New Hampshire's 9th State Senate district

New Hampshire's 9th
State Senate district
Senator
  Denise Ricciardi
R–Bedford
Registration34.4% Republican
29.9% Democratic
35.5% No party preference
Demographics94.0% White
0.4% Black
2.2% Hispanic
1.8% Asian
Population (2019)
 • Citizens of voting age		56,632[1][2]
43,289

New Hampshire's 9th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Denise Ricciardi since 2020, following her defeat of incumbent Democrat Jeanne Dietsch.[3][4]

Geography

District 9 currently comprises the southernmost towns of Cheshire and portions of Hillsborough Counties outside of Manchester. The town list includes Bedford, Fitzwilliam, Greenfield, Hinsdale, Jaffrey, Lyndeborough, Mont Vernon, New Boston, Richmond, Sharon, Temple,Troy and Winchester.[3]

The district includes one municipality (Bedford) from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district; every other municipality is within New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district.[5] It borders the state of Massachusetts.[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 9[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Denise Ricciardi 17,920 50.6
Democratic Jeanne Dietsch (incumbent) 17,511 49.4
Total votes 35,431 100
Republican gain from Democratic

2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 9[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeanne Dietsch 3,728 54.6
Democratic Mark Fernald 2,219 32.5
Democratic Bruce Fox 884 12.9
Total votes 6,831 100
Republican Dan Hynes 2,699 53.1
Republican Terry Wolf 2,382 46.9
Total votes 5,081 100
General election
Democratic Jeanne Dietsch 14,037 52.4
Republican Dan Hynes 12,776 47.6
Total votes 26,813 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 9[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Nyquist 2,105 51.0
Democratic Jeanne Dietsch 2,026 49.0
Total votes 4,131 100
General election
Republican Andy Sanborn (incumbent) 17,073 53.7
Democratic Lee Nyquist 14,727 46.3
Total votes 31,800 100
Republican hold

2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 9[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andy Sanborn (incumbent) 12,310 53.3
Democratic Lee Nyquist 10,804 46.7
Total votes 23,114 100
Republican hold

2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 9[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andy Sanborn 3,732 61.1
Republican Ken Hawkins 1,738 28.5
Republican Michael Kenney 634 10.4
Total votes 6,104 100
General election
Republican Andy Sanborn 15,454 50.3
Democratic Lee Nyquist 15,241 49.7
Total votes 30,695 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[7]
2020 President Biden 53.6 – 44.8%
Senate Shaheen 56.3 – 41.8%
2016 President Clinton 47.8 – 46.8%
2014 Senate Brown 51.6 – 48.4%
Governor Havenstein 51.5 – 48.5%
2012 President Romney 51.1 – 47.7%
Governor Hassan 49.9 – 48.1%

References

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 9, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Senator Denise Ricciardi (R-Bedford)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Jack Rooney. "Dietsch calls off recount, concedes to Ricciardi in Senate District 9". Keene Sentinel. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  5. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e "New Hampshire State Senate District 9". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved November 22, 2019.