No recount in key race for a Democratic NH Senate supermajority

By: Rick Green

Outlets: Keene Sentinel

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 334

Last Updated: 2 days, 20 hours ago

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Democrat David Trumble of Weare will not seek a recount in his narrow election defeat, a loss that likely ensured Democrats will not have a veto-proof majority in the N.H. Senate.

N.H. Rep. Jim Creighton, R-Antrim, defeated Trumble, 12,539-12,150, in Senate District 8, which takes in 20 towns in Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack and Sullivan counties.

Democrats flipped both the state House and Senate in Tuesday’s general election, gaining a supermajority of 292 representatives in the House and …

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