The Green Papers: New Hampshire 2010 Midterm Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 14 September 2010
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Electoral Votes:4(0.74% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:1,238,415 (0.44% of 281,998,273)
Capital:Concord
Tuesday 14 September 2010 polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC). Polls must open by 11 AM however most open between 7 AM and 8 AM. NEW HAMPSHIRE permits its 13 cities to keep their polls open until 8 PM EDT by local option- however, as there ARE only 13 cities among New Hampshire's 234 County subdivisions [the 221 "non-cities", of course, being the proverbial New England Town(ship)], the fact is that the vast majority of NH's polls have closed by 7 PM EDT and the networks have no problem considering this hour as the earliest hour of potential projection.
Tuesday 2 November 2010 polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC). Polls must open by 11 AM however most open between 7 AM and 8 AM. NEW HAMPSHIRE permits its 13 cities to keep their polls open until 8 PM EDT by local option- however, as there ARE only 13 cities among New Hampshire's 234 County subdivisions [the 221 "non-cities", of course, being the proverbial New England Town(ship)], the fact is that the vast majority of NH's polls have closed by 7 PM EDT and the networks have no problem considering this hour as the earliest hour of potential projection.
 

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New Hampshire State and Local Government


The state legislators who will meet over the two years from 2009 through 2010 will make up the 161st Session of the NEW HAMPSHIRE GENERAL COURT. (NOTE: the numbering of New Hampshire's GENERAL COURTS dates back to the adoption of the Constitution of 1784: the General Court beginning in 1784 and ending in 1785 was the 1st; each session was thereafter numbered consecutively on an annual basis (the legislators of both houses being elected for one-year terms) through the 95th, which ended in 1878; the 96th Legislature, the first for which both chambers were elected for two-year terms, was in session from 1879 thru 1880 and every New Hampshire General Court from then on has, therefore, been numbered on such a biennial basis).


14 September 2010 primary:
NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY results from a media source


2 November 2010
General Election returns from an official source.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Class 3
Seat up for election
Open
Republican Senator Judd A. Gregg
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 3 February 2009: Nominated by President Obama for Secretary of Commerce. Governor John Lynch announced Bonnie Newman as his choice to replace U.S. Senator Judd Gregg. Future Senator Newman has promised not to run for the seat in 2010. 12 February 2009 update: Senator Judd Gregg withdrew his name from consideration for for Secretary of Commerce due to policy differences with President Obama. Senator Gregg also announced that he would not run for re-election in 2010.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 273,218 60.03% former Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte
7 July 2009: Resigned from her AG position effective 17 July in order to explore a run for U.S. Senate.

FEC S0NH00235; 31 Dec 10; Tot $5,389,780; Dsb $5,041,009
  Candidate Democratic 167,545 36.81% Congressman Paul W. Hodes
Congressional Distict 2

FEC S0NH00227; 30 Dec 10; Tot $4,939,739; Dsb $4,893,222
  Candidate Independent 9,194 2.02% Chris Booth
FEC S0NH00292
  Candidate Libertarian 4,753 1.04% Kenneth E. "Ken" Blevens
FEC S2NH00157
  Candidate Scattering 439 0.10% Scatter
  Candidate Write-in     Brian Chabot
Total 455,149 100.00%  

Governor  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors

Chair up for election Democratic Governor John H. Lynch
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2006, 2008
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 14 September 2010 Primary
  Elected Democratic 240,346 52.64% Governor John H. Lynch
  Candidate Republican 205,616 45.03% John Stephen
  Candidate Libertarian 10,089 2.21% John J. Babiarz
  Candidate Scattering 537 0.12% Scatter
Total 456,588 100.00%  

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democratic (1 Renominated, 1 Open)

CD 1
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Carol Shea-Porter
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 14 September 2010 Primary
  Elected Republican 121,655 53.97% Mayor of Manchester Frank C. Guinta
FEC H0NH01217; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,558,554; Dsb $1,545,187
  Candidate Democratic 95,503 42.37% Congressman Carol Shea-Porter
FEC H6NH01230; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,647,766; Dsb $1,682,117
  Candidate Libertarian 7,966 3.53% Philip Hodson
FEC H0NH01266
  Candidate Scattering 299 0.13% Scatter
Total 225,423 100.00%  

CD 2
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Seat up for election
Open
Democratic Congressman Paul W. Hodes
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Running for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 108,610 48.34% former Congressman Charles F. "Charlie" Bass
FEC H0NH02017; 31 Dec 10; Tot $1,242,834; Dsb $1,248,999
  Candidate Democratic 105,060 46.76% Ann McLane Kuster
FEC H0NH02181; 31 Dec 10; Tot $2,506,610; Dsb $2,486,888
  Candidate Independent 6,197 2.76% Timothy "Tim" vanBlommesteyn
FEC H0NH02231; 31 Dec 10; Tot $24,890; Dsb $21,094
  Candidate Libertarian 4,796 2.13% Howard L. Wilson
FEC H6NH02113
  Candidate Scattering     Scatter
Total 224,663 100.00%  
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 4 incumbents, 4 candidates
  Republican: 1 incumbent, 4 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Libertarian: 4 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 4 candidates
  Write-in: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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