New Hampshire's 17th State Senate district
{{Short description|American legislative district}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox legislative district
|state=New Hampshire
|district=17
|chamber=Senate
|image=200px
|representative=Howard Pearl
|party=Republican
|residence=Loudon
|Democratic=23.0
|Republican=34.2
|NPP=42.8
|percent_white=95.5
|percent_black=0.4
|percent_hispanic=1.9
|percent_asian=0.6
|percent_native_american=
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|population=57,013{{Cite web|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/61000US33017-state-senate-district-17-nh/|title=State Senate District 17, NH|publisher=Census Reporter|access-date=December 9, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://sos.nh.gov/NamesHistory.aspx|title=Party Registration/Names on Checklist History|publisher=New Hampshire Secretary of State|date=May 21, 2019}}
|population_year=2019
|voting_age=
|citizen_voting_age=44,667
|registered=
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New Hampshire's 17th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Howard Pearl since 2022.{{Cite web|url=http://gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/webpages/district17.aspx|title=Senator Howard Pearl (R-Loudon)|publisher=New Hampshire State Senate|access-date=February 24, 2023}}
Geography
District 17 covers parts of Merrimack, Rockingham, and Strafford Counties to the east of Concord, including the towns of Allenstown, Chichester, Deerfield, Epsom, Loudon, Northwood, Nottingham, Pembroke, Pittsfield, Raymond, and Strafford.
The district overlaps with both New Hampshire's 1st congressional district and New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1848730/-How-do-counties-House-districts-and-legislative-districts-all-overlap-These-new-tools-show-you|author=David Jarman|title=How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?|publisher=Daily Kos|access-date=December 9, 2019}}
Recent election results
=2024=
{{Election box begin no change| title=2024 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17{{cite web |title=2024 Election Results |url=https://www.sos.nh.gov/2024-election-results |website=New Hampshire Secretary of State |access-date=20 January 2025}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = Howard Pearl (Incumbent)
| votes = 19,762
| percentage = 57.72
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| candidate = Kelly Roberts
| votes = 14,456
| percentage = 42.23
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 16
| percentage = 0.05
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 34,234
| percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Republican Party (US)
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{{Election box end}}
=2022=
{{Election box open primary begin no change| title= 2022 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/New_Hampshire_State_Senate_District_17|title=New Hampshire State Senate District 17|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=February 24, 2023}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Howard Pearl
| votes = 4,436
| percentage = 69.9
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Scott Bryer
| votes = 1,906
| percentage = 30.1
| change =
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 6,342
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Howard Pearl
| votes = 14,878
| percentage = 56.8
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Christine Tappan
| votes = 11,311
| percentage = 43.2
| change =
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 26,189
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.
Historical election results
=2020=
{{Election box open primary begin no change| title= 2020 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = John Reagan (incumbent)
| votes = 5,688
| percentage = 82.4
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Janet DelFuoco
| votes = 1,201
| percentage = 17.4
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 6,900
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = John Reagan (incumbent)
| votes = 20,317
| percentage = 60.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Nancy R.B. Fraher
| votes = 13,488
| percentage = 39.9
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 33,805
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
=2018=
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2018 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = John Reagan (incumbent)
| votes = 13,172
| percentage = 55.5
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Christopher Roundy
| votes = 10,578
| percentage = 44.5
| change =
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 23,750
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
=2016=
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2016 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = John Reagan (incumbent)
| votes = 18,252
| percentage = 61.3
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Nancy R.B. Fraher
| votes = 11,522
| percentage = 38.7
| change =
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 29,774
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
=2014=
{{Election box open primary begin no change| title= 2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = John Reagan (incumbent)
| votes = 4,045
| percentage = 82.9
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Howard Pearl
| votes = 837
| percentage = 17.1
| change =
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 4,882
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = John Reagan (incumbent)
| votes = 11,669
| percentage = 58.2
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Nancy R.B. Fraher
| votes = 8,382
| percentage = 41.8
| change =
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 20,051
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2012=
{{Election box open primary begin no change| title= 2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 17}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = John Reagan
| votes = 2,689
| percentage = 51.2
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Howard Pearl
| votes = 2,559
| percentage = 48.8
| change =
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 5,248
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = John Reagan
| votes = 14,672
| percentage = 52.8
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Nancy R.B. Fraher
| votes = 13,138
| percentage = 47.2
| change =
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 27,810
| percentage = 100
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Federal and statewide results=
| class=wikitable |
| width="30" | Year
! width="60" | Office |
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| rowspan="2" |2020
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Trump 53.9 – 44.1% |
| | Senate
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Shaheen 49.3 – 47.7% |
| 2016
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Trump 55.0 – 39.6% |
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Brown 51.6 – 48.4% |
| Governor
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Havenstein 51.6– 48.4% |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | Romney 50.0 – 48.6% |
| Governor
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Hassan 51.7 – 45.9% |
References
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Category:Merrimack County, New Hampshire