These are the results of the 9/8/2020 Milford NH state primary election. The election was held at the high school instead of at the middle school due to space considerations that were needed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The election ran smoothly despite all the changes that had been implemented to maintain social distancing.
There were 11,990 people on the checklist at the beginning of the day and there were 97 new voters added to the checklist during the day, leaving 12,087 people on the checklist at the end of the day. There were 3274 voters in the election, resulting in a turnout rate of about 27.1%, which is very high for a primary election. Due to the pandemic, there were about 900 absentee voters, as compared to about 100 that would normally be more typical. I think that the solid turnout was largely due to the extra absentee voters that might not have normally voted.
This is the history of the votes cast in primary elections:
Date Checklist Voters % Turnout
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:
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT
Governor
767 Dan Feltes
590 Andru Volinsky
United States Senator
1406 Jeanne Shaheen
79 Paul J Krautmann
19 Tom Alciere
Representative in Congress
1350 Ann McLane Kuster
143 Joseph Mirzoeff
Executive Councilor
1392 Debora B Pignatelli
State Senator
1386 Shannon E Chandley
State Representatives Hillsborough District 23
1206 Herb Salmon
1196 Peter Petrigno
1148 Maria Elizabeth Perez
1011 Alexander Lloyd
State Representative Hillsborough District 40
1323 Ben Ming
Sheriff
1314 Bill Barry
County Attorney
1302 Michael Conlon
Country Treasurer
1300 William Bryk
Register of Deeds
877 Mary Ann Crowell
407 Jim O'Connell
Register of Probate
1310 Elizabeth Ropp
County Commissioner
688 Suzanne Ketteridge
584 Julie Radhakrishnan
REPUBLICAN BALLOT
Governor
1493 Chris Sununu
221 Karen Testerman
12 Nobody
United State Senator
925 Corky Messner
593 Don Bolduc
69 Andy Martin
50 Gerard Beloin
Representative in Congress
700 Steven Negron
661 Lynne Ferrari Blankenbeker
127 Matthew D Bjelobrk
84 Eli D Clemmer
Executive Councilor
1200 Dave Wheeler
445 Bob Clegg
State Senator
1517 Gary L. Daniels
State Representatives for Hillsborough 23 (4 positions)
1132 Mike Thornton
1049 Vanessa L. Sheehan
1020 Bill King
942 S. Tango Tourangeau
State Representative for Hillsborough District 40
1431 Keith Ammon
Sheriff
1214 Christopher Connelly
240 Joshua Holmes
County Attorney
942 John J Coughlin
504 Dan Hynes
County Treasurer
1381 David G Fredette
Register of Deeds
939 Jack Flanagan
440 Edward J Sapienza
Register of Probate
892 Elizabeth Ann Moreau
455 David Salvatore Recupero
County Commissioner
1104 Robert H Rowe
Delegates to the State Convention (5 positions)
1039 Nathaniel D Wheeler
985 Stephen J Palmer
956 Jenny L Broderick
945 Andrew Seale
923 John Yule
527 Allard Deu
