🗳️ Election results are in, NH

November 3, 2026

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Election results are trickling in and it appeared to be a good night for Democrats, who are on track to flip control of the US House and US Senate.

Below you’ll find the local results we know so far…

Katy Savage

Newsletter Editor, Granite Post

Winner: Chris Pappas

New Hampshire election results show Rep. Chris Pappas (D-Manchester) was projected to defeat Republican John E. Sununu in the race for New Hampshire’s open US Senate seat, a stunning repudiation of the Sununu political dynasty and Donald Trump.

Pappas will be the first openly gay man elected to the US Senate. He’ll replace Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who is retiring after three terms.

“Tonight’s results are a wake-up call for corporate special interests and billionaires who have been rigging the economy, for the cowards in Congress who have enabled healthcare cuts, tariffs, and war, and for the incompetent president who can’t even be bothered to care how people are being hurt,” Pappas said in a victory speech. “So tonight, voters in New Hampshire and all across the country simply have had enough and are demanding a change in direction. And I am ready to fight with everything I’ve got to deliver the change that we need.”

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Status: Too close to call

Incumbent Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte held a slight lead over Democrat Cinde Warmington on Tuesday night, but the race was too soon to call as of 11 p.m.

Warmington faces an uphill battle. New Hampshire and Vermont are the only two states where governors serve two-year terms. A New Hampshire governor has lost a bid for a second term only twice in the past century, in 1926 and 2004.

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1st Congressional District

Democrat Stefany Shaheen has defeated Republican Anthony DiLorenzo in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. Shaheen will replace Pappas, who gave up the seat to run for Senate, and keeps it in Democratic hands.

2nd Congressional District

Democratic Rep. Maggie Goodlander was projected to win a second term, defeating Republican Lily Tang Williams, solidifying a second term for the congresswoman who has proven to be among the brightest stars in her congressional freshman class.