NH Legislature 2026

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House District Strafford 10

Seacoast and Strafford · 4 seats · Durham

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+47.5 (90% range D+47.5 to D+47.5)
Chance Democrats gain seats here
0%
Chance Democrats lose seats here
0%
Rating (seat share)
Safe D

Seat split distribution

Candidates

CandidatePartyWin chance
Wayne Burton (incumbent)D100%
Timothy Horrigan (incumbent)D100%
Loren Selig (incumbent)D100%
Siena SchaierD100%

How the forecast was built

Statewide generic legislative margin (environment)D+2.9
+ District partisan lean+44.5
= Expected party margin (mean Democratic candidate vs mean Republican candidate)D+47.5

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 4 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+45.4D+2.8+42.60.4
2024 GovernorD+39.4R+9.5+49.00.15
2022 U.S. SenateD+64.3D+9.3+55.00.2
2022 GovernorD+42.6R+15.8+58.40.1
2020 PresidentD+55.4D+7.4+48.10.15

Last House result (2024): party margin D+34.7 vs a statewide legislative environment of R+2.6, incumbency removed (-1.9) → lean +35.5, blended at 30%.

Past results in this district

2024 — D 4, R 0 of 4 · party margin D+34.7

D Marjorie Smith (i)5,135✓
D Loren Selig (i)5,076✓
D Timothy Horrigan (i)4,886✓
D Wayne M. Burton4,850✓
R Jeffrey D. Berlin2,416

2022 — D 4, R 0 of 4 · party margin D+60.7

D Selig4,373✓
D Kenney (i)4,332✓
D Smith (i)4,321✓
D Horrigan (i)4,215✓
R McDermott1,101
R Olszewski1,088
R Zetterstrom1,032
R Sylvestre993