A special primary was held on Oct. 19 for the Rockingham 6 District seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Jodi Nelson (R) and Mary Eisner (D) advanced to the general election. Nelson defeated Neil Wetherbee and Thomas Cardon in the Republican primary. Eisner was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
The general election is scheduled for Dec. 7. The candidate filing deadline passed on Aug. 27.
The special election was called after Anne Copp (R) left office due to moving out of the district on Aug. 5. Copp served from December 2020 to August 2021. She had previously served in the Merrimack 1 District from 2016 to 2018.
As of Oct. 19, five state legislative special elections have been scheduled in New Hampshire in 2021. Special elections were held for the Hillsborough 21 District on April 13, the Merrimack 23 District on June 8, and the Hillsborough 7 District on Sept. 7. A special election is scheduled for the Cheshire 9 District on Oct. 26.
New Hampshire held 29 special elections between 2010 and 2020. The most held in one year during that period was 10 in 2017.
Additional reading:
- New Hampshire state legislative special elections, 2021
- Jodi Nelson (New Hampshire)
- Mary Eisner
- Anne Copp
