2020Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2020 election for New Hampshire Senate District 12
New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire
Kevin Avard (R) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Melanie Levesque (D) by 2.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kevin AvardRepublican · winner
51.2%17,534
Melanie LevesqueDemocrat · incumbent
48.8%16,729
34,263 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 2020
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET