New Hampshire's 1st congressional district
New Hampshire's 1st congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022 [1]) | 703,923 | ||
Median household income | $91,412[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | EVEN[2] |
New Hampshire's 1st congressional district covers parts of
The district contains Manchester, New Hampshire's most populous city, and its immediate suburbs. Most of the district's population resides in Rockingham County, which includes much of the Seacoast Region. The northern part of the district in Belknap, Carroll, and Grafton counties are far more rural.
The district is home to the University of New Hampshire, the state's largest university. Some of the largest employers in the district are Fidelity Investments, J. Jill, Elliot Health System, and The University System of New Hampshire.[3] It is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat Chris Pappas.
History and composition
This district is competitive, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of EVEN. As of 2022[update], the district has changed hands in six of the last eight elections, with an incumbent losing re-election in five instances. Incumbent Democrat Chris Pappas achieved a notable feat by winning his 2020 re-election bid in this district.
The district (2022–) includes:
- all of Belknap County, except the towns of Center Harbor and New Hampton
- all of Carroll County, except the towns of Sandwich, Jackson and Albany
- the communities of Bedford, Goffstown, Manchester, and Merrimack in Hillsborough County
- the town of Hooksett in Merrimack County
- all of Rockingham County, except the towns of Atkinson, Deerfield, Northwood, Salem, and Windham
- all of Strafford County
Election results from statewide races
Election results from presidential races:[4]
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | George W. Bush 49% – Al Gore 46% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 51% – John Kerry 48% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 52.8% – John McCain 46.4% |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 50.8% – Mitt Romney 49.1% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 47.5% – Hillary Clinton 45.9% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 52.2% – Donald Trump 46.2% |
Election results from statewide races:[4]
Year | Office | Results |
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2012 | Governor | Maggie Hassan 53% – Ovide Lamontagne 44% |
2014 | Governor | Maggie Hassan 51% – Walt Havenstein 49% |
Senate | Scott Brown 51% – Jeanne Shaheen 49% | |
2016 | Governor | Chris Sununu 50% – Colin Van Ostern 45% |
Senate | Kelly Ayotte 49% – Maggie Hassan 47% | |
2018 | Governor | Chris Sununu 55% – Molly Kelly 44% |
2020 | Governor | Chris Sununu 67% – Dan Feltes 32% |
Senate | Corky Messner 42%
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2022 | Senate | Maggie Hassan 53% – Don Bolduc 45% |
List of members representing the district
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District established March 4, 1847 | ||||
Amos Tuck (Exeter) |
Independent
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March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th 31st 32nd |
Re-elected late on March 11, 1851 .Lost re-election. |
Free Soil
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March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | |||
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | |||
George W. Kittredge (Newmarket) |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected late on March 8, 1853 .Lost re-election. |
James Pike (Sanbornton Bridge) |
Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th 35th |
Re-elected late on March 10, 1857 .Retired. |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | |||
Gilman Marston (Exeter) |
Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
36th 37th |
Re-elected late on March 12, 1861. .
Retired to serve in the Union Army |
Daniel Marcy (Portsmouth) |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th | Elected late on March 10, 1863 .Lost re-election. |
Gilman Marston (Exeter) |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
39th | Elected late on March 14, 1865 .Lost re-election. |
Jacob Hart Ela (Rochester) |
Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
40th 41st |
Re-elected late on March 9, 1869 .Retired. |
Ellery Albee Hibbard (Laconia) |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | Elected late on March 14, 1871 .Lost re-election. |
New Market )
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Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Elected late on March 11, 1873 .Retired. |
Frank Jones (Portsmouth) |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
44th 45th |
Re-elected late on March 13, 1877 .Retired. |
Joshua G. Hall (Dover) |
Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
46th 47th |
Re-elected in 1880 .Retired. |
Martin Alonzo Haynes )
(Lake Village |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
48th 49th |
Re-elected in 1884 .Lost re-election. |
Luther F. McKinney (Manchester) |
Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
50th | Elected in 1886 .Lost re-election. |
Alonzo Nute (Farmington) |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888. .
Retired to run for Governor of New Hampshire |
Luther F. McKinney (Manchester) |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Elected in 1890. .
Retired to run for Governor of New Hampshire |
Henry W. Blair (Manchester) |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | Elected in 1892 .Retired. |
Cyrus A. Sulloway (Manchester) |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913 |
54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd |
Re-elected in 1910 .Lost re-election. |
Eugene Elliott Reed )
(Manchester |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | Elected in 1912 .Lost re-election. |
Cyrus A. Sulloway (Manchester) |
Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 11, 1917 |
64th 65th |
Re-elected in 1916 .Died. |
Vacant | March 11, 1917 – May 29, 1917 |
65th | ||
Sherman Everett Burroughs (Manchester) |
Republican | May 29, 1917 – January 27, 1923 |
65th 66th 67th |
Re-elected in 1920 .Retired and died before next term began. |
Vacant | January 27, 1923 – March 3, 1923 |
67th | ||
William Nathaniel Rogers )
(Sanbornville |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 |
68th | Elected in 1922 .Lost re-election. |
Fletcher Hale (Laconia) |
Republican | March 4, 1925 – October 22, 1931 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Re-elected in 1930 .Died. |
Vacant | October 22, 1931 – January 5, 1932 |
72nd | ||
William Nathaniel Rogers )
(Sanbornville |
Democratic | January 5, 1932 – January 3, 1937 |
72nd 73rd 74th |
Re-elected in 1934. .
Retired to run for U.S. Senator |
Arthur B. Jenks (Manchester) |
Republican | January 3, 1937 – June 9, 1938 |
75th | Elected in 1936 .Lost election contest. |
Alphonse Roy (Manchester) |
Democratic | June 9, 1938 – January 3, 1939 |
75th | Successfully contested Jenks's election. Lost re-election. |
Arthur B. Jenks (Manchester) |
Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943 |
76th 77th |
Re-elected in 1940 .Lost renomination. |
Chester Earl Merrow )
(Center Ossipee |
Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1963 |
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
Re-elected in 1960. .
Retired to run for U.S. Senator |
Louis C. Wyman (Manchester) |
Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
88th | Elected in 1962 .Lost re-election. |
Joseph Oliva Huot )
(Laconia |
Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
89th | Elected in 1964 .Lost re-election. |
Louis C. Wyman (Manchester) |
Republican | January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1974 |
90th 91st 92nd 93rd |
run for U.S. senator and resigned when appointed.[a]
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Vacant | December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
93rd | ||
Norman D'Amours (Manchester) |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1985 |
94th 95th 96th 97th 98th |
Re-elected in 1982. .
Retired to run for U.S. Senator |
Bob Smith (Tuftonboro) |
Republican | January 3, 1985 – December 7, 1990 |
99th 100th 101st |
U.S. Senator .
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Vacant | December 7, 1990 – January 3, 1991 |
101st | ||
Bill Zeliff (Jackson) |
Republican | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997 |
102nd 103rd 104th |
Re-elected in 1994. .
Retired to run for Governor of New Hampshire |
John E. Sununu (Bedford) |
Republican | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 |
105th 106th 107th |
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Jeb Bradley (Wolfeboro) |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
108th 109th |
Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Lost re-election. |
Carol Shea-Porter (Rochester) |
Democratic | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
110th 111th |
Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election. |
Frank Guinta (Manchester) |
Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
112th | Elected in 2010. Lost re-election. |
Carol Shea-Porter (Rochester) |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
113th | Elected in 2012. Lost re-election. |
Frank Guinta (Manchester) |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
114th | Elected in 2014. Lost re-election. |
Carol Shea-Porter (Rochester) |
Democratic | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 |
115th | Elected in 2016. Retired. |
Chris Pappas (Manchester) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 – present |
116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
Electoral history
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carol Shea-Porter | 171,650 | 49.7 | |
Republican | Frank Guinta (incumbent) | 158,659 | 46.0 | |
Libertarian | Brendan Kelly | 14,521 | 4.2 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 192 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 345,022 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Guinta | 125,508 | 51.7 | |
Democratic | Carol Shea-Porter (incumbent) | 116,769 | 48.1 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 459 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 242,736 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carol Shea-Porter | 162,080 | 44.3 | |
Republican | Frank Guinta (incumbent) | 157,176 | 42.9 | |
Independent
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Shawn O' Connor | 34,735 | 9.5 | |
Independent
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Brendan Kelly | 6,074 | 1.7 | |
Libertarian | Robert Lombardo | 5,507 | 1.5 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 412 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 365,984 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chris Pappas | 155,884 | 53.6 | |
Republican | Eddie Edwards | 130,996 | 45.0 | |
Libertarian | Dan Belforti | 4,048 | 1.4 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 111 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 291,039 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chris Pappas (incumbent) | 205,606 | 51.32 | |
Republican | Matt Mowers | 185,159 | 46.21 | |
Libertarian | Zachary Dumont | 9,747 | 2.43 | |
N/A | Scatter | 149 | 0.04 | |
Total votes | 400,661 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chris Pappas (incumbent) | 167,391 | 54.0 | |
Republican | Karoline Leavitt | 142,229 | 45.9 | |
Write-in | 342 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 309,962 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
Notes
- special election.
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- ^ a b "My Congressional District: Congressional District 1 (118th Congress), New Hampshire". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List".
- ^ "Employers.jsp". www2.nhes.nh.gov. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "NH-SOS - NHSOS". sos.nh.gov. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ "State of New Hampshire General Election Congressional District 1 2012". New Hampshire Secretary of State Elections Division. November 6, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ Scatterings votes are listed as they were reported to the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
- ^ "Representative in Congress - 2014 General Election". NH Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "2016 General Election Information and Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State Elections Division. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ Gardner, William M. (November 19, 2020). "2020 General Election Results". New Hampshire Department of State. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "2022 General Election Results". New Hampshire Department of State.