New Hampshire's 9th State Senate District

New Hampshire's 9th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Denise Ricciardi since 2020, following her defeat of incumbent Democrat Jeanne Dietsch.[3][4]

New Hampshire's 9th State Senate District
Senator	Denise Ricciardi R–Bedford
Registration	34.4% Republican 29.9% Democratic 35.5% No party preference
Demographics	95% White 1% Black 2% Hispanic 1% Asian 1% Other
Population (2017)	56,113[1][2]

Geography

District 9 covers parts of southern Cheshire and Hillsborough Counties outside of Manchester, including the towns of Bedford, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Greenfield, Hancock, Jaffrey, Lyndeborough, Mont Vernon, New Boston, Peterborough, Richmond, Sharon, Temple, and Troy.[3]

The district includes one municipality (Bedford) from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district; every other municipality is within New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district.[5] It borders the state of Massachusetts.[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 9[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Denise Ricciardi	17,920	50.6
	Democratic	Jeanne Dietsch (incumbent)	17,511	49.4
Total votes			35,431	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 9[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeanne Dietsch	3,728	54.6
	Democratic	Mark Fernald	2,219	32.5
	Democratic	Bruce Fox	884	12.9
Total votes			6,831	100
	Republican	Dan Hynes	2,699	53.1
	Republican	Terry Wolf	2,382	46.9
Total votes			5,081	100
General election
	Democratic	Jeanne Dietsch	14,037	52.4
	Republican	Dan Hynes	12,776	47.6
Total votes			26,813	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 9[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lee Nyquist	2,105	51.0
	Democratic	Jeanne Dietsch	2,026	49.0
Total votes			4,131	100
General election
	Republican	Andy Sanborn (incumbent)	17,073	53.7
	Democratic	Lee Nyquist	14,727	46.3
Total votes			31,800	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 9[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Sanborn (incumbent)	12,310	53.3
	Democratic	Lee Nyquist	10,804	46.7
Total votes			23,114	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 9[6]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Sanborn	3,732	61.1
	Republican	Ken Hawkins	1,738	28.5
	Republican	Michael Kenney	634	10.4
Total votes			6,104	100
General election
	Republican	Andy Sanborn	15,454	50.3
	Democratic	Lee Nyquist	15,241	49.7
Total votes			30,695	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 9

Year	Office	Results[7]
2016	President	Clinton 47.8 – 46.8%
2014	Senate	Brown 51.6 – 48.4%
	Governor	Havenstein 51.5 – 48.5%
2012	President	Romney 51.1 – 47.7%
	Governor	Hassan 49.9 – 48.1%

References

1. "State Senate District 9, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
2. "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
3. "Senator Denise Ricciardi (R-Bedford)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
4. Jack Rooney. "Dietsch calls off recount, concedes to Ricciardi in Senate District 9". Keene Sentinel. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
5. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
6. "New Hampshire State Senate District 9". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved November 22, 2019.