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2002Final results

2002 election for New Hampshire Senate District 23

New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire

Russell Prescott (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Margaret Wood Hassan (D) by 8.1 points.

Russell PrescottRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.0%10,659
46.0%9,067
19,726 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+7.71996D+8.51998D+12.92000R+8.12002D+3.92004D+20.22006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET