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By JOHN LIPPMAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — A 30-year-old part-time Littleton police officer who promises “pro-active policing” has been elected the new sheriff of Grafton County.Democrat Jill Myers, of Lisbon, defeated Bath Police Chief Todd Matthew Eck, 28,937-23,098,...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Vermonters turned out in record numbers to vote in this year’s general election, largely without a hitch, Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas said Tuesday at a formal event certifying the election results.Out of 522,600 registered voters in the...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN and ETHAN DEWITT

A week past Election Day, a clearer picture has emerged of legislative priorities, voter turnout, and results ranging from Executive Council seats to a proposed constitutional amendment.Both parties — Republicans with bolstered control and Democrats...

NEWPORT — In contested races for Sullivan County offices, three incumbent Republicans comfortably won re-election, including District 1 County Commissioner Joe Osgood of Claremont.Osgood defeated Claremont Democrat Benjamin Nelson, 12,823 to 10,675....

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

While both Vermont and New Hampshire voters supported Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president in Tuesday’s election, a nationwide rightward shift in voting patterns was apparent even in corners of the Upper Valley.Harris won here by...

NORTH HAVERHILL — Democrats swept Grafton County races in voting on Tuesday.Michael Cryans, of Hanover, bested Brian Dear, of Lyman, for county treasurer, 30,457 – 21,186.Cryans will take the place of Lebanon Democrat Karen Liot Hill, who was elected...

By EMMA COTTON

Vermonters handily reelected both of the state’s incumbent members of Congress on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt.The Associated Press called the race for Sanders the moment the polls closed in Vermont at 7 p.m. — and...

In Tuesday’s voting, incumbent Democrat Mark MacDonald, of Williamstown, lost the Orange District Senate seat to Topsham Republican Larry Hart.Hart, a former Topsham Selectboard member, won handily, 7,218-5,512, or nearly 55% of the vote total. In a...

HARTFORD — Democrats once again prevailed in the race for three Senate seats representing the Windsor district in Montpelier.Incumbent Democrats Rebecca White of Hartford came in first of seven candidates with 17,930 votes, and Alison Clarkson, of...

LEBANON — In Tuesday’s voting, City Councilor Karen Liot Hill won New Hampshire’s District 2 Executive Council seat and expected to become the only Democrat on the five-person council. Liot Hill beat out Republican Kim Strathdee, of Carroll, N.H.,...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ROYALTON — Voters in Bethel and Royalton narrowly rejected a $3.8 million bond issue for improvements to the White River Unified District’s middle and high schools.The vote was 753 against to 743 in favor of the project, according to unofficial...

By SHAUN ROBINSON

John Rodgers, a Republican from Glover, Vt., was elected lieutenant governor of Vermont Tuesday, unseating Progressive/Democrat Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman in a rare ouster of a statewide incumbent. The dramatic conclusion came at the end of a highly...

In voting Tuesday, Republican Michael Tagliavia, of Corinth, unseated incumbent Democrat Carl Demrow, also of Corinth, for a House seat representing four Orange County towns.Taliavia, a member of Corinth’s road crew, earned 1,363 votes to...

In Tuesday’s voting, Cavendish Republican VL Coffin beat Democrat incumbent Mark D. Yuengling, of Perkinsville, for a House seat representing Baltimore, Cavendish and Weathersfield.Coffin earned 1,417 votes to Yuengling’s 1,273.Retired from the U.S....

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — Democrats maintained their dominance in New Hampshire’s congressional delegation Tuesday, with U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas reelected in the 1st District and newcomer Maggie Goodlander winning the open 2nd District seat.Goodlander, a former White...

SUNAPEE — Five-term incumbent Linda Tanner, D-Sunapee, was narrowly defeated in Tuesday’s election by Republican George Grant, 1,683-1,669 for the Sullivan County House seat representing Sunapee and Springfield.Grant, who lost to Tanner two years ago,...

CLAREMONT — Two newcomers, a Democrat and a Republican, will join a 17th term incumbent in filling the Sullivan House District 6’s three seats in Concord.John Cloutier, D-Claremont, was re-elected, with newcomers Democrat Dale Girard and Republican...

CLAREMONT — First-term incumbent Republican Jon Stone finished third among four candidates for the two seats representing eight Sullivan County towns and the city of Claremont in House District 8.Incumbent first-term Democrat Hope Damon, of Croydon,...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In voting on Tuesday, Hartford approved a $4 million bond to stabilize retaining walls on Gates Street and Fairview Terrace in White River Junction.The article passed, 2,859-1,826.Once completed, the stabilization work is...

By ETHAN DEWITT

Republican former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte will be New Hampshire’s next governor, after defeating Democratic former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig Tuesday in a campaign built on a promise of economic continuity, increased focus on crime and immigration,...

Voters across the Upper Valley cast ballots in a bitterly contested presidential election Tuesday, and despite the challenges facing the Twin States most said the choice between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump was the...