New Hampshire's 4th State Senate District

New Hampshire's 4th State Senate District is one of 24 Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Forsythe of Strafford.

District profile

The 4th district includes most of Belknap County and two towns in Strafford County.^[1]

Communities

Belknap County

• Alton
• Barnstead
• Belmont
• Gilford
• Gilmanton
• Laconia
• Tilton

Strafford County

• New Durham
• Strafford

2006 primary election

New Hampshire State Senate Primary, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Fitzgerald	1913	67.1%
	Republican	Robert Boyce	936	32.9%

2006 general election

New Hampshire State Senate General, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kathleen Sgambati	9131	52.1%
	Republican	Jim Fitzgerald	8398	47.9%

2008 general election

New Hampshire State Senate General, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kathleen Sgambati	14532	53.7%
	Republican	Greg Knytych	12486	46.3%

2010 primary election

New Hampshire State Senate Primary, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Forsythe	3329	50.4%
	Republican	George Hurt	2281	34.5%
	Republican	David Bickford	986	14.9%

2010 general election

Senator Kathleen Sgambati decided to retire after serving two terms. Her replacement on the Democratic side was Andrew Hosmer of Laconia. Hosmer was defeated by Republican Jim Forsythe of Strafford, who had defeated George Hurt of Gilford and David Bickford of New Durham in the September 14th primary.

New Hampshire State Senate General, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Forsythe	11,737	62.3%
	Democratic	Andrew Hosmer	7,117	37.7%

References

1. ^ "NH Senate Districts". http://www.sos.nh.gov/senate.htm. 
2. ^ "NH District 4 2006 Primary Results". http://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2006/rsenate3-4%202006.htm. 
3. ^ "NH District 4 2006 General Results". http://www.sos.nh.gov/general2006/senate3-4%202006.htm. 
4. ^ "NH District 4 2008 General Results". http://www.sos.nh.gov/general2008/senate3-4%202008.htm. 
5. ^ "NH District 4 Primary Results". http://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary%202010/senrep3-4.pdf. 
6. ^ "NH District 4 General Results". http://www.sos.nh.gov/general%202010/sen3-4.pdf.