New Hampshire's 3rd State Senate district

New Hampshire's 3rd State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Jeb Bradley, the current President of the New Hampshire Senate, since 2009.^[3]

New Hampshire's 3rd State Senate district
Senator	Jeb Bradley R–Wolfeboro
Registration	32.9% Republican 22.9% Democratic 44.2% No party preference
Demographics	95.9% White 0.5% Black 1.4% Hispanic 0.6% Asian
Population (2019)  • Citizens of voting age	54,727[1][2] 44,764

Geography

District 3 covers all of Carroll County as well as small portions of Coos, Grafton and Strafford Counties in the central-eastern portion of the state. It includes the towns of Albany, Bartlett, Brookfield, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Hale's Location, Hart's Location, Jackson, Madison, Moultonborough, Ossipee, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro in Carroll County; Waterville Valley in Grafton County; and Middleton and Milton in Strafford County. It also comprises a few mostly uninhabited and unincorporated townships in souther Coos County.^[3]

The district is located almost entirely within New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, with a small portion extending into the 2nd congressional district.^[4] It borders the state of Maine.^[1]

Recent election results

2020

2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 3^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Bradley (incumbent)	22,086	61.5
	Democratic	Theresa Swanick	13,826	38.5
Total votes			35,912	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 3^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Bradley (incumbent)	4,326	77.4
	Republican	Steven Steiner	1,262	22.6
Total votes			5,588	100
General election
	Republican	Jeb Bradley (incumbent)	14,841	56.6
	Democratic	Christopher Meier	10,895	41.5
	Libertarian	Tania Butler	506	1.9
Total votes			26,242	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 3^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Bradley (incumbent)	20,091	64.4
	Democratic	John White	11,111	35.6
Total votes			31,202	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 3^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Bradley (incumbent)	14,409	64.4
	Democratic	John White	7,950	35.6
Total votes			22,359	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 3^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Bradley (incumbent)	18,152	60.9
	Democratic	Jeffery Ballard	11,650	39.1
Total votes			29,802	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[6]
2020	President	Trump 49.5 – 49.2%
2016	President	Trump 51.2 – 43.8%
2014	Senate	Shaheen 50.4 – 49.6%
	Governor	Havenstein 50.4 – 49.6%
2012	President	Romney 49.9 – 49.1%
	Governor	Hassan 51.6 – 46.0%

References

1. "State Senate District 3, NH". Census Reporter. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
2. "Party Registration/Names on Checklist History". New Hampshire Secretary of State. May 21, 2019.
3. "Senator Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
5. "New Hampshire State Senate District 3". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 31, 2021.