New Hampshire
Senate 100% reporting
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Pct. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kelly Ayotte
|
Rep. | 273,218 | 60.1% | |
|
Paul Hodes
|
Dem. | 167,545 | 36.8% | ||
|
Chris Booth
|
Ind. | 9,194 | 2.0% | ||
|
Ken Blevens
|
Lib. | 4,753 | 1.0% |
Governor 100% reporting
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Pct. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
John Lynch
|
Dem. | 240,346 | 52.7% | Incumbent |
|
John Stephen
|
Rep. | 205,616 | 45.1% | ||
|
John Babiarz
|
Lib. | 10,089 | 2.2% |
House of Representatives
| District | Democrat | Republican | Other | Reporting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
42.4%
Shea-Porter*
|
54.0%
Guinta
|
3.5%
Other
|
100% |
| 2 |
46.8%
Kuster
|
48.3%
Bass
|
4.9%
Other
|
100% |
State Highlights
No state swung more sharply toward the Democrats in the last few cycles, and none swung harder in the Republicans’ direction on Tuesday. And this year, as in the Democratic sweep of 2006, the polls failed to predict the magnitude of the shift.
Republicans elected a new Republican senator, captured both of the state’s House seats, and nearly unseated a popular Democratic governor. The question is whether this is a temporary turn for what has become a swing state, or a more lasting reversion to its historic Republican dominance.
In the race to succeed the retiring Senator Judd Gregg, the former attorney general, Kelly Ayotte, swamped Paul Hodes.
Despite high approval ratings, Gov. John Lynch barely won a fourth two-year term against John Stephen, a Republican business consultant and former state official. Representative Carol Shea-Porter, the Democratic incumbent, lost decisively to Frank Guinta, a Republican and former mayor of Manchester. Republicans also won big majorities in both houses of the Legislature, four years after Democrats did the same.