2008 general · November 4, 2008
2008 New Hampshire election results
Every race on New Hampshire's ballot in the 2008 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races132
Changed party4
Unopposed9%12 races
Incumbents defeated28
- President
- U.S. Senate
- Governors
- U.S. House
- New Hampshire State Senate
- New Hampshire House of Representatives
President
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | Barack H. Obama (D) | 9.6 |
U.S. Senate
D 1 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | Jeanne Shaheen (D) | 6.3 | Flipped |
Governors
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | John Lynch (D) | 43.5 |
U.S. House
D 2
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| NH-1 | Carol Shea-Porter (D) | 5.9 | |
| NH-2 | Paul Hodes (D) | 15.0 |
New Hampshire State Senate
D 14 · R 10
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | John Gallus (R) | 6.9 | |
| SD-2 | Deborah R. Reynolds (D) | 15.8 | |
| SD-3 | William P. Denley (R) | 1.9 | |
| SD-4 | Kathleen Sgambati (D) | 7.6 | |
| SD-5 | Matthew Houde (D) | 32.6 | |
| SD-6 | Jackie Cilley (D) | 13.2 | |
| SD-7 | Harold Janeway (D) | 4.0 | |
| SD-8 | Bob Odell (R) | 18.5 | |
| SD-9 | Sheila Roberge (R) | 14.9 | |
| SD-10 | Molly Kelly (D) | 15.9 | |
| SD-11 | Peter Bragdon (R) | 15.3 | |
| SD-12 | Peggy Gilmour (D) | 3.2 | |
| SD-13 | Bette R. Lasky (D) | 17.5 | |
| SD-14 | Sharon Carson (R) | 17.5 | |
| SD-15 | Sylvia B. Larsen (D) | 34.9 | |
| SD-16 | Theodore Gatsas (R) | 13.7 | |
| SD-17 | Jack Barnes Jr. (R) | 26.2 | |
| SD-18 | Betsi Devries (D) | 8.5 | |
| SD-19 | Bob Letourneau (R) | 24.3 | |
| SD-20 | Lou Dallesandro (D) | 31.9 | |
| SD-21 | Amanda A. Merrill (D) | 34.6 | |
| SD-22 | Michael W. Downing (R) | 22.9 | |
| SD-23 | Margaret Wood Hassan (D) | 14.4 | |
| SD-24 | Martha Fuller Clark (D) | 24.2 |
New Hampshire House of Representatives
D 225 · R 175 · 3 changed party
New Hampshire
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab