New Hampshire's 8th State Senate district

New Hampshire's 8th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Ruth Ward since 2016, succeeding fellow Republican Jerry Little.[3]

New Hampshire's 8th
State Senate district
Senator
  Ruth Ward
R–Stoddard
Registration32.0% Republican
24.1% Democratic
43.9% No party preference
Demographics95.5% White
0.4% Black
1.2% Hispanic
0.5% Asian
Population (2019)
 • Citizens of voting age		55,724[1][2]
44,345

Geography

District 8 covers parts of Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, and Sullivan Counties, including the towns of Croydon, Newport, Unity, Acworth, Stoddard, Antrim, Deering, Weare, Bradford, Sutton, Newbury, Springfield, New London, Sunapee, Goshen, Grantham, Lempster, Washington, Marlow, Hillsboro, Langdon, Windsor, Bennington, and Francestown.[3]

The district is located entirely within New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district.[4] Its western end is very close to the state of Vermont, but does not border it.[1]

Recent election results

2020
2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 8[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ruth Ward (incumbent) 18,903 55.6
Democratic Jenn Alford-Teaster 15,114 44.4
Total votes 34,017 100
Republican hold

2018
2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 8[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ruth Ward (incumbent) 12,859 51.3
Democratic Jenn Alford-Teaster 12,212 48.7
Total votes 25,071 100
Republican hold

2016
2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 8[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ruth Ward 2,618 50.1
Republican Jim Beard 2,609 49.9
Total votes 5,227 100
General election
Republican Ruth Ward 16,150 53.1
Democratic John Garvey 14,289 46.9
Total votes 30,439 100
Republican hold

2014
2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 8[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jerry Little 4,100 69.3
Republican J. P. Marzullo 1,817 30.7
Total votes 5,917 100
General election
Republican Jerry Little 12,033 55.5
Democratic Linda Tanner 9,649 44.5
Total votes 21,682 100
Republican hold

2012
2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 8[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Odell (incumbent) 17,709 61.4
Democratic Christopher Wallenstein 11,138 38.6
Total votes 28,847 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 8
Year Office Results[6]
2020 President Trump 49.1 – 49.0%
2016 President Trump 51.0 – 43.6%
2014 Senate Shaheen 51.5 – 48.5%
Governor Hassan 50.9 – 49.1%
2012 President Obama 51.1 – 47.4%
Governor Hassan 53.2 – 43.6%

References
  1. "State Senate District 8, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  2. "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
  3. "Senator Ruth Ward (R-Stoddard)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  5. "New Hampshire State Senate District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
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