New Hampshire State Senate District 6
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by James Gray Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Cecil AbelsDemocraticJames GrayRepublican · Incumbent10 years since first win
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: James Gray (R) 59.8, John Ceskavich (D) 40.2
- Last election
- James Gray (Republican) won by 19.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
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- Won 5 of 5
- Years since first win
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- 10
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- Cecil AbelsDemocratic
- James GrayIncumbentRepublican
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Official results for New Hampshire
History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 31,057
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames GrayWon Republican 18,56159.8% DemocraticJohn Ceskavich Democratic 12,48340.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 130.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,242
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
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- Older district map (2022)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames GrayWon(incumbent) Republican 26,33455.7% DemocraticRuth Larson Democratic 20,86844.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 400.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,939
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames GrayWon(incumbent) Republican 17,29057.8% DemocraticChristopher J. Rice Democratic 12,63842.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 110.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,139
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames GrayWon(incumbent) Republican 11,60254.9% DemocraticAnne C. Grassie Democratic 9,53745.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,295
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames GrayWon Republican 14,48155.1% DemocraticJoe Casey Democratic 11,79344.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 210.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,539
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSam CataldoWon(incumbent) Republican 9,88256.3% DemocraticRichard Leonard Democratic 7,64043.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 170.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,915
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSam CataldoWon Republican 12,76451.2% DemocraticRichard Leonard Democratic 12,12748.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 240.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,219
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFenton GroenWon Republican 9,34554.3% DemocraticJackie Cilley(incumbent) Democratic 7,85445.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 200.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,299
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJackie CilleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,88456.6% RepublicanFenton Groen Republican 11,41543.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,332
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJacalyn L. CilleyWon Democratic 8,98558.6% RepublicanJames M. McLin Republican 6,34741.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,088
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard GreenWon(incumbent) Republican 14,95459.6% DemocraticMarlene M. Dechane Democratic 10,13440.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,476
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard GreenWon Republican 9,60355.0% DemocraticCaroline McCarley(incumbent) Democratic 7,87345.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,891
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCaroline McCarleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,58950.7% RepublicanCliff Newton Republican 10,30249.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,995
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCaroline McCarleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,50554.2% RepublicanGeorge A. Lovejoy Republican 5,49045.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,500
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCaroline McCarleyWon Democratic 9,40550.8% RepublicanRichard Green Republican 9,09549.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,942
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share OtherGeorge A. LovejoyWon(incumbent) Other 6,64655.6% DemocraticCaroline McCarley Democratic 5,29644.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,045
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeorge A. LovejoyWon Republican 10,84056.9% DemocraticGrassie Jr. Democratic 8,20543.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,640
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdward C. DuPontWon(incumbent) Republican 9,640100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,730
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdward C. DuPontWon(incumbent) Republican 8,97557.1% DemocraticAlan Reederickson Democratic 6,75542.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,656
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdward C. DuPontWon(incumbent) Republican 5,39262.3% DemocraticYvette Grimes Democratic 3,26437.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,988
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdward C. DuPontWon Republican 8,90963.7% DemocraticScott Democratic 5,07936.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,638
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLouis E. BergeronWon(incumbent) Republican 5,84450.2% DemocraticBald Democratic 5,79449.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,731
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLouis E. BergeronWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,75063.7% RepublicanDay Republican 4,98136.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,651
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLouis E. BergeronWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,92571.8% RepublicanCross Republican 2,72628.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,747
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLouis E. BergeronWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,41066.0% RepublicanBrown Republican 4,33634.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,318
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLouis E. BergeronWon Democratic 8,31199.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 70.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,030
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard GreenWon Republican 6,57250.4% DemocraticRonald J. Marcotte(incumbent) Democratic 6,45849.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,883
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdith B. GardnerWon(incumbent) Republican 5,38668.3% DemocraticKasper Democratic 2,48931.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 80.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,830
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
New Hampshire Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdith B. GardnerWon(incumbent) Republican 7,42468.5% DemocraticKasper Democratic 3,40631.4%
- 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.
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Election Wrld. (2026). New Hampshire State Senate District 6, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nh/senate/6. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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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.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:nh/sldu:6
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026