New Hampshire's 17th State Senate district (original) (raw)

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New Hampshire's 17thState Senate district
Senator Howard PearlRLoudon
Registration 34.2% Republican23.0% Democratic42.8% No party preference
Demographics 95.5% White0.4% Black1.9% Hispanic0.6% Asian
Population (2019) • Citizens of voting age 57,013[1][2]44,667

New Hampshire's 17th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Howard Pearl since 2022.[3]

District 17 covers parts of Merrimack, Rockingham, and Strafford Counties to the east of Concord, including the towns of Allenstown, Chichester, Deerfield, Epsom, Loudon, Northwood, Nottingham, Pembroke, Pittsfield, Raymond, and Strafford.[3]

The district overlaps with both New Hampshire's 1st congressional district and New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district.[4]

Recent election results

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2022 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17[5]

Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Howard Pearl 4,436
Republican Scott Bryer 1,906
Total votes 6,342 100
General election
Republican Howard Pearl 14,878
Democratic Christine Tappan 11,311
Total votes 26,189 100
Republican hold

Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.

Historical election results

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2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17[5]

Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 5,688
Republican Janet DelFuoco 1,201
Total votes 6,900 100
General election
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 20,317
Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher 13,488
Total votes 33,805 100
Republican hold

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17[5]

Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 4,045
Republican Howard Pearl 837
Total votes 4,882 100
General election
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 11,669
Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher 8,382
Total votes 20,051 100
Republican hold

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17[5]

Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Reagan 2,689
Republican Howard Pearl 2,559
Total votes 5,248 100
General election
Republican John Reagan 14,672
Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher 13,138
Total votes 27,810 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

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Year Office Results[6]
2020 President Trump 53.9 – 44.1%
Senate Shaheen 49.3 – 47.7%
2016 President Trump 55.0 – 39.6%
2014 Senate Brown 51.6 – 48.4%
Governor Havenstein 51.6– 48.4%
2012 President Romney 50.0 – 48.6%
Governor Hassan 51.7 – 45.9%
  1. ^ "State Senate District 17, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Senator Howard Pearl (R-Loudon)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "New Hampshire State Senate District 17". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved December 9, 2019.