16 recounts for New Hampshire House races underway

After last week’s dramatic elections, 16 candidates called for recounts in their state House races. The results saw major gains for Democrats and a radically shifted New Hampshire State House. Before Election Day, Republicans held a 215-177 majority (including vacancies); that will shift to a 291-108 Democratic majority (including one independent) with the new Legislature. However, that’s pending the recounts, which could swing that split slightly. In the state Senate, where Democrats gained seven seats to take a 15-9 majority, no candidates requested recounts. With 424 seats between the House and Senate, New Hampshire has the largest state legislature in the United States. Many House districts overlap with one another, and in some towns, voters pick more than one candidate each. State law allows candidates who lose the initial count by 20% or less of the total votes to request a recount by the Friday following an election. Some lost by as few as two votes.

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