NH Legislature 2026

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House District Grafton 12

Upper Valley · 4 seats · Hanover, Lyme

Forecast

4.0 expected Democratic seats of 4
Held today
4 D, 0 R
On the ballot
4 Democrats, 0 Republicans for 4 seats — everyone on the ballot wins
District party margin
D+71.2 (90% range D+71.2 to D+71.2)
Chance Democrats gain seats here
0%
Chance Democrats lose seats here
0%
Rating (seat share)
Safe D

Seat split distribution

Candidates

CandidatePartyWin chance
Mary Hakken-Phillips (incumbent)D100%
Russell Muirhead (incumbent)D100%
Ellen Rockmore (incumbent)D100%
Terry Spahr (incumbent)D100%

How the forecast was built

Statewide generic legislative margin (environment)D+2.9
+ District partisan lean+68.2
= Expected party margin (mean Democratic candidate vs mean Republican candidate)D+71.2

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 4 by share win. Independents are placed with the weaker major party minus a 6.0-point penalty.

Inputs

Partisan lean (exact by towns)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentD+71.7D+2.8+68.90.4
2024 GovernorD+60.9R+9.5+70.40.15
2022 U.S. SenateD+74.4D+9.3+65.00.2
2022 GovernorD+54.4R+15.8+70.20.1
2020 PresidentD+74.6D+7.4+67.20.15

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

Past results in this district

2024 — D 4, R 0 of 4 · uncontested

D Russell Muirhead (i)6,351✓
D Mary Hakken-Phillips (i)6,315✓
D Ellen Rockmore6,305✓
D Terry Spahr6,174✓

2022 — D 4, R 0 of 4 · uncontested

D Muirhead (i)5,386✓
D Murphy (i)5,365✓
D Hakken-Phillips (i)5,322✓
D Nordgren (i)5,312✓