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2012Final results

2012 election for New Hampshire Governor

Governor · New Hampshire

Margaret Wood Hassan (D) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Ovide M. Lamontagne (R) by 12.4 points.

Margaret Wood HassanDemocrat · winner
56.2%378,934
43.8%295,026
673,960 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+48.32006D+43.52008D+7.82010D+12.42012D+5.02014R+2.32016

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET