2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for New Hampshire Senate District 23
New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire
Russell Prescott (R) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Margaret Wood Hassan (D) by 6.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Russell PrescottRepublican · winner
53.3%11,001
Margaret Wood HassanDemocrat · incumbent
46.6%9,606
20,621 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
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET