New Hampshire's 15th State Senate district

New Hampshire's 15th State Senate district
Senator	Tara Reardon D–Concord
Registration	35.7% Democratic 24.7% Republican 39.5% No party preference
Demographics	85% White 4% Black 3% Hispanic 4% Asian
Population (2020)	58,119[1][2]
Notes	MHI: $89,309

New Hampshire's 15th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Tara Reardon since 2024, when fellow Democrat Rebecca Whitley retired.

Geography

District 15 is based in the state capital of Concord, also covering the Merrimack County towns of Bow and Hopkinton[3]

The district is located entirely within New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district.[4]

Federal and statewide results

Results are of elections held under 2022 district lines.

Year	Office	Results[5]
2022	Senate	Hassan 67 – 33%
	Governor	Sherman 54 - 46%

Recent election results

2024

2024 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 15[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tara Reardon	20,272	62.89
	Republican	Pamela Ean	11,912	36.95
	Write-in		53	0.16
Total votes			32,237	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 15[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Whitley (incumbent)	16,625	64.7
	Republican	Linda Rae Banfill	9,071	35.3
Total votes			25,696	100
	Democratic hold

Historical election results

The following result occurred prior to 2022 redistricting, and thus were held under different district lines.

2020

2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 15[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Becky Whitley	3,853	40.9
	Democratic	Paul Hodes	3,129	33.2
	Democratic	Candace Bouchard	2,422	25.7
Total votes			9,416	100
General election
	Democratic	Becky Whitley	19,462	63.4
	Republican	Linda Rae Banfill	11,243	36.6
Total votes			30,705	100
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 15[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Feltes (incumbent)	15,929	66.2
	Republican	Pamela Ean	8,119	33.8
Total votes			24,048	100
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 15[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Feltes (incumbent)	17,658	61.8
	Republican	Jeff Newman	10,913	38.2
Total votes			28,571	100
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 15[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Feltes	3,271	70.0
	Democratic	Kass Ardinger	1,400	30.0
Total votes			4,671	100
General election
	Democratic	Dan Feltes	13,352	65.1
	Republican	Lydia Dube Harman	7,154	34.9
Total votes			20,506	100
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 15[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sylvia Larsen (incumbent)	19,385	69.8
	Republican	Lydia Dube Harman	8,382	30.2
Total votes			27,767	100
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 15[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sylvia Larsen (incumbent)	12,069	61.7
	Republican	Chris Wood	7,496	38.3
Total votes			19,565	100
	Democratic hold

References

1. "State Senate District 15, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
2. "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
3. "Senator Rebecca Whitley (D-Hopkinton)". 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 6, 2019.
5. "New Hampshire Elections Database - ElectionStats". Election Stats. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
6. "2024 General Election Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
7. "New Hampshire State Senate District 15". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 11, 2020.