New Hampshire's 17th State Senate district

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New Hampshire's 17th
State Senate district
Senator
  Howard Pearl
R–Loudon
Registration34.2% Republican
23.0% Democratic
42.8% No party preference
Demographics95.5% White
0.4% Black
1.9% Hispanic
0.6% Asian
Population (2019)
 • Citizens of voting age		57,013[1][2]
44,667

New Hampshire's 17th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Howard Pearl since 2022.[3]

Geography

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District 17 covers parts of Merrimack, Rockingham, and Strafford Counties to the east of Concord, including the towns of Allenstown, Chichester, Deerfield, Epsom, Loudon, Northwood, Nottingham, Pembroke, Pittsfield, Raymond, and Strafford.[3]

The district overlaps with both New Hampshire's 1st congressional district and New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district.[4]

Recent election results

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2022

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2022 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Howard Pearl 4,436 69.9
Republican Scott Bryer 1,906 30.1
Total votes 6,342 100
General election
Republican Howard Pearl 14,878 56.8
Democratic Christine Tappan 11,311 43.2
Total votes 26,189 100
Republican hold

Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.

Historical election results

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2020

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2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 5,688 82.4
Republican Janet DelFuoco 1,201 17.4
Total votes 6,900 100
General election
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 20,317 60.1
Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher 13,488 39.9
Total votes 33,805 100
Republican hold

2018

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2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 13,172 55.5
Democratic Christopher Roundy 10,578 44.5
Total votes 23,750 100
Republican hold

2016

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2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 18,252 61.3
Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher 11,522 38.7
Total votes 29,774 100
Republican hold

2014

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2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 4,045 82.9
Republican Howard Pearl 837 17.1
Total votes 4,882 100
General election
Republican John Reagan (incumbent) 11,669 58.2
Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher 8,382 41.8
Total votes 20,051 100
Republican hold

2012

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2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Reagan 2,689 51.2
Republican Howard Pearl 2,559 48.8
Total votes 5,248 100
General election
Republican John Reagan 14,672 52.8
Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher 13,138 47.2
Total votes 27,810 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

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Year Office Results[6]
2020 President Trump 53.9 – 44.1%
Senate Shaheen 49.3 – 47.7%
2016 President Trump 55.0 – 39.6%
2014 Senate Brown 51.6 – 48.4%
Governor Havenstein 51.6– 48.4%
2012 President Romney 50.0 – 48.6%
Governor Hassan 51.7 – 45.9%

References

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  1. ^ "State Senate District 17, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Senator Howard Pearl (R-Loudon)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "New Hampshire State Senate District 17". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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