2004Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for New Hampshire Senate District 23
New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire
Margaret Wood Hassan (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Russell Prescott (R) by 3.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Margaret Wood HassanDemocrat · winner
52.0%15,201
Russell PrescottRepublican · incumbent
48.0%14,054
29,255 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET