New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2012

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New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2012
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  Maggie Wood Hassan.jpg
Nominee Maggie Hassan Ovide Lamontagne
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 378,934 294,024
Percentage 54.6% 42.52%
New Hampshire Governor Election Results by County, 2012.svg
County results
Governor before election

John Lynch
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Maggie Hassan
Democratic

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The 2012 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election, U.S. House elections, and various state and local elections.

Four-term incumbent governor John Lynch was eligible to seek a fifth term. In the fall of 2011, Lynch announced that he would retire rather than run for re-election.[1] On September 11, 2012, Democrat Maggie Hassan and Republican Ovide Lamontagne defeated primary opponents to win their parties' nominations.[2][3] Hassan won the election while carrying every county in the state and began the two-year term on January 3, 2013.[4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declined

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Jackie
Cilley		 Maggie
Hassan		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling August 9–12, 2012 400 ± 4.9% 24% 30% — 46%
Public Policy Polling May 10–13, 2012 477 ± 4.5% 20% 23% — 57%

Results

Democratic primary results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maggie Hassan 45,120 53.1
Democratic Jackie Cilley 33,066 38.9
Democratic Bill Kennedy 5,936 7.0
Democratic Other 850 1.0
Total votes 84,972 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Declined

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Ovide
Lamontagne		 Kevin
Smith		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling August 9–12, 2012 662 ± 3.8% 49% 21% — 30%
Public Policy Polling May 10–13, 2012 555 ± 4.2% 53% 13% — 34%
Public Policy Polling January 7–8, 2012 1,771 ± 2.3% 40% 12% — 48%

Results

Republican primary results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ovide Lamontagne 73,437 67.7
Republican Kevin Smith 32,396 29.8
Republican Robert Tarr 1,725 1.6
Republican Other 988 0.9
Total votes 108,546 100

General election

Candidates

  • John Babiarz (Libertarian), businessman and party nominee for Governor in 2000, 2002, and 2010[25]
  • Maggie Hassan (D), former majority leader of the New Hampshire Senate
  • Ovide Lamontagne (R), attorney, Republican nominee for Governor in 1996, and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010

Debates

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Maggie
Hassan (D)		 Ovide
Lamontagne (R)		 Other Undecided
Rasmussen Reports November 4, 2012 750 ± 4% 50% 45% 1% 4%
New England College November 3–4, 2012 666 ± 4.1% 47% 45% 1% 7%
Public Policy Polling November 3–4, 2012 1,550 ± 2.5% 51% 47% — 2%
WMUR/University of New Hampshire November 1–4, 2012 789 ± 3.5% 54% 43% 3% —
WMUR/University of New Hampshire October 31–November 2, 2012 502 ± 4.4% 47% 42% 3% 8%
NBC/WSJ/Marist October 28–29, 2012 1013 ± 3.1% 49% 44% 1% 6%
Public Policy Polling October 26–28, 2012 874 ± 3.3% 48% 44% — 8%
New England College October 23–25, 2012 571 ± 4.1% 45% 45% 1% 9%
Rasmussen Reports October 23, 2012 500 ± 4.5% 46% 48% 1% 5%
WMUR/University of New Hampshire October 17–21, 2012 773 ± 3.5% 43% 35% 3% 18%
Public Policy Polling October 17–19, 2012 1,036 ± 3.0% 45% 43% — 12%
Rasmussen Reports October 15, 2012 500 ± 4.5% 46% 48% — 5%
Suffolk University/7NEWS October 12–14, 2012 500 ± 4.4% 41% 38% 4% 16%
American Research Group October 9–11, 2012 600 ± 4% 40% 46% 3% 11%
Rasmussen Reports October 9, 2012 500 ± 4.5% 48% 46% — 5%
WMUR/University of New Hampshire October 1–6, 2012 419 ± 4.8% 35% 39% 3% 23%
WMUR/University of New Hampshire September 27–30, 2012 600 ± 4.0% 38% 36% 2% 25%
Public Policy Polling September 24–25, 2012 862 ± 3.3% 51% 44% — 5%
NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist College September 23–25, 2012 1012 ± 3.1% 47% 45% 1% 7%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner September 15–19, 2012 600 ± 4.9% 48% 46% — 6%
Rasmussen Reports September 18, 2012 500 ± 4.5% 44% 48% 2% 7%
Public Policy Polling August 9–12, 2012 1,055 ± 3.0% 45% 43% — 12%
WMUR/University of New Hampshire August 1–12, 2012 555 ± 4.2% 31% 33% 1% 35%
Rasmussen Reports June 20, 2012 500 ± 4.5% 36% 42% — 22%
Public Policy Polling May 10–13, 2012 1,163 ± 2.9% 39% 40% — 21%
WMUR/University of New Hampshire April 9–20, 2012 486 ± 4.4% 34% 29% 1% 36%
WMUR/University of New Hampshire January 25–February 2, 2012 495 ± 4.4% 26% 32% 1% 41%
Public Policy Polling June 30–July 5, 2011 662 ± 3.8% 35% 41% — 24%

Results

New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Maggie Hassan 378,934 54.61% +1.98%
Republican Ovide Lamontagne 295,026 42.52% -2.51%
Libertarian John J. Babiarz 19,251 2.77% +0.56%
No party Write-ins 666 —
Margin of victory 83,908 12.09% +4.48%
Turnout 693,877
Democratic hold Swing

Note: The ±% column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party from the previous election. Neither the vote shares nor turnout figures account for write-ins. Turnout percentage is the portion of registered voters (791,434 as of 10/15/2012)[26] who voted.

References

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  26. ↑ http://sos.nh.gov/NamesHist.aspx

External links

Campaign sites
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