HOW COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ELECTED
Belknap County - One County Commissioner is elected in each district only by the registered voters from that district for a rotating term.
2004 2006 2008 2010
1st District no election 2-year term 4-year term no election
2nd District 4-year term no election 2-year term 4-year term
3rd District 2-year term 4-year term no election 2-year term
Carroll County - One County Commissioner is elected from each district by registered voters from the entire county.
2004 2006 2008 2010
1st District 2-year term 4-year term no election 2-year term
2nd District no election 2-year term 4-year term no election
3rd District 4-year term no election 2-year term 4-year term
Cheshire County - One County Commissioner is elected in each district only by the registered voters from that district for a rotating term.
2004 2006 2008 2010
1st District no election 2-year term 4-year term no election
2nd District 4-year term no election 2-year term 4-year term
3rd District 2-year term 4-year term no election 2-year term
Coos County - One County Commissioner is elected in each district only by the registered voters from that district for a rotating term.
2004 2006 2008 2010
1st District 4-year term no election 2-year term 4-year term
2nd District 2-year term 4-year term no election 2-year term
3rd District no election 2-year term 4-year term no election
Grafton and Hillsborough Counties - One County Commissioner is elected for a 2-year term by only those voters in each district.
Merrimack County - One County Commissioner is elected in each district only by the registered voters from that district for a rotating term.
2004 2006 2008 2010
1st District no election 2-year term 4-year term no election
2nd District 4-year term no election 2-year term 4-year term
3rd District 2-year term 4-year term no election 2-year term
Rockingham County - One County Commissioner is elected in each district only by the registered voters from that district for a rotating term.
2004 2006 2008 2010
1st District 4-year term no election 2-year term 4 year term
2nd District 2-year term 4-year term no election 2-year term
3rd District no election* 2-year term 4-year term no election
(*2004 – election for 2-year term to fill vacancy from death of Commissioner Ernest P. Barka 3/11/03)
Strafford County - Three County Commissioners elected at-large throughout the entire county.
Sullivan County - One County Commissioner is elected in each district by the registered voters from the entire county.
2004 2006 2008 2010
1st District no election 2-year term 4-year term no election
2nd District 4-year term no election 2-year term 4-year term
3rd District 2-year term 4-year term no election 2-year term