 85,821 52.4%
DemocraticMindi Messmer77,97147.6%
Total votes163,792 100.0%
Republican hold

District 4

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

Executive Council District 4 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanTed Gatsas (incumbent) 78,975 55.64%
DemocraticMark MacKenzie62,97144.36%
Total votes141,946 100.0%
Republican hold

District 5

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

Executive Council District 5 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanDave Wheeler 74,622 50.5%
DemocraticDebora Pignatelli (incumbent)73,13549.5%
Total votes147,757 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

See also

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