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Mark Hounsell

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

September 13, 2022

Mark Hounsell (Republican Party) ran for election to theNew Hampshire House of Representatives to representCarroll 1. He lost in the Republican primary onSeptember 13, 2022.

Hounsell was a 2018Republican candidate who sought election to theU.S. House to representthe 1st Congressional District ofNew Hampshire.^[1] Hounsell withdrew from the race in April 2018.^[2]

Hounsell was a2014Independent candidate forCarroll 2 of theNew Hampshire House of Representatives.

Elections

2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 1 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Woodcock (D)	20.0	2,375
✔		Tom Buco (D)	18.5	2,206
✔		David Paige (D)	17.9	2,129
		Karen Umberger (R)	15.4	1,835
	Submit photo	Michael DiGregorio (R)	14.5	1,730
	Submit photo	Frank McCarthy (R)	13.6	1,614
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	7

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,896
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 1 (3 seats)

IncumbentStephen Woodcock, incumbentTom Buco, andDavid Paige advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 1 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Woodcock	35.5	559
✔		Tom Buco	32.5	512
✔		David Paige	30.6	482
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3	20

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,573
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 1 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 1 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karen Umberger	28.3	578
✔	Submit photo	Frank McCarthy	22.4	457
✔	Submit photo	Michael DiGregorio	21.8	445
	Submit photo	Mark Hounsell	21.8	445
	Submit photo	Joseph Mosca	5.2	107
	Submit photo	Alex Talcott	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	7

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,039
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Note: AfterMichael DiGregorio and Mark Hounsell tied in the Republican primary election, DiGregorio advanced to the general election following a tiebreaker.^[3]

2018

See also:New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Chris Pappas defeatedEddie Edwards andDan Belforti in the general election for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Pappas (D)	53.6	155,884
		Eddie Edwards (R)	45.0	130,996
		Dan Belforti (L)	1.4	4,048

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 290,928 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Pappas	42.2	26,875
		Maura Sullivan	30.4	19,313
		Mindi Messmer	9.7	6,142
		Naomi Andrews	7.1	4,508
		Lincoln Soldati	3.1	1,982
		Deaglan McEachern	2.7	1,709
		Levi Sanders	1.8	1,141
		Mark S. Mackenzie	1.2	746
	Submit photo	Terence O'Rourke	1.0	656
		Paul Cardinal	0.5	317
	Submit photo	William Martin	0.4	230

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,619
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eddie Edwards	48.0	23,510
		Andy Sanborn	41.6	20,364
		Andy Martin	4.2	2,072
		Michael Callis	2.6	1,254
		Jeff Denaro	2.0	963
	Submit photo	Bruce Crochetiere	1.6	766

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,929
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mark Hounsell (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1

Dan Belforti advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Hampshire District 1 on September 11, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Dan Belforti

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dylan Robinson (L)

2014

See also:New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for theNew Hampshire House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 13, 2014. IncumbentSyndi White and incumbentTom Buco were unopposed in the Democratic primary, whileJames LeFebvre,Frank McCarthy andKaren Umberger were unopposed in the Republican primary.Mark Hounsell ran as an independent candidate. White, Buco, LeFebvre, McCarthy, Umberger and Hounsell faced off in the general election.^[4] All three incumbents were victorious in the general election based on the initial votes.^[5] However, the official election results found White losing to McCarthy by 39 votes. Umberger and Buco were confirmed as victorious as well.^[6]

New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 2 District, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Karen UmbergerIncumbent	21.6%	1,945
	Democratic	Tom BucoIncumbent	18.8%	1,698
	Republican	Frank McCarthy	17.9%	1,615
	Democratic	Syndi WhiteIncumbent	17.5%	1,576
	Republican	James LeFebvre	13.7%	1,238
	Independent	Mark Hounsell	10.5%	952
Total Votes				9,024

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2022

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