NH Legislature 2026

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House District Hillsborough 11

Nashua and the Massachusetts border · 3 seats · Nashua Ward 8

Forecast

3.0 expected Democratic seats of 3
Held today
3 D, 0 R
On the ballot
3 Democrats, 1 Republican for 3 seats
District party margin
D+20.0 (90% range D+9.1 to D+30.9)
Chance Democrats gain seats here
0%
Chance Democrats lose seats here
1%
Rating (seat share)
Safe D

Seat split distribution

Candidates

CandidatePartyWin chance
Manoj Chourasia (incumbent)D100%
William Darby (incumbent)D100%
Arya ShamsD99%
Kristie HartR1%

How the forecast was built

Statewide generic legislative margin (environment)D+2.9
+ District partisan lean+17.1
= Expected party margin (mean Democratic candidate vs mean Republican candidate)D+20.0

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 5.0 pts). The top 3 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 PresidentD+20.0D+2.8+17.20.4
2024 GovernorD+5.2R+9.5+14.80.15
2022 U.S. SenateD+28.3D+9.3+18.90.2
2022 GovernorD+1.7R+15.8+17.50.1
2020 PresidentD+27.7D+7.4+20.40.15

Last House result (2024): party margin D+14.8 vs a statewide legislative environment of R+2.6, incumbency removed (-1.7) → lean +15.7, blended at 30%.

Past results in this district

2024 — D 3, R 0 of 3 · party margin D+14.8

D Laura Telerski (i)2,586✓
D Will Darby (i)2,417✓
D Manoj Chourasia2,368✓
R Kristie Hart1,856
R Peter Silva1,839
R Robert J. Sullivan1,779

2022 — D 3, R 0 of 3 · party margin D+21.8

D Mangipudi (i)2,011✓
D Telerski (i)2,009✓
D Darby1,926✓
R Hart1,334
R Silva1,319
R Powell1,166