Politics & Government
GOP Carries Windham
Check back as soon as the polls close tonight to see who won local and statewide races.

UPDATE (12:37 a.m.) WMUR reports that Jim Rausch has retained the District 19 state senate seat, beating out challenger Chris Reisdorf. Results in Derry and Hampstead, the other two towns included in the district, were as follows
Derry
Rausch: 8,023
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Reisdorf: 6,398
Hampstead
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Rausch: 3,016
Reisdorf: 1,663
UPDATE (10:42 p.m.) On a record-setting election day in Windham, 734 new voters registered. A total voters was 8,337 ballots were cast, which amounts to a turnout of 81.8 percent.
UPDATE (3:26 p.m.): No hitches with Voter ID so far in Windham as over 50 percent of registered voters in town have cast their ballots. Biggest crowd came this morning when the doors opened, with lines out the door and a packed parking lot. Things died down a bit around lunchtime.
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Voters go to the polls today to decide several contested races. There's the presidential race, of course, but also races for governor, Congress, Executive Council, state representative, state senate and numerous Rockingham County seats.
The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Windham High School gymnasium, located on London Bridge Road. As soon as the polls close tonight and the results are tallied, we'll have the Windham results posted right here.
President and Vice President (vote for one):
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (R) 5,224Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D) 2,964
Gary Johnson/James P.Gray (L) 75
Virgil Boode/James Clymber (C) 3
Governor (vote for one):
Maggie Hassan (D) 3,160
John J. Babiarz (L) 187
Representative in Congress (vote for one):
Charles Bass (R)4,807
Ann McLane Kuster (D)
2,721
Hardy Macia (L) 290
Executive Councilor (vote for one)
Christopher Sununu (R)4,976
Bill Duncan (D)
2,236
Michael J. Baldassarre (L) 311
State Senator (vote for one):
Jim Rausch (R) 4,855Chris Reisdorf (D) 2,394
State Representatives (vote for four):
Mary Griffin (R) 4,963 Walter Kolodziej (R) 3,815 Charles McMahon (R) 4,459 Kevin Waterhouse (R) 4,232 Tony Keevan (D) 1,778 Neil Fallon (D) 1,971 Kristi St. Laurent (D) 2,972 Carolyn Webber (D) 3,073
Sheriff (vote for one):
Michael Downing (R) 4,777John Clark (D) 2,813
County Attorney (vote for one):
Jim Reams (R) 4,272Joe Plaia (D) 461
Max Abramson (L) 2,216
County Treasurer (vote for one):
Edward R. Buck (R) 4,342David E. Ahearn (D) 2,506
Register of Deeds (vote for one):
Cathy Stacey (R) 4,897Robert E. Padian (D) 2,052
Register of Probate:
Debra E. Crapo (D) 2,408
County Commissioner:
Kevin Coyle (R) 4,529Bob Davidson (D) 2,304
Ballot Question #1:
Yes 4,930No 2,400
Ballot Question #2:
Yes 4,153No 2,951
Ballot Question #3:
Yes 2,790No 4,288
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