2010Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for New Hampshire Senate District 1
New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire
Dorothy Solomon (D) won with 64.3% of the vote, defeating John Gallus (R) by 28.6 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Dorothy SolomonDemocrat · winner
64.3%11,021
John GallusRepublican · incumbent
35.7%6,113
17,146 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 2010
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)