New Hampshire's 21st State Senate district

New Hampshire's 21st State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Rebecca Perkins Kwoka since 2020, succeeding fellow Democrat Martha Fuller Clark.[3]

New Hampshire's 21st
State Senate district

Senator
  Rebecca Perkins Kwoka
DPortsmouth
Registration39.3% Democratic
19.6% Republican
41.1% No party preference
Demographics87% White
2% Black
3% Hispanic
6% Asian
Population (2020)56,894[1][2]

Geography

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District 21 covers parts of eastern Rockingham and southern Strafford Counties. The district is located entirely within New Hampshire's 1st congressional district.[4] It borders the state of Maine.[1]

Rockingham County - 11% of county

  • New Castle
  • Newfields
  • Newington
  • Newmarket
  • Portsmouth


Strafford County - 17% of county

  • Durham
  • Lee
  • Madbury

Federal and statewide results

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Results are of elections held under 2022 district lines.

Year Office Results[5]
2022 Senate Hassan 73 – 27%
Governor Sherman 61 - 39%

Recent election results

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2022 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 21[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (incumbent) 20,084 100.0
Total votes 20,315 100
Democratic hold

Historical election results

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The following result occurred prior to 2022 redistricting, and thus were held under different district lines.

2020

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2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 21[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rebecca Perkins Kwoka 6,185 62.9
Democratic Deaglan McEachern 3,640 37.0
Total votes 9,836 100
General election
Democratic Rebecca Perkins Kwoka 21,827 67.1
Republican Sue Polidura 10,717 32.9
Total votes 32,544 100
Democratic hold

2018

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2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 21[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martha Fuller Clark (incumbent) 19,084 72.3
Republican Peter Macdonald 7,324 27.7
Total votes 26,408 100
Democratic hold

2016

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2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 21[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martha Fuller Clark (incumbent) 20,883 66.3
Republican Peter Macdonald 10,607 33.7
Total votes 31,490 100
Democratic hold

2014

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2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 21[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Phil Nazzaro 1,408 53.4
Republican Peter Macdonald 739 28.0
Republican Dennis Lamare 488 18.5
Total votes 2,635 100
General election
Democratic Martha Fuller Clark (incumbent) 12,423 60.9
Republican Phil Nazzaro 7,987 39.1
Total votes 20,410 100
Democratic hold

2012

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2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 21[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martha Fuller Clark 19,740 69.5
Republican Peter Macdonald 8,674 30.5
Total votes 28,414 100
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 21, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  4. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "New Hampshire Elections Database - ElectionStats". Election Stats. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "New Hampshire State Senate District 21". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 11, 2020.