The Green Papers: New Hampshire 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 10 September 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Governor:1(Term Limit: None; 2-year term)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
2002 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
1990 Census:1,109,252 (0.45% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:1,238,415 (0.44% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):763,845
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):890,000
Capital:Concord
Tuesday 10 September 2002 polls close 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC) / 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC). 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 5 November 2002 polls close 7:00p EST (0000 UTC) / 8:00p EST (0100 UTC). NEW HAMPSHIRE permits its 13 cities to keep their polls open until 8 PM EST 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 EST 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

preview re: General Election in NEW HAMPSHIRE-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

MOST Polls close: 7 PM Eastern Standard Time
(0000 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)
some polls in the State are permitted to stay open until 8 PM local time (0100 UTC)

  • NEW HAMPSHIRE is electing its Governor in 2002 [NOTE: NEW HAMPSHIRE is one of only two States (the other being VERMONT) which elect their Governors for two-year (as opposed to four-year) terms]; this is an Open Chair, as incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen is NOT a candidate for re-election as Governor but, instead, is her Party’s candidate for the U.S. Senate in the General Election.
  • NEW HAMPSHIRE is electing its U.S. Senator in the "Class 2" seat in 2002; this is an Open Seat, as incumbent Republican Bob Smith is NOT a candidate for re-election to the Senate in the General Election, having lost his bid for renomination in his Party’s Primary on 10 September 2002.
  • NEW HAMPSHIRE is electing 2 Members of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State did not gain nor lose a House seat as a result of the 2000 Census.
  • There are no House seats which will have incumbents running against one another in the General Election.

    • Members of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election from the State of NEW HAMPSHIRE:

    Incumbent Party District
    [per 1990
    Apportionment ]    		 Reason for not
    seeking re-election
    John E. Sununu Republican CD # 1 Nominee for the U.S. Senate

    Open Seats [those in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from NEW HAMPSHIRE in the 5 November 2002 General Election [NOTE—Districts are those per 2000 Apportionment ]:

    • CD 1

    Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in NEW HAMPSHIRE:

    None.

 
Governor  Term Limit: None; 2-year term, Governors
Chair up for election Democrat Governor Jeanne Shaheen
• First elected: 1996; re-elected: 1998, 2000
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
• The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
• Open Chair - Nominee for U.S. Senate
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democrat Mark Fernald
  Candidate Libertarian John J. Babiarz
  Elected Republican Craig Benson
Senate  6-year term, 107th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2
Seat up for election		 Republican Senator Robert C. "Bob" Smith
• First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
• Lost Primary - 10 September 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democrat Governor Jeanne Shaheen
• announced 6 February 2002
  Candidate Green (Aaron Michael Rizzio - pending)
• Listed as Independent by SoS
  Candidate Independent (David Gosselin - pending)
  Candidate Libertarian Ken Blevens
  Elected Republican Congressman John E. Sununu
• Congressman CD 1
Class 3 Republican Senator Judd Gregg
• First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
107th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2001-2002)
1992-2000 Congressional Districts for the election of the 107th Congress
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republicans (1 Open, 1 Renominated)
CD 1 Republican Congressman John E. Sununu
• First elected: 1996
• Open Seat - Nominee for U.S. Senate
CD 2 Republican Congressman Charles Bass
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1994
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Bass is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 2
108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)
2002-2010 Congressional Districts for the election of the 108th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democrat Martha Fuller Clark
  Candidate Libertarian Dan Belforti
  Elected Republican Jeb Bradley
CD 2
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Katrina Swett
  Candidate Libertarian Rosalie T. Babiarz
  Elected Republican Congressman Charles Bass
 

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