New Hampshire Makes History on Election Night

New Hampshire made history on election night when voters elected Carol Shea-Porter and Anne McLane-Kuster to the U.S. House of Representatives over their incumbent opponents Frank Guinta and Charlie Bass, respectively.

Shea-Porter and Kuster will join U.S. Sens. Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen in the Congressional delegation, making it the first all-female delegation in history.

Maggie Hassan, D-Exeter, was also elected to succeed Gov. John Lynch, making her the second female governor in New Hampshire's history. Shaheen was the first. She beat Republican opponent Ovide Lamontagne, R-Manchester, in the race for New Hampshire's top elected position.

And the Democratic wins were punctuated by the New Hampshire win of President Barack Obama, who was re-elected to a second term as Commander in Chief.

In Merrimack, six Republican State Reps. – Dick Barry, Dick Hinch, Jeanine Notter, Tony Pellegrino, Lenette Peterson, and Kathleen Stroud, retained their seats in Concord while one Republican newcomer, Phil Straight, was also elected. Democrat Brenda Grady was the only of eight candidates on the ticket to make it into the house. She ousted Republican Rep. Joe Thomas.

Merrimack took its first stab in about a decade on Tuesday at holding the election in a single polling location and in doing so also gained the title of  largest polling location in the country. It came with mixed reaction from residents and election officials who found it to be a smooth transition and those who encountered a traffic and congestion headache. We'll have more on this later today.

Follow these links for complete results out of Merrimack and a glance at what happened around the Granite State on Tuesday.