House District Rockingham 38 (floterial)
Seacoast and Strafford · 1 seat · Greenland, North Hampton, Rye · floterial: these towns also elect representatives in their base districts
Forecast
1.0 expected Democratic seat of 1
- Held today
- 1 D, 0 R
- On the ballot
- 1 Democrat, 1 Republican for 1 seat
- District party margin
- D+12.2 (90% range D+1.2 to D+23.2)
- Chance Democrats gain seats here
- 0%
- Chance Democrats lose seats here
- 4%
- Rating (seat share)
- Safe D
Seat split distribution
Candidates
| Candidate | Party | Win chance |
|---|---|---|
| Peggy Balboni (incumbent) | D | 96% |
| Paul Martino | R | 4% |
How the forecast was built
| Statewide generic legislative margin (environment) | D+2.9 |
| + District partisan lean | +9.3 |
| = Expected party margin (mean Democratic candidate vs mean Republican candidate) | D+12.2 |
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 5.0 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 towns)
| Race | District | Statewide | Lean | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 President | D+17.4 | D+2.8 | +14.5 | 0.4 |
| 2024 Governor | R+2.1 | R+9.5 | +7.4 | 0.15 |
| 2022 U.S. Senate | D+18.5 | D+9.3 | +9.1 | 0.2 |
| 2022 Governor | R+5.0 | R+15.8 | +10.7 | 0.1 |
| 2020 President | D+21.0 | D+7.4 | +13.7 | 0.15 |
Last House result (2024): party margin D+3.2 vs a statewide legislative environment of R+2.6, incumbency removed (-2.5) → lean +3.4, blended at 30%.
Past results in this district
2024 — D 1, R 0 of 1 · party margin D+3.2
| D Peggy Balboni (i) | 5,341 | ✓ |
| R Janet Larsen | 5,007 |
2022 — D 1, R 0 of 1 · party margin D+12.7
| D Balboni | 4,486 | ✓ |
| R Lincoln | 3,473 | |
| I Borne | 822 |