New Hampshire's 3rd State Senate district

New Hampshire's 3rd
State Senate district
Senator
  Jeb Bradley
R–Wolfeboro
Registration32.9% Republican
22.9% Democratic
44.2% No party preference
Demographics95.9% White
0.5% Black
1.4% Hispanic
0.6% Asian
Population (2019)
 • Citizens of voting age		54,727[1][2]
44,764

New Hampshire's 3rd State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Jeb Bradley, the current President of the New Hampshire Senate, since 2009.[3]

Geography

District 3 covers all of Carroll County as well as small portions of Coos, Grafton and Strafford Counties in the central-eastern portion of the state. It includes the towns of Albany, Bartlett, Brookfield, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Hale's Location, Hart's Location, Jackson, Madison, Moultonborough, Ossipee, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro in Carroll County; Waterville Valley in Grafton County; and Middleton and Milton in Strafford County. It also comprises a few mostly uninhabited and unincorporated townships in souther Coos County.[3]

The district is located almost entirely within New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, with a small portion extending into the 2nd congressional district.[4] It borders the state of Maine.[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 3[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeb Bradley (incumbent) 22,086 61.5
Democratic Theresa Swanick 13,826 38.5
Total votes 35,912 100
Republican hold

2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 3[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeb Bradley (incumbent) 4,326 77.4
Republican Steven Steiner 1,262 22.6
Total votes 5,588 100
General election
Republican Jeb Bradley (incumbent) 14,841 56.6
Democratic Christopher Meier 10,895 41.5
Libertarian Tania Butler 506 1.9
Total votes 26,242 100
Republican hold

2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 3[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeb Bradley (incumbent) 20,091 64.4
Democratic John White 11,111 35.6
Total votes 31,202 100
Republican hold

2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 3[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeb Bradley (incumbent) 14,409 64.4
Democratic John White 7,950 35.6
Total votes 22,359 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 3[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeb Bradley (incumbent) 18,152 60.9
Democratic Jeffery Ballard 11,650 39.1
Total votes 29,802 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[6]
2020 President Trump 49.5 – 49.2%
2016 President Trump 51.2 – 43.8%
2014 Senate Shaheen 50.4 – 49.6%
Governor Havenstein 50.4 – 49.6%
2012 President Romney 49.9 – 49.1%
Governor Hassan 51.6 – 46.0%

References

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 3, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Senator Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e "New Hampshire State Senate District 3". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 31, 2021.