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NEW HAMPSHIRERace Summary
TOP RACESGOVERNOR: Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D), first elected in 1996, is seeking a second term. Her opponent is Jay Lucas (R), a strategy and investment firm CEO. SENATE: Sen. Judd Gregg (R), first elected in 1992, is seeking a second term. He will face engineer George Condodemetraky (D). back to top 1998 POLLSback to topPOLL HOURSMost polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET back to top SENATOR AND GOVERNOR NOT UP IN 1998Sen. Robert C. Smith (R), first elected 1990; next election in 2002. back to top VACANCIESback to top HOUSE DISTRICTSPeter Flood (D); John E. Sununu (inc.) (R) Mary Rauh (D); Charles Bass (inc.) (R) back to top PRIMARY DATESeptember 8 back to top FILING DEADLINEJune 12 back to top STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURESTotal Number: 2 Governor: Democrat back to top STATE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONSSenate: All 24 seats up back to top PARTY REGISTRATIONState Projected Voting Age Population: 871,000 (1996)
back to top ELECTORAL VOTES4 PRESIDENTIAL VOTING HISTORYClinton won in 1996; Clinton in 1992; Bush in 1988; Reagan in 1984; Reagan in 1980; Ford in 1976; Nixon in 1972; Nixon in 1968; Johnson in 1964; Nixon in 1960 LAST TIME VOTED DEMOCRATIC: 1996 (1992)PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1996:Clinton 49% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1992:Clinton 38.9% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1988:Bush 62% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1984:Reagan 69% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1980:Reagan 58% back to top PAST EXIT POLLS1992: 1996: back to top TURNOUTLink to turnout page back to top DEMOGRAPHICSPopulation: 1,162,000 (1996) (% of voting age population)
White: 98.2% Persons of Hispanic origin account for 0.9% of the voting population (from 1990 Census) back to top STATE TIDBITSState Capital: Concord State Nickname: Granite State For a thumbnail sketch of New Hampshire politics, one need only look at the license plates, emblazoned with the motto "Live Free or Die." In true libertarian fashion, New Hampshire imposes neither income nor sales tax on its residents. Not surprisingly, the GOP, which talks about low taxes, smaller government and free enterprise, has dominated politics here for most of the century. Since 1920, in presidential years, New Hampshire has always had the first in the nation primary. Delegates were not actually chosen until 1952. Since 1952 (and the official placement of the first-in-the-nation primary), to win the presidency a candidate has had to win the New Hampshire primary. The only exception to this was Bill Clinton in 1992 (taking second place to Paul Tsongas). While the governor is a Democrat, the entire congressional delegation is Republican. Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, one of three current women governors, is seeking her second term. back to top RELATED SITESNOTE: External sites will open in a new browser window. Government:New Hampshire Secretary of State Home Pagehttp://199.92.250.11/sos/ New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen's Home Page http://www.nh.com:80/governor/ New Hampshire State Senate http://www.state.nh.us/senate/nhsenate.htm New Hampshire State House of Representatives http://www.state.nh.us/house/ News Media:CNN AffiliatesWMUR (Boston/Manchester)http://www.wmur.com/ State NewspapersConcord Monitorhttp://www.concordmonitor.com/ The Keene Sentinel http://www.keenesentinel.com/ General Interest:The White Househttp://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html The House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/ The Senate http://www.senate.gov/ Library of Congress -- The Legislative Branch http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html Congressional Quarterly's American Voter http://voter.cq.com/ Congressional Quarterly's VoteWatch http://pathfinder.com/CQ/ THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html Federal Election Commission http://www.fec.gov/ Democratic National Committee http://www.democrats.org/ Republican National Committee http://www.rnc.org/ Project Vote Smart http://www.vote-smart.org Policy.com http://www.policy.com/ Updated: October 25, 1998 |
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Lucas (R) 32%