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2008Final results

2008 election for New Hampshire Senate District 18

New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire

Betsi Devries (D) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Doug Kruse (R) by 8.5 points.

Betsi DevriesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.3%12,512
Doug KruseRepublican
45.7%10,547
23,059 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+5.72002R+0.82004D+11.92006D+8.52008R+13.32010D+17.52012

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