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  • Voters to decide New Hampshire House special election on April 13

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    A special election is being held on April 13 for the Hillsborough 21 District of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Wendy Thomas (D), Bill Boyd (R), and Stephen Hollenberg (independent) are running in the special election. The winner will serve until December 2022. The Hillsborough 21 District is a multi-member district made up of…

  • John Formella confirmed as New Hampshire attorney general

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    John Formella was confirmed as New Hampshire’s next attorney general by the Executive Council of New Hampshire on March 24 by a vote of 4 to 1. Gov. Chris Sununu (R) nominated Formella to the position on March 3. Formella has served as legal counsel in Gov. Sununu’s office since 2017.  WMUR reported that Sununu…

  • Former N.H. Attorney General Gordon MacDonald sworn in as chief justice of state Supreme Court

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    Former Attorney General Gordon MacDonald was sworn in to the New Hampshire Supreme Court on March 4. He was nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu (R) on Jan. 7 to succeed Robert Lynn, and the New Hampshire Executive Council voted 4-1 to confirm his nomination on Jan. 22. All four Republican members of the executive council…

  • New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 23 District special election set for June 8, 2021

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    Election officials have scheduled a special election for the Merrimack 23 District seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives for June 8, 2021. The seat became vacant after Samantha Fox (D) resigned on Jan. 12. The primary is on Apr. 20, and the filing deadline is on Feb. 26.

  • New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 21 special election set for Apr. 13, 2021

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    Election officials have scheduled a special election for the Hillsborough 21 seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives for Apr. 13, 2021. The seat became vacant when state House speaker Dick Hinch died on Dec. 9 from complications caused by COVID-19. The primary is on Feb. 23, but it may serve as the general…

  • Gov. Sununu (R) to nominate Attorney General Gordon MacDonald to New Hampshire Supreme Court

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    On January 6, 2021, Gov. Chris Sununu (R) announced that he will renominate Attorney General Gordan MacDonald (R) to the New Hampshire State Supreme Court.  In New Hampshire, the governor makes nominations to the state supreme court and those nominees are then subject to the approval of the Executive Council. In order for the nominee…

  • New Hampshire House Speaker Dick Hinch dies 

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    Newly-sworn in New Hampshire House Speaker Dick Hinch (R) died on Dec 9, at the age of 71. According to the Boston Globe, Hinch unexpectedly passed away from COVID-19.  Hinch won re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Hillsborough 21 on Nov. 3. Republicans gained control of the state House, and Hinch…

  • Legislative control of redistricting changed in New Hampshire, Vermont following Nov. 3 elections

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    Following the 2020 elections, two states saw changes to the partisan makeup of their state legislatures that could affect redistricting, which is set to begin in 2021 following the publication of the U.S. Census. Republicans in New Hampshire gained control of the Congressional and state legislative redistricting process after the 2020 elections. Republicans won new…

  • Republicans flip legislature and gain trifecta control in New Hampshire

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    Republicans are projected to flip control of New Hampshire’s state Senate and House to gain trifecta control of the state. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governorship, a majority in the state senate, and a majority in the state house in a state’s government. Heading into the election, New Hampshire had been under a…

  • New Hampshire, Rhode Island hold congressional primaries on September 8

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    On September 8, New Hampshire and Rhode Island held statewide primaries. A total of six congressional seats—two U.S. Senate seats and four U.S. House seats—were on the ballot. All six incumbents filed for re-election and won their respective primaries. The primary winners advanced to the general election on November 3. New Hampshire Incumbent Jeanne Shaheen…