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RepublicanNot in office · last served 2022Lost the 2026 general

Karen C. Umberger

Last held office: New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 102 (2020–2022). Ran in 11 elections between 2008 and 2024, winning 7. Lost the 2026 race for New Hampshire House of Representatives: State House District Carroll 01.

Last office: New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 102

Last margin
−3.8
Lost 2024
Elections
12
2008–2026

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Umberger was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Umberger has run

Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Umberger won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMarginBaselineAgainst baseline
2026New Hampshire House of Representatives: State House District Carroll 01GeneralLostUnopposed———
2024New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 101GeneralLostSteve Woodcock (D), David Paige (D), Tom Buco (D)23.6%D+3.8D+14.3+10.5
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 101GeneralLostSteve Woodcock (D), Tom Buco (D), David Paige (D)15.4%D+4.5D+17.4+12.9
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 102GeneralWonSteve Woodcock (D), Tom Buco (D), Ellin M. Leonard (D)17%D+1.3—
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 102GeneralLostTom Buco (D), Harrison Kanzler (D), Steve Woodcock (D)15.4%D+4.4—
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 102GeneralWonTom Buco (D), Frank McCarthy (R), Syndi White (D)18.4%Even—
2014New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 102GeneralWonTom Buco (D), Frank McCarthy (R), Syndi White (D)21.6%R+2.7—
2014New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 102PrimaryLostTom Buco (D), Syndi White (D), James R. Lefebvre (R)0.4%−51.9—
2014New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 102PrimaryWonFrank McCarthy (R), James R. Lefebvre (R), Tom Buco (D)37.4%+2.3—
2012New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 102GeneralWonTom Buco (D), Syndi White (D), Frank McCarthy (R)17.6%D+1.2—
2010New Hampshire House of Representatives, Carroll 1GeneralWonGene G. Chandler (R), Frank McCarthy (R), Laurie P. Pettengill (R)14%D+1.6—
2008New Hampshire House of Representatives, Carroll 1GeneralWonTom Buco (D), Gene G. Chandler (R), Ed Butler (D)12.9%D+2.8—

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Seats Umberger has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Umberger has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)