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New Hampshire has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As of May 24, 2024, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 17 Democratic trifectas, and 10 divided governments where neither party holds trifecta ...
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Current partisan control
The table below shows the partisan breakdown of the New Hampshire State Senate as of February 2024:
Leadership
After November elections, the entire Senate meets in early December to elect a president, who is traditionally from the majority party. New Hampshire does not have a lieutenant governor, and so when the governor is away or unable to perform the duties of the office, the Senate president serves as acting governor. The Senate president assigns the other leadership positions within their party, and the minority party appoints its own leaders.
Leadership and members
1. Senate president: Jeb Bradley(R) 2. Majority leader: Sharon Carson(R) 3. Minority leader: Donna Soucy(D)
Salaries
1. 1.1. See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
Republicans won control of the New Hampshire State Senate in 2020. In 2022, they won a 14-10 majority. The table below shows the partisan history of the New Hampshire Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007...
Every state legislature throughout the country features its own internal procedures that it uses to govern itself and how it interacts with other parts of state government. Ballotpedia's coverage of internal state legislative procedures includes veto overrides, the role of the legislature in the state budget, procedures for filling membership vacan...
In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide m...
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While New Hampshire Democrats retained their seats in the 2020 federal elections, Republicans regained the majority in the state’s Senate, House of Representatives, and Executive Council. New Hampshire’s incumbent Republican Gov. Chris Sununu also won election to his third term in office against Democrat Dan Feltes.
Oct 13, 2022 · Operatives in both parties view New Hampshire’s Second District, where incumbent Democrat Annie Kuster is facing off against Republican Bob Burns, as trending toward Republicans in the...
New Hampshire, one of the original 13 colonies, entered the Union in June 1788, and has participated in all 59 presidential elections through 2020. The independent nature of New Hampshire voters leads it to be considered a battleground state in most election cycles, although it has voted Democratic in all but one election since 1992.
Voter information. Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate took place in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for September 13, 2022. The filing deadline was June 10, 2022. The New Hampshire State Senate was one of 88 state legislative chambers holding elections in 2022.
In two districts, Democratic candidates won pluralities, but not majorities; the narrow Republican majority in the State House likely meant that the Republican candidates would be elected. The Senate was tied 5–5, so the allocation of the two contested seats would determine control.
