New Hampshire's 7th State Senate district

New Hampshire's 7th State Senate district
Senator	Daniel Innis R–Bradford
Registration	33.6% Republican 25.0% Democratic 41.4% No party preference
Demographics	95.5% White 0.6% Black 1.8% Hispanic 1.0% Asian
Population (2019)  • Citizens of voting age	56,790[1][2] 45,068

New Hampshire's 7th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Daniel Innis since 2022.[3]

Geography

District 7 currently comprises portions of Grafton, Merrimack Counties and a single town each in Belknap, Hillsborough and Sullivan. The district includes the towns of Alexandria, Andover, Bradford, Bridgewater, Bristol, Boscawen, Danbury, Franklin, Goshen, Grafton, Hebron, Henniker, Hill, Hillsboro,Orange, Salisbury, Sutton, Warner, Webster and Wilmot.[3]

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

Recent election results

2024

2024 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 7[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Innis (Incumbent)	17,888	55.48
	Democratic	Stu Green	14,337	44.47
	Write-in		17	0.05
Total votes			32,242	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

2022 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 7[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Innis	3,509	63.2
	Republican	Thomas Dunne Jr.	2,044	36.8
Total votes			5,553	100
General election
	Republican	Daniel Innis	13,413	54.6
	Democratic	Richard Lobban	11,146	45.4
Total votes			24,559	100
	Republican hold

Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.

Historical election results

2020

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold French (incumbent)	17,801	58.0
	Democratic	Philip Spagnuolo Jr.	12,907	42.0
Total votes			30,708	100
	Republican hold

2018

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold French (incumbent)	11,616	53.4
	Democratic	Mason Donovan	10,141	46.6
Total votes			21,757	100
	Republican hold

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold French	13,880	50.03
	Democratic	Andrew Hosmer (incumbent)	13,863	49.97
Total votes			27,743	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2014

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Hosmer (incumbent)	9,578	50.3
	Republican	Kathleen Lauer-Rago	9,423	49.5
Total votes			19,025	100
	Democratic hold

2012

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

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joshua Youssef	2,752	53.2
	Republican	William Grimm	2,422	46.8
Total votes			5,174	100
General election
	Democratic	Andrew Hosmer	15,573	59.1
	Republican	Joshua Youssef	10,768	40.9
Total votes			26,341	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[7]
2020	President	Trump 52.7 – 45.7%
2016	President	Trump 53.8 – 41.2%
2014	Senate	Shaheen 51.4 – 48.6%
	Governor	Hassan 51.4 – 48.6%
2012	President	Obama 51.7 – 47.2%
	Governor	Hassan 54.5 – 42.7%

References

1. "State Senate District 7, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
2. "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
3. "Senator Daniel Innis (R-Bradford)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
5. "2024 Election Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
6. "New Hampshire State Senate District 7". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 1, 2021.