New Hampshire 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: New Hampshire 2006 Midterm Election

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New Hampshire
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 12 September 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

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)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	911,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	856,519
Capital:	Concord
Tuesday 12 September 2006 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 7 November 2006 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

The vote counts on this page reflect the certified results as of 7 December 2006.

NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY

Tuesday 12 September 2006

NEW HAMPSHIRE Primary results from a media source
(use pull down menu marked "Choose..." to find races of interest)

All races involving an Incumbent are in boldface and also marked with an asterisk (*)

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

CD 1:
- Democrats have nominated Carol Shea-Porter
- Republicans have renominated Jeb Bradley*
CD 2:
- Republicans have renominated Charles Bass*

Sunday 27 August 2006

New Hampshire Supreme Court clarifies its ballot order Decision

On 17 August 2006 the New Hampshire Supreme Court unanimously ruled unconstitutional a 1979 state law that requires the candidates of the party that received the most total votes in the previous election to be listed first on the ballot for the next election.

On 25 August 2006 the New Hampshire Supreme Court decided that the ruling would affect the 7 November election and not the 12 September Primary.

Media Article of 18 August
Media article of 27 August

Merrimack No. 2005-794, RALPH L. AKINS & a. v. SECRETARY OF STATE, Argued: July 21, 2006, Opinion Issued: August 17, 2006



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2	Republican	Senator John E. Sununu • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Class 3	Republican	Senator Judd Gregg • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2006. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors

	Democratic	Governor John Lynch • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2004 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 12 September 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Governor John Lynch

	Democratic	298,761	73.95%	Governor John Lynch

	Republican	104,288	25.81%	James B. "Jim" Coburn

	Scattering	631	0.16%	Scatter

	Write-in; (Libertarian)	323	0.08%	Richard B. Kahn • Failed to obtain the requisite number of signatures to obtain ballot access.
Total		404,003	100.00%

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Republican (2 Renominated)

CD 1 {map}	Republican	Congressman Joseph E. "Jeb" Bradley, III • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 12 September 2006 Primary
	Polls: Leans Republican - Republican Congressman Joseph E. "Jeb" Bradley, III

	Democratic	100,691	51.27%	Carol Shea-Porter • FEC: $360,380

	Republican	95,527	48.64%	Congressman Joseph E. "Jeb" Bradley, III • FEC: $1,111,590

	Scattering	159	0.08%	Scatter

	Write-in; (Libertarian)			Dan Belforti
Total		196,377	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Republican	Congressman Charles F. Bass • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 12 September 2006 Primary
	Polls: Toss-up - Republican Congressman Charles F. Bass vs. Democratic Paul W. Hodes

	Democratic	108,743	52.71%	Paul W. Hodes • FEC: $1,648,323

	Republican	94,088	45.61%	Congressman Charles F. Bass • FEC: $1,228,541

	Libertarian	3,305	1.60%	Kenneth E. "Ken" Blevens, Sr. • FEC finanical report not available

	Scattering	156	0.08%	Scatter

	Write-in; (Libertarian)			Chester "Chet" LaPointe
Total		206,292	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): 1 incumbent, 3 candidates
	• Republican: 4 incumbents, 3 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Libertarian: 4 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering: 3 candidates
	• Write-in: 3 candidates
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 an election authority that this candidate is actually on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.