New Hampshire's 12th State Senate district

New Hampshire's 12th State Senate district
Senator	Kevin Avard R–Nashua
Registration	31.7% Republican 24.7% Democratic 43.5% No party preference
Demographics	86.7% White 2.5% Black 4.6% Hispanic 6.1% Asian
Population (2019)  • Citizens of voting age	57,145[1][2] 43,983

New Hampshire's 12th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Kevin Avard since 2020, following his victory over incumbent Democrat Melanie Levesque.[3]

Geography

District 12 covers Nashua's 1st, 2nd, and 5th wards, as well as several towns to its west, including Brookline, Greenville, Hollis, Mason, New Ipswich, and Rindge. It is mostly within Hillsborough County, with a small portion extending into Cheshire County.[3]

The district is entirely located within New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district.[4] It borders the state of Massachusetts.[1]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 12[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Avard (Incumbent)	19,841	55.88
	Democratic	Ben Ming	15,643	44.06
	Write-in		21	0.06
Total votes			35,505	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

2022 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 12[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Avard (incumbent)	14,314	51.2
	Democratic	Melanie Levesque	13,626	48.8
Total votes			27,943	100.0

2020

2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 12[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Avard	17,534	51.2
	Democratic	Melanie Levesque (incumbent)	16,729	48.8
Total votes			34,263	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 12[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melanie Levesque	3,727	79.4
	Democratic	Tom Falter	969	20.6
Total votes			4,696	100
	Republican	Kevin Avard (incumbent)	3,274	76.1
	Republican	Richard Dowd	1,028	23.9
Total votes			4,302	100
General election
	Democratic	Melanie Levesque	12,553	50.3
	Republican	Kevin Avard (incumbent)	12,384	49.7
Total votes			24,937	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 12[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Avard (incumbent)	15,942	51.3
	Democratic	Peggy Gilmour	15,120	48.7
Total votes			31,062	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 12[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Avard	2,651	53.7
	Republican	Michael McCarthy	2,284	46.3
Total votes			4,935	100
General election
	Republican	Kevin Avard	10,839	50.8
	Democratic	Peggy Gilmour (incumbent)	10,517	49.2
Total votes			21,356	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 12[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peggy Gilmour	15,245	51.9
	Republican	Jim Luther (incumbent)	14,101	48.1
Total votes			29,346	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[8]
2020	President	Biden 51.6% – 46.8%
	Senate	Shaheen 54.3% – 43.2%
2016	President	Trump 48.5 – 46.0%
2014	Senate	Brown 54.3 – 45.7%
	Governor	Havenstein 54.1 – 45.9%
2012	President	Romney 51.4 – 47.2%
	Governor	Hassan 50.8 – 46.3%

References

1. "State Senate District 12, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
2. "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
3. "Senator Kevin Avard (R-Nashua)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
5. "2024 Election Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
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7. "New Hampshire State Senate District 12". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
8. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 1, 2021.