| The Green Papers: New Hampshire 2009 General Election |
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New Hampshire
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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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). |
| 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 |
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| Class 3 | 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. |
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| Governor 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor John Lynch • First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2006, 2008 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (1 Undetermined, 1 Open) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Carol Shea-Porter • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| CD 2 {map} |
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 |
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| 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. |