State Senator
State Senate District 16; New Hampshire
My vote power
Normal
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 64 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 58,621 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(1,394,868 ÷ 58,621) ÷ ln(50,000) = 64.65, measured against a statewide vote in NH (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
Goffstown small-business co-owner and former youth nonprofit executive director who served three terms on the Goffstown School Board, six as chair. Priorities include affordable health care and fully funded schools.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Manchester senator in his second New Hampshire Senate term who chairs the Education Finance Committee; he served eight years as a state representative and holds a master's degree in city planning.
Records: Housing Affordability 2 for, Public Education Quality 1 for
Sources: gencourt.state.nh.us · sos.nh.gov