Milford NH Voting Results, September 8, 2026, State Primary

 

Milford NH Voting Results, September 8, 2026, State Primary 

 

These are the results of the 9/8/2026 Milford NH state primary election held at Milford High School. There were 9,599 people on the checklist at the beginning of the day and there were 78 new voters added to the checklist during the day, leaving 9,677 people on the checklist at the end of the day. There were 1,542 Democratic ballots cast including 78 absentee ballots and also including 1 Democratic Federal-only ballot. There were 1,232 Republican ballots cast including 29 absentee ballots, for a total of 2,774 ballots cast in the election, resulting in a turnout rate of about 28.7%. 

 

This is the history of the votes cast in Milford primary elections: 

 

Date  Checklist Voters % Turnout

9/08/26   9,677  2774    28.7%
9/10/24 10,119  2948    29.1%
9/13/22 10,151  2459    24.2%
9/08/20 12,087  3274    27.1%
9/11/18 11,260  2303    20.5%
9/13/16 10,452  1817    17.4%
9/09/14   9,666  2186    22.6%

 

The checklist was recently purged of ineligible voters, which results in a higher reported % turnout. We have seen a steady growth in the number of ballots cast in non-presidential primary years with this progression:

2026 - 2,774
2022 - 2,459
2018 - 2,303
2014 - 2,186

 

These were the results on 9/08/26:

 

DEMOCRATIC BALLOT

 

Governor
1284 Cinde Warmington (Nominated)

 

United States Senator
966 Chris Pappas (Nominated)
522 Karishma Manzur
14 David Jarvis
13 Maxwell L. Saal
9 John Vail

 

Representative in Congress
1196 Maggie Goodlander (Nominated) 

322 Paige Beauchemin

 

Executive Councilor
1388 Melanie Levesque (Nominated)

 

State Senator District 11
1404 Shannon E. Chandley (Nominated)

 

State Representative District 37
1358 Megan A. Murray (Nominated)

 

State Representative District 43
1183 Paul Dargie (Nominated)
1152 Maria Elizabeth Perez (Nominated)
1131 Claire Holston (Nominated)
1037 Ethan Aho (Nominated)

 

Sherriff
No candidates

 

County Attorney
1368 Travis Bennett (Nominated)

 

County Treasurer
1375 Beverly Cotton (Nominated)

 

Register of Deeds
1374 Mary Ann Crowell (Nominated)

 

Register of Probate
1374 June Trisciani (Nominated)

 

County Commissioner
1357 Julie Radhakrishnan (Nominated)

 

REPUBLICAN BALLOT

 

Governor
1091 Kelly Ayotte (Nominated)
49 Shaun Fife
47 Bob Wayne McClory

 

United States Senator
789 John E. Sununu (Nominated)
368 Scott P. Brown
11 Tom Alciere
11 Sabrina Ann Smith
9 Andy Martin
9 Mary Maxwell
8 Sky Danley
4 Richard A. McMenamon II

 

Representative in Congress
767 Lily Tang Williams (Nominated)
167 Victor Orlando
112 Michael Anthony Callis
109 Dan Nicholson

 

Executive Councilor
1094 Dave Wheeler (Nominated)

 

State Senator District 11
1049 Tim McGough (Nominated)

 

State Representative District 37
1039 Michael E. Thornton (Nominated)

 

State Representative District 43
948 Gary Daniels (Nominated)
865 Vanessa L. Sheehan (Nominated)
824 Elizabeth Keenan (Nominated)
735 William J. Bieschke (Nominated)

 

Sherriff
1045 Brian Newcomb (Nominated)

 

County Attorney
1052 John J. Coughlin (Nominated)

 

County Treasurer
1038 Christopher Maidment (Nominated)

 

Register of Deeds
1058 Dennis Hogan (Nominated)

 

Register of Probate
1039 Ross W. Terrio (Nominated)

 

County Commissioner
1051 Robert H. Rowe (Nominated)

 

Delegate to the State Convention Hillsborough District 37
510 Christine Peters
504 Pamela D. Coughlin (Nominated)

 

Delegate to the State Convention District 43
761 Andrew Seale (Nominated)
758 John Yule (Nominated)
711 Judy Wadleigh (Nominated)
559 Linda Christina LaSalle (Nominated)
557 Jillian Sadowski

Milford NH Voting Results March 10, 2026

These are the voting results for the Milford NH election held on March 10, 2026 at the Milford High School.  There were 10,667 voters on the checklist at the beginning of the day.  There were 68 new voters registered during the day, leaving a voter checklist of 10,735 at the end of the day.  There were 2,793  ballots cast, for a voter turnout of 26.0%.  This is almost the same as the 2,833 ballots that were cast in 2025.

School District Ballot

School District Moderator - 2-Year Term - 1 Position Available
2396 Pete Basiliere - Elected 

School District Clerk - 2-Year Term - 1 Position Available
2279 John Yule - Elected

School District Treasurer - 2-Year Term - 1 Position Available
2302 Lisa Carl - Elected

School Board Member - 3-Year Term - 2 Positions Available
2133 Amy Clark Canty - Elected
1961 Tara Davoli - Elected

School Warrant Articles

1. CTE Renovation Project - $3,850,000 Bond - $14,850,000 Gross Budget
There were 2761 votes cast on this article so 1656 yes votes were needed to meet the 60% majority requirement
1629 yes 59.0%, 1131 no 41.0%, Failed for lack of 60%

There was a recount of this warrant article; these are the recount numbers:
There were 2756 votes cast on this article, so 1654 yes votes were needed to meet the 60% majority requirement
1626 yes 59.0%, 1130 no 41.0%, failed for lack of 60%

There were 3 fewer yes votes and 1 fewer no vote on the recount.  There is no way to know for sure, but the speculation is that the total difference of a loss of 4 votes was mostly due to hand count interpretations of oddly marked ballots.

2. School District Operating Budget - 52,722,151, Default Budget $52,996,931
1880 yes, 872 no - Passed

3. Collective Bargaining Agreement: Milford Educational Personnel Association (Facilities and Maintenance) ($233,353 over 3 Years)
1773 yes, 956 no - Passed

4. Open Enrollment
1663 yes, 1055 no, - Passed

Town Ballot

Select Board - 3-Year Term - 2 Positions Available
1857 Chris Labonte - Elected
1585 Vanessa Sheehan - Elected
1120 David Catanzano

Cemetery Trustee - 3-Year Term - 1 Position Available
2262 Chris Constantino - Elected

Checklist Supervisor - 6-Year Term - 1 Position Available
2240 Kevin Overby - Elected

Library Trustee - 3-Year Term - 2 Positions Available
2085 Shirley Wilson - Elected
2007 John Yule - Elected

Town Moderator - 2-Year Term - 1 Position Available
2323 Pete Basiliere - Elected

Trustee of the Trust Fund - 3-Year Term - 1 Position Available
2252 Gina Matthews - Elected

Water & Wastewater Commissioner - 3-Year Term - 1 Position Available
2133 Eric Knott - Elected

Warrant Article 2 - Ballot Vote - Zoning Changes

Ballot Vote 1 Addition of "Back Lot" development in Residence "R" District
1166 yes, 1579 no - Failed

Ballot Vote 2 Local Compliance with state regulations for Accessory Dwelling Units
1588 yes, 1134 no - Passed

Ballot Vote 3 Permit the development of "Cottage Courts" as a conditional use for expanded housing opportunities
1167 yes, 1554 no - Failed

Ballot Vote 4 Creation of "Downtown Overlay District" to promote housing development around the Milford Oval
1014 yes, 1744 no - Failed

Additional Town Warrant Articles

3. $4,421,035 to perform the Highlands Area water main replacement project (Bond).  2726 votes were cast, so 1635 votes were needed to meet the 60.0% majority that was needed
1944 yes 71.3%, 782 no 28.7% - Passed by exceeding the 60.0% minimum needed

4. Water Department - Match for Federal funding opportunities $1,000,000 (Bond). 2721 votes were cast so 1635 votes were needed to meet the 60.0% majority that was needed
2000 yes 73.5%, 721 no 26.5% - Passed by exceeding the 60% minimum that was needed

5. Town Operating Budget $21,369,930, Default Budget $21,206,881
1563 yes, 1156 no - Passed

6. Wastewater Department Operating Budget - $2,997,662
1859 yes, 834 no - Passed

7. Water Department Operating Budget - $2,499,055
1859 yes, 830 no - Passed

8. Reconstruction of town roads - $800,000
1773 yes, 934 no - Passed

9. AFSCME/Police Contract $90,025
1887 yes, 836 no - Passed

10. Non-emergency community transportation bus services $32,000
1990 yes, 767 no - Passed

11. Social Services - $45,000
1950 yes, 805 no - Passed

12. Appropriation for 250th anniversary celebration of the United States - $20,000
1052 yes, 1688 no - Failed

13. Establish a recreation equipment and facilities maintenance capital reserve account - $20,000
1442 yes, 1306 no - Passed

14. Memorial, Veterans & Labor Day parades and recognition support - $11,000
1861 yes, 894 no - Passed

15. Summer band concerts support - $9,000
1677 yes, 1026 no - Passed

16. Annual Labor Day parade support - $6,000
1679 yes, 1023 no - Passed

17. Service-connected total disability veterans credit - $0
2279 yes, 408 no - Passed

18. Modification of existing elderly exemption criteria - $0
2196 yes, 496 no - Passed

19. Milford public dog park along Heron Pond Road - $0
952 yes, 1753 no - Failed

20. Conservation land fund - $20,000 - By petition
1306 yes, 1390 no - Failed

21. Milford recreation bus fund - $15,000 - By petition
1085 yes, 1659 no - Failed

22. Disabled Exemption - $0 - By petition
1659 yes, 1072 no - Passed

23. Changing from appointment to election of Conservation Commission Members - $0 - By petition
1049 yes, 1651 no - Failed

 

Milford NH Voting Results March 11, 2025

 These are the voting results for the Milford NH election held on March 11, 2025 at the Milford High School.  There were 10,935 voters on the checklist at the beginning of the day.  There were 18 new voters registered during the day, leaving a voter checklist of 10,953 at the end of the day.  There were 2,833 ballots cast, for a voter turnout of 25.9%.  This compares to the 2,881 ballots cast last year.

School District Ballot

School Board Member - 3 Year Term - Two Positions Available
2079 Susan Smith - Elected
2060 Ryan Freed - Elected

Warrant Articles

1. CTE/MHS Renovation Project - $23,565,000 Gross Budget ($9,900,000 State of NH Renovation and Expansion Grant)($13,665,000 Bond)
There were 2776 votes cast on this article so 1666 yes votes were needed to meet the 60% majority requirement
1607 yes 57.9%, 1169 no 42.1% - Failed for lack of 60% majority

2. Milford High School Roof Project - $1,500,000 Gross Budget ($1,500,000 Bond) by petition
There were 2813 votes cast on this article so 1688 votes were needed to meet the 60% majority requirement
2124 yes 75.5%, 689 no 24.5% - Passed

3. School District Operating Budget - $50,029,504, Default Budget - $50,415,014
1555 yes, 1246 - Passed

4. Collective Bargaining Agreement: Milford Administrative Group ($240,310 Grand Total Over 4 Years
1604 yes, 1197 no - Passed

Town Ballot

Board of Selectmen - 3 Year Term - One Position Available
1361 Gary Daniels - Elected
1256 David Catanzano

Cemetery Trustee - 3 Year Term - One Position Available
1420 Jay Duffy - Elected
1020 Mike Thornton

Cemetery Trustee - 2 Year Term - One Position Available
2338 Chris Costantino - Elected

Checklist Supervisor - 1 Year Term - One Position Available
2285 Kevin Overby - Elected

Library Trustee - 3 Year Term - Two Positions Available
2006 Jennifer Siegrist - Elected
1915 Chris Costantino - Elected

Town Clerk - 3 Year Term - One Position Available
2369 Joan Dargie - Elected

Trustee of the Trust Fund - 3 Year Term - One Position Available
2304 Janet Spalding - Elected

Trustee of the Trust Fund - 1 Year Term - One Position Available
2329 Gina Matthews - Elected

Water & Wastewater Commissioner - 3 Year Term - One Position Available
2325 Dale White - Elected

Water & Wastewater Commissioner - 1 Year Term - One Position Available
2287 Eric Knott - Elected

Warrant Articles

2. Ballot Vote - Zoning Changes

Ballot Vote No. 1 - Family Day Care Home - Zoning District Criteria Revisions
1848 yes, 828 no - Passed

Ballot Vote No. 2 - Junkyards Article IV (Section 4.01): Amendment to Definition of Junkyards
1917 yes, 802 no - Passed

Ballot Vote No. 3 - Open Space and Conservation District
1718 yes, 970 no - Passed

Ballot Vote No. 4 - Manufactured Home Park Expansion
1460 yes, 1274 no - Passed

Ballot Vote No. 5 - Reduce the Residence "R" Zoning District Lot Size and Minimum Road Frontage to Allow for Increased Residential Density
1042 yes, 1702 no - Failed

3. Wadleigh Memorial Library Lower- Level Restrooms - $250,000 (Bond)
There were 2809 votes cast on this article so 1686 votes were needed to meet the 60% majority requirement
1404 yes 50.0%, 1405 no 50.0% - Failed for Lack of 60% Majority

4. Town Operating Budget - $19,300,099, Default Budget - 18,729,307
1421 yes, 1372 no - Passed

5. Wastewater Department Operating Budget - $2,856,974, Default Budget $2,711,808
1789 yes, 960 no - Passed

6. Water Department Operating Budget - $2,429,662, Default Budget $2,357,379
1807 yes, 945 no - Passed

7. Milford Swing Bridge - $634,070 (State pays $507,256; Town pays $126,814)
1888 yes, 912 no - Passed

8. Dump Truck 58K Gross Vehicle Weight (or Similar) With Plow and Sander Assembly - 5 Year Lease Purchase - $70,452 (Annual Lease Payment $70,452; Total Purchase Price $352,260)
1607 yes, 1149 no - Passed

9. Reconstruction of Town Roads - $300,000
2149 yes, 621 no - Passed

10. Fire Department - Three Full-Time Firefighters $277,195 in 2025, About 555,399 in 2026
1550 yes, 1272 no - Passed

11. Ambulance Replacement and Equipment Revolving Fund - $140,000
1500 yes, 1272 no - Passed

12. Milford Dams Alternatives Feasibility Study - $100,000 (Gross Appropriation.  100% Loan Forgiveness by NH State Dept of Environmental Services)
1013 yes, 1725 no - Failed

13. Keyes Park Expansion Committee Project Capital Reserve - $60,000 (Tennis Court Resurfacing)
1589 yes, 1171 no - Passed

14. Social Services - $45,000
1953 yes, 827 no - Passed

15. Police Department Portable Mobile Radio and Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) Replacement from the Public Safety Communication Equipment Replacement Capital Reserve Fund - $35,000
2145 yes, 638 no - Passed

16. Non-Emergency Community Transportation Bus Services - $32,000 (The Blue Bus)
2019 yes, 771 no - Passed

17. Information Technology Infrastructure Capital Reserve - $20,000
1694 yes, 1066 no - Passed

18. Conservation Land Fund - $20,000
1676 yes, 1105 no - Passed

19. Memorial, Veterans & Labor Day Parades and Recognition Support - $11,000
1948 yes, 843 no - Passed

20. Summer Band Concerts Support - $9,000
1808 yes, 969 no - Passed

21. Annual Labor Day Parade Support - $8,000
1793 yes, 973 no - Passed

22. Necessary Maintenance and Safety Repairs to Keyes Pool -$89,000 by petition
1675 yes, 1099 no - Passed

23. Support of Repair and Resurfacing of the Malcolm Ellngwood Rotch Tennis Courts at Keyes Memorial Park - $0 by Petition
1932 yes, 833 no - Passed

Milford NH Voting Results General Election November 5, 2024

These are the results of the General Election for the Milford NH ballot held November 5, 2024. There were 10,138 people on the checklist at the beginning of the day, 1,035 newly registered voters were added to the checklist during the day, resulting in 11,173 registered voters on the checklist at the end of the day. There were 9534 ballots cast, for a voter turnout of 85.3%.  There were 1,066 absentee ballots cast.

This is a history of General Election ballots that were cast in Milford showing a steady increase in voter participation:

2024 - 9534
2020 - 9259
2016 - 8376
2012 - 7958
2008 - 7850
2004 - 6893

These are the Milford vote tallies:

President / Vice President

4912 Kamala D Harris / Tim Walz (D)
4401 Donald J. Trump / JD Vance (R) Elected
70 Chase Oliver / Mike ter Mat (L)
36 Jill Stein  / Rudolph Ware (G)

Governor

5027 Kelly Ayotte (R) Elected
4039 Joyce Craig (D)
267 Stephen Villee (L)

Representative in Congress (CD2 Congressional District 2)

4851 Maggie Goodlander (D) Elected
4375 Lily Tang Williams (R)

Executive Councilor

4737 Dave Wheeler (R) Elected
4349 Melanie Levesque (D)

State Senator

4682 Tim McGough (R) Elected
4434 Shannon E. Chandley (D)

State Representative Hillsborough District 37

4635 Pamela D. Coughlin (R)
4321 Megan A. Murray (D) Elected

State Representative Hillsborough District 43

4480 Peter Petrigno (D) Elected
4351 Vanessa L. Sheehan (R) Elected
4297 Gary L. Daniels (R) Elected
4236 Paul Dargie (D) Elected
4111 Michael Facques (R)
4050 Elizabeth Keenan (R)
3892 Scott Lawrence (D)
3821 Michael Varraso (D)

Sheriff

4781 Christopher Connelly (R) Elected
4024 Christopher Connelly (D) Elected (He was listed twice)

County Attorney

4723 John J. Coughlin (R) Elected
4031 Kimberly A. Kossick (D)

County Treasurer

4763 David Fredette (R) Elected
4074 Beverly Cotton (D)

Register of Deeds

4541 Mary Ann Crowell (D)
4694 Dennis Hogan (R) Elected

Register of Probate

4501 Christopher Maidment (R) Elected
4260 Tony Labranche (D)

County Commissioner

4564 Robert H. Rowe (R) Elected
4250 Suzanne Ketteridge (D)

2024 Constitutional Amendment Question
Constitutional Amendment Proposed by the 2023 General Court

1. “Are you in favor of amending Article 78 of the second part of the constitution to read as follows: [Art.] 78. [Judges and Sheriffs, when Disqualified by Age.] No Person shall hold the office of sheriff of any county, after the person has attained the age of seventy years.  No person shall hold the office judge of any court after the person has attained the age of seventy-five years.”  (Passed by the N.H. House 321 Yes 27 No; Passed by the Senate 22 Yes 1 No) CACR 6

4779 Yes
3136 No

Milford NH Voting Results September 10, 2024 State Primary

 

Milford NH Voting Results, September 10, 2024, State Primary

These are the results of the 9/10/2024 Milford NH state primary election held at Milford High School.  There were 10,063 people on the checklist at the beginning of the day, there were 56 new voters added to the checklist during the day, leaving 10,119 people on the checklist at the end of the day. There were 1349 Democratic ballots cast, 3 Democratic Federal-only ballots cast, and 1596 Republican ballots cast for a total of 2948 ballots cast in the election, resulting in a turnout rate of about 29.1%.   

This is the history of the votes cast in Milford primary elections: 

  Date       Checklist      Voters     % Turnout

9/10/24       10,119           2948         29.1%
9/13/22       10,151           2459         24.2%
  9/8/20       12,087           3274         27.1%
9/11/18       11,260           2303         20.5%
9/13/16       10,452           1817         17.4%
  9/9/14         9,666           2186         22.6%

 These were the results on 9/10/24:

DEMOCRATIC BALLOT

Governor
738 Joyce Craig (Nominated)
459 Cinde Warmington
128 Jon Kiper

Representative in Congress
942 Maggie Goodlander (Nominated)
391 Colin Van Ostern

Executive Councilor
753 Melanie Levesque (Nominated)
487 Shoshana Kelly

State Senator District 11
1216 Shannon E. Chandley (Nominated)

State Representative Hillsborough District 37
1219 Megan A. Murray (Nominated)

State Representative Hillsborough District 43 (4 positions)
1146 Peter Petrigno (Nominated)
1087 Paul Dargie (Nominated)
1006 Scott Lawrence (Nominated)
984 Michael Varraso (Nominated)

Sheriff
No name was on the ballot

County Attorney
1170 Kimberly A. Kossick (Nominated)

County Treasurer
1202 Beverly Cotton (Nominated)

Register of Deeds
1205 Mary Ann Crowell (Nominated)

Register of Probate
1201 Tony Labranche (Nominated)

County Commissioner
1203 Suzanne Ketteridge (Nominated)


REPUBLICAN BALLOT

Governor
991 Kelly Ayotte (Nominated)
543 Chuck Morse
16 Shaun Fife
9 Robert Wayne McClory
6 Richard A. McMenamon II
4 Frank Negus Staples

Representative in Congress
714 Lily Tang Williams (Nominated)
261 Vikram Mansharamani
200 Bill Hamlen
55 Casey Crane
53 Paul M. Wagner
50 Jason Riddle
28 Jay Mercer
20 Tom Alciere
20 Randall Clark
20 William Harvey
16 Robert D’Arcy
14 Michael Anthony Callis
11 Gerard Beloin

Executive Councilor
1401 Dave Wheeler (Nominated)

State Senator
1396 Tim McGough (Nominated)

State Representative Hillsborough District 37
1364 Pamela D. Coughlin (Nominated)

State Representative Hillsborough District 43 (4 positions)
1269 Gary L. Daniels (Nominated)
1113 Vanessa L. Sheehan (Nominated)
1076 Michael Facques (Nominated)
1030 Elizabeth Keenan (Nominated)

Sheriff
1351 Christopher Connelly (Nominated)

County Attorney
1356 John J. Coughlin (Nominated)

County Treasurer
1369 David G. Fredette (Nominated)

Register of Deeds
803 Dennis Hogan
527 Elizabeth Ann Moreau

Register of Probate
1337 Christopher Maidment (Nominated)

County Commissioner
1355 Robert H. Rowe (Nominated)

Delegate to the State Convention Hillsborough District 37
1334 Christine M. Peters (Nominated)

Delegates to the State Convention Hillsborough District 43 (4 positions)
1183 Mike Thornton (Nominated)
1144 John W. Yule (Nominated)
1142 Judy Wadleigh (Nominated)
1106 Andrew Seale (Nominated)