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2014 New Hampshire Senate election

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ137370000 ↗
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The 2014 New Hampshire Senate election was held on November 4, 2014, to determine which party would control the New Hampshire Senate for the following two years in the 164th New Hampshire General Court. All 24 seats in the New Hampshire Senate were up for election and the primary was held on September 9, 2014. Prior to the election, 13 seats were held by Republicans and 11 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw Republicans expanding their majority by a single seat.

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Retirements

Democrats

District 15: Sylvia Larsen retired.

Republicans

District 8: Bob Odell retired.

District 19: Jim Rausch retired.

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