November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2014 → 49.96% 45.66% Start date November 6, 2012 | 340,925 311,636 5.37% 5.53% | |
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The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the two U.S. Representatives from the state of New Hampshire. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election.
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District 1
The redrawn 1st district currently represents all municipalities in Belknap (except for the town of Center Harbor); the entirety of Carroll, and Strafford counties; all of Rockingham County; the municipalities of Bedford, Goffstown, Manchester, and Merrimack in Hillsborough County; the town of Campton in Grafton County; and, the town of Hooksett in Merrimack County.
Republican Frank Guinta, who has represented the 1st district since January 2011, was defeated by Carol Shea-Porter for re-election in 2012, but he ran again in 2014 and defeated Shea-Porter (incumbent). Vern Clough, a retired barber, and Rick Parent, who ran in the Republican primary for the seat in 2010, unsuccessfully challenged Guinta in the 2012 Republican primary.
Former U.S. Representative Carol Shea-Porter, who represented the 1st district from 2007 until 2011 and lost her seat to Guinta in the 2010 election, sought and received the Democratic nomination. She was returned to Congress in 2012, but was defeated in 2014.
Joanne Dowdell, a businesswoman and Democratic National Committeewoman, had planned to run but dropped out of the race in April 2012. Matthew Hancock, a software developer, had also planned to run but dropped out of the race in June 2012. Andrew Hosmer, a businessman, had also planned to run but dropped out of the race in March 2012.
Brendan Kelly, the chairman of the Seabrook Board of Selectmen, ran as a Libertarian in 2012.
General Election Results
District 2
The redrawn 2nd district will represent all of Cheshire, Coos, Grafton (except for the town of Campton), Merrimack (except for the town of Hooksett), and Sullivan counties; most of Hillsborough County; the towns of Atkinson, Deerfield, Northwood, Salem, and Windham in Rockingham County; and, the town of Center Harbor in Belknap County.
Republican Charles Bass, represented the 2nd district from 1995 to 2007, and 2011-13. He was defeated for re-election by the incumbent Ann McLane Kuster. Gerald Beloin; Will Dean; Miroslaw Dziedzic; and, Dennis Lamare, an insurance agent who ran in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in 2010, unsuccessfully challenged Bass in the 2012 Republican primary. Bass defeated Kuster by 1% in 2010.
Ann McLane Kuster, an attorney who unsuccessfully challenged Bass as the Democratic nominee in an open seat race in 2010, defeated him by 5% in 2012. She held the seat in the 2014 midterm election.
Hardy Macia, owner of an iPhone/Android app development company, ran as a Libertarian.