New Hampshire State House District Merrimack 22

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by James Roesener Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

We don’t have the candidate list for this race. See the official list at the New Hampshire Secretary of State, Elections Division

Last election: James Roesener (Democratic) won by 11.6 points, 2024
Earlier results: James Roesener (Democratic) won by 11.0 points, 2022Matthew Pitaro (Republican) won by 8.5 points, 2020, older linesAll 14 elections

Past results

Votes for listed candidates: 2,231
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Same as today

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames RoesenerWonName as filed: James Leon Roesener	Democratic	1,24455.8%	55.8%
RepublicanDennis Blankenbeker	Republican	98644.2%	44.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,720
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Same as today

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames RoesenerWonName as filed: James Leon Roesener	Democratic	95455.5%	55.5%
RepublicanDennis R. Soucy	Republican	76544.5%	44.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	10.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,193
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMatthew PitaroWon	Republican	1,19054.3%	54.3%
DemocraticDavid A. Coolidge	Democratic	1,00345.7%	45.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	00.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,547
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlan J. TurcotteWon(incumbent)	Democratic	82953.6%	53.6%
RepublicanScott W. McDonald	Republican	71846.4%	46.4%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

All elections (14 for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 2,231
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Same as today

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames RoesenerWonName as filed: James Leon Roesener	Democratic	1,24455.8%	55.8%
RepublicanDennis Blankenbeker	Republican	98644.2%	44.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,720
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Same as today

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames RoesenerWonName as filed: James Leon Roesener	Democratic	95455.5%	55.5%
RepublicanDennis R. Soucy	Republican	76544.5%	44.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	10.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,193
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMatthew PitaroWon	Republican	1,19054.3%	54.3%
DemocraticDavid A. Coolidge	Democratic	1,00345.7%	45.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	00.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,547
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlan J. TurcotteWon(incumbent)	Democratic	82953.6%	53.6%
RepublicanScott W. McDonald	Republican	71846.4%	46.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,081
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlan TurcotteWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,08552.1%	52.1%
RepublicanScott W. McDonald	Republican	99447.8%	47.8%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	20.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,361
Election day: November 4, 2014
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTurcotteWon(incumbent)	Democratic	73754.1%	54.1%
RepublicanMcDonald	Republican	61645.3%	45.3%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	80.6%	0.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,055
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlan J. TurcotteWon	Democratic	1,15656.3%	56.3%
RepublicanJon Richardson(incumbent)	Republican	89943.8%	43.8%

No results on file 2001 to 2011

Votes for listed candidates: 1,406
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticCandace White BouchardWon(incumbent)	Democratic	80056.9%	56.9%
RepublicanBarbara Barrett	Republican	60643.1%	43.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 640
Election day: November 3, 1998
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticCandace White BouchardWon	Democratic	640100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,007
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKatherine D. RogersWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,007100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 638
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKatherine D. RogersWon(incumbent)	Democratic	638100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,381
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKatherine D. RogersWon	Democratic	77956.4%	56.4%
RepublicanJohn E. Walters	Republican	60243.6%	43.6%

No results on file 1971 to 1991

Votes for listed candidates: 576
Election day: November 3, 1970
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMartin R. HallerWon	Republican	38867.4%	67.4%
DemocraticRobert J. Harrison	Democratic	18832.6%	32.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 757
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

New Hampshire House of Representatives, State House District Merrimack 22, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanArthur F. HenryWon(incumbent)	Republican	51267.6%	67.6%
DemocraticRobert J. Harrison	Democratic	24532.4%	32.4%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

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