View source for New Hampshire's 18th State Senate district

{{Short description|American legislative district}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox legislative district
|state=New Hampshire
|district=18
|chamber=Senate
|image=[[File:New Hampshire Senate District 18 (2010).png|200px]]
|representative=[[Donna Soucy]]
|party=Democratic
|residence=Manchester
|Democratic=30.2
|Republican=29.8
|NPP=40.0
|percent_white=78.7
|percent_black=3.7
|percent_hispanic=9.5
|percent_asian=5.4
|percent_native_american=
|percent_pacific_islander=
|percent_other_race=
|percent_remainder_of_multiracial=
|population=54,993<ref name="Census">{{Cite web|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/61000US33018-state-senate-district-18-nh/|title=State Senate District 18, NH|publisher=Census Reporter|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|population_year=2019
|voting_age=
|citizen_voting_age=40,578
|registered=
|notes=
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'''[[New Hampshire]]'s 18th State Senate district''' is one of 24 districts in the [[New Hampshire Senate]]. It has  been represented by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Donna Soucy]], formerly the [[List of presidents of the New Hampshire Senate|President of the New Hampshire Senate]], since 2012.<ref name="NH Site">{{Cite web|url=http://gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/webpages/district18.aspx|title=Senator Donna Soucy (D-Manchester)|publisher=New Hampshire State Senate|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>
==Geography==
District 18 is based in [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]], covering the city's 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th wards as well as the nearby town of [[Litchfield, New Hampshire|Litchfield]], all in [[Hillsborough County, New Hampshire|Hillsborough County]].<ref name="NH Site"/>
The district overlaps with both [[New Hampshire's 1st congressional district]] and [[New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district]].<ref>{{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 10, 2019}}</ref>
==Recent election results==
===2020===
{{Election box open primary begin no change| title= [[2020 New Hampshire Senate election|2020 New Hampshire State Senate election]], District 18<ref name="Ballotpedia">{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/New_Hampshire_State_Senate_District_18|title=New Hampshire State Senate District 18|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[George Lambert (American politician)|George Lambert]]
| votes      = 2,219
| percentage = 55.1
| change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[Ross Terrio]]
| votes      = 1,790
| percentage = 44.4
| change     =
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes      = 4,030
| 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      = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[Donna Soucy]] (incumbent)
| votes      = 14,105
| percentage = 55.4
| change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[George Lambert (American politician)|George Lambert]]
| votes      = 11,355
| percentage = 44.6
| change     =
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes      = 25,460
| percentage = 100
| change     =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner     = Democratic Party (United States)
| swing      =
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{{Election box end}}
===2018===
{{Election box begin no change| title= [[2018 New Hampshire Senate election|2018 New Hampshire State Senate election]], District 18<ref name="Ballotpedia"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[Donna Soucy]] (incumbent)
| votes      = 10,276
| percentage = 56.0
| change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[George Lambert (American politician)|George Lambert]]
| votes      = 8,066
| percentage = 44.0
| change     =
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes      = 18,342
| percentage = 100
| change     =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner     = Democratic Party (United States)
| swing      =
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{{Election box end}}
===2016===
{{Election box open primary begin no change| title= [[2016 New Hampshire Senate election|2016 New Hampshire State Senate election]], District 18<ref name="Ballotpedia"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[Ross Terrio]]
| votes      = 1,253
| percentage = 36.7
| change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[George Lambert (American politician)|George Lambert]]
| votes      = 1,242
| percentage = 36.3
| change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = Ralph Boehm
| votes      = 924
| percentage = 27.0
| change     =
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes      = 3,419
| percentage = 100
| change     =
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[Donna Soucy]] (incumbent)
| votes      = 13,299
| percentage = 55.0
| change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[Ross Terrio]]
| votes      = 10,869
| percentage = 45.0
| change     =
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes      = 24,168
| percentage = 100
| change     =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner     = Democratic Party (United States)
| swing      =
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{{Election box end}}
===2014===
{{Election box open primary begin no change| title= 2014 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 18<ref name="Ballotpedia"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[George Lambert (American politician)|George Lambert]]
| votes      = 1,780
| percentage = 56.2
| change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = Robyn Dunphy
| votes      = 1,386
| percentage = 43.8
| change     =
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes      = 3,166
| percentage = 100
| change     =
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[Donna Soucy]] (incumbent)
| votes      = 8,266
| percentage = 53.2
| change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[George Lambert (American politician)|George Lambert]]
| votes      = 7,268
| percentage = 46.8
| change     =
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes      = 15,534
| percentage = 100
| change     =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner     = Democratic Party (United States)
| swing      =
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{{Election box end}}
===2012===
{{Election box begin no change| title= 2012 New Hampshire State Senate election, District 18<ref name="Ballotpedia"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[Donna Soucy]]
| votes      = 12,139
| percentage = 51.6
| change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = J. Gail Barry
| votes      = 8,024
| percentage = 34.1
| change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party      = Independent (politician)
| candidate  = Arthur Beaudry
| votes      = 3,378
| percentage = 14.3
| change     =
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes      = 23,541
| percentage = 100
| change     =
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{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner     = Democratic Party (United States)
| loser      = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Federal and statewide results===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! width="30" | Year
! width="60" | Office
! width="180" | Results<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YZRfFiCDBEYB7M18fDGLH8IrmyMQGdQKqpOu9lLvmdo/edit#gid=148977639|title= Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD|publisher=Daily Kos|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
|[[2020 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Joe Biden|Biden]] 51.5 – 46.6%
|-
|[[2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|Senate]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Jeanne Shaheen|Shaheen]] 56.3 – 41.0%
|-
| 2016
| [[2016 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Donald Trump|Trump]] 48.9 – 46.1%
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| [[2014 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|Senate]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Jeanne Shaheen|Shaheen]] 50.9 – 49.1%
|-
| [[2014 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Maggie Hassan|Hassan]] 51.5 – 48.5%
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| [[2012 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Barack Obama|Obama]] 51.2 – 47.5%
|-
| [[2012 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Maggie Hassan|Hassan]] 52.0 – 45.1%
|}
==References==
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{{NHSenDist}}
{{New Hampshire State Senators}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:New Hampshire's 18th State Senate District}}
[[Category:New Hampshire Senate districts|18]]
[[Category:Hillsborough County, New Hampshire]]