NH Legislature 2026

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House District Belknap 4

Lakes Region · 1 seat · Belmont

Forecast

0.0 expected Democratic seat of 1
Held today
0 D, 1 R
On the ballot
1 Democrat, 1 Republican for 1 seat
District party margin
R+23.8 (90% range R+34.9 to R+12.8)
Chance Democrats gain seats here
0%
Chance Democrats lose seats here
0%
Rating (seat share)
Safe R

Seat split distribution

Candidates

CandidatePartyWin chance
Kevin Nugent Jr.R100%
Liz CharlwoodD0%

How the forecast was built

Statewide generic legislative margin (environment)D+2.9
+ District partisan lean-26.7
= Expected party margin (mean Democratic candidate vs mean Republican candidate)R+23.8

Each candidate's share is the party's share plus 2.5 points if an incumbent, plus a candidate-specific draw (SD 3.5 points, estimated from how far same-party candidates finished apart in 2022 and 2024). The district margin itself carries statewide, regional and district error (district SD 5.1 pts). The top 1 by share win. Independents are placed with the weaker major party minus a 6.0-point penalty.

Inputs

Partisan lean (exact by town)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentR+23.3D+2.8-26.10.4
2024 GovernorR+33.2R+9.5-23.70.15
2022 U.S. SenateR+18.7D+9.3-28.10.2
2022 GovernorR+47.2R+15.8-31.40.1
2020 PresidentR+19.0D+7.4-26.40.15

Last House result not used as a lean (uncontested or lopsided).

Past results in this district

2024 — D 0, R 1 of 1 · uncontested

R Travis Toner3,011✓

2022 — D 0, R 1 of 1 · party margin R+31.7

R O'Hara (i)2,021✓
D Borden1,048