‘Caught in the wave’: New Hampshire makes dramatic swing towards Dems

By: Catherine McLaughlin and Charlotte Matherly

Outlets: Concord Monitor

Published: November 5, 2026

Words: 1,092

Last Updated: 4 days, 1 hour ago

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Republicans in the Granite State were expected to give up some ground in the midterm elections.

They hadn’t expected to give up their slate of seats in Bedford, a GOP stronghold. Or the Senate seat in the heart of the Lakes Region. Or to be blown out of the Executive Council. The current House Speaker, Sherman Packard of Londonderry, was unseated, as was state Rep. Ross Berry, the conservative architect of the school tax cap ballot …

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