New Hampshire's 6th State Senate district

New Hampshire's 6th State Senate district
Senator	James Gray R–Rochester
Registration	33.1% Republican 25.3% Democratic 41.6% No party preference
Demographics	93.6% White 0.4% Black 2.2% Hispanic 1.4% Asian
Population (2019)  • Citizens of voting age	54,303[1][2] 41,920

New Hampshire's 6th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican James Gray since 2016, succeeding fellow Republican Sam Cataldo.[3]

Geography

District 6 covers parts of Belknap and Strafford Counties, including the towns of Alton, Farmington, Gilmanton, New Durham, Rochester and Strafford.[3]

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

Recent election results

2024

2024 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 6[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James P. Gray (Incumbent)	18,561	59.77
	Democratic	John Ceskavich	12,483	40.19
	Write-in		13	0.04
Total votes			31,057	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Gray (incumbent)	13,167	55.79
	Democratic	Ruth Larson	10,434	44.21
Total votes			23,601	100.0

2020

2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 6[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Gray (incumbent)	17,290	57.8
	Democratic	Christopher Rice	12,638	42.2
Total votes			29,928	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 6[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Gray (incumbent)	11,602	54.9
	Democratic	Anne Grassie	9,537	45.1
Total votes			21,139	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 6[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Gray	14,481	55.1
	Democratic	Joe Casey	11,793	44.9
Total votes			26,274	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 6[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Cataldo (incumbent)	9,882	56.4
	Democratic	Richard Leonard	7,640	43.6
Total votes			17,522	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 6[7]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Cataldo	2,358	52.3
	Republican	Richard Green	2,153	47.7
Total votes			4,511	100
General election
	Republican	Sam Cataldo	12,764	51.3
	Democratic	Richard Leonard	12,127	48.7
Total votes			24,891	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[8]
2020	President	Trump 54.1 – 44.0%
2016	President	Trump 55.7 – 38.7%
2014	Senate	Brown 52.3 – 47.7%
	Governor	Havenstein 52.7 – 47.3%
2012	President	Romney 50.6 – 48.3%
	Governor	Hassan 51.7 – 45.5%

References

1. "State Senate District 6, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
2. "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
3. "Senator James Gray (R-Rochester)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
5. "2024 Election Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
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7. "New Hampshire State Senate District 6". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
8. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 1, 2021.