New Hampshire 2022 Election Results

New Hampshire held its general election on November 8, 2022, deciding 424 legislative seats across 227 districts and the office of Governor. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Democrats cut deep into the Republican House majority, leaving the 400-seat chamber split 201-198 with one seat unsettled, while Republicans held the governorship and the Senate. When the House organized in December, mostly Democratic absences helped Speaker Sherm Packard (R) win re-election over Matt Wilhelm (D), 205-184.
• A wave of recounts decided the House margin seat by seat:
  • In Rochester's Strafford-8, David Walker (R) led Rep. Chuck Grassie (D) by one vote on election night, but the recount ended in a 970-970 tie. Rather than seat Walker, the House ordered a special election, which Grassie won by 12 points in February 2023.
  • In Coos-7, the recount overturned the election-night result, and Eamon Kelley (D) took the seat by two votes.
  • In Manchester's Hillsborough-16, the recount at first showed Maxine Mosley (D) taking the district's second seat by one vote. A court then let the count continue, and Rep. Larry Gagne (R) held his seat by 26 votes.
• Chris Sununu (R) won a fourth two-year term, only the second New Hampshire governor to do so. He beat state Sen. Tom Sherman (D), who made abortion rights a central issue of his campaign, by more than 15 points.
• In the Senate, Republicans kept their 14-10 majority as the parties traded two seats: Shannon Chandley (D) unseated Sen. Gary Daniels (R) in District 11, while Keith Murphy (R) picked up the open Democratic seat in District 16, beating June Trisciani (D). Beyond the flips and incumbent defeats, 34 more legislative races finished inside two points, including the three recounted House seats above.
• Both constitutional questions failed. Voters rejected the call for a constitutional convention, a question asked at least every 10 years. Question 1, which would have eliminated the county register of probate, an office stripped of most duties in 2011, won a majority but fell short of the two-thirds a constitutional amendment requires.

Legislature

• House (400 seats): 187 D, 213 R before the election, 198 D, 201 R, 1 other or vacant after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (24 seats): 10 D, 14 R before the election, 10 D, 14 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures