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NHADA · 2026 ELECTION RESULTS

New Hampshire’s election results, at a glance.

A summary of the statewide races, changes in State House control, and incumbent losses.

Unofficial results · November 4, 2026 · 9:07 AM ET
Report created with the assistance of

State Senate

D +7 seats

15 D / 9 R

Democrats take control

Before: 8 D · 16 R

State House

D +122 seats

291 D / 108 R 1 other

Democrats hold 73% of seats

Before: 169 D · 212 R · 1 I · 18 vacant

Executive Council

D +4 seats

5 D / 0 R

Democrats win all five seats

Before: 1 D · 4 R

GOVERNOR

Kelly Ayotte wins re-election

The Republican incumbent defeated Democratic challenger Cinde Warmington.

R Kelly Ayotte Incumbent
51.1% ✓ Projected winner
D Cinde Warmington
47.2% Democratic challenger
81
Incumbents lost, all Republicans

70 House members, 7 senators, and 4 councilors. No Democratic incumbent lost.

Democrats sweep federal races

Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Maggie Goodlander win New Hampshire’s three federal races.

Overview totals remain statewide. Search narrows the tables below.

FEDERAL RACES

New Hampshire’s congressional delegation

Winner and opponent percentages are shown as reported in the summary.

STATE SENATE

15 Democratic · 9 Republican

Democrats gain seven seats. Every Democratic incumbent won. Sharon Carson held SD-14 by 477 votes.

STATE HOUSE

How the 400 seats break down

Democrats gain 122 seats over the sitting membership. The other-party seat is Merrimack 13.

Democratic Republican Other

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

A five-seat Democratic sweep

Democrats gain four seats. Councilors Kenney, Stevens, Stephen, and Wheeler lost.

INCUMBENTS WHO LOST

81 Republican incumbents

House gaps are the deficit to the last winning seat. Senate and Council gaps are the winner’s vote lead.

House Speaker Sherman Packard lost his seat. He finished 10th for Rockingham 16’s seven seats, 445 votes short. Republicans also lost five incumbents in Hillsborough 12 and four in Rockingham 16.

RECOUNT WATCH

The closest House results

Six incumbent losses were decided by 50 votes or fewer for the last seat. Four other close districts are also identified in the document.

About these results

This module reproduces the supplied election summary’s unofficial Associated Press counts published by WMUR as of 9:07 AM ET on November 4, 2026. Projected outcomes may change before official results are released. This module does not update automatically.

“Before” seat counts use the sitting 2025–26 membership. Incumbents are sitting members who were general-election nominees. Charlie St. Clair and Jonathan Morton are excluded from the incumbent-loss count because the document reports that they do not appear on the AP ballot.

D = Democratic · R = Republican · I = Independent. Senate and Council margins are percentage-point leads as reported in the document.

Report created with the assistance of Dennehy & Bouley.