Hampton, North Hampton Town Election Results

HAMPTON, NH - Voters in Hampton and North Hampton went to the polls on March 8, 2016, and voted in competitive town races, for budgets, and also warrant articles.

Hampton

For the special election state representative race, Michael Edgar, the Democrat edged out Independent Philp Bean, 1,467 to 1,134. Republican Kenneth Sheffert came in third with 1,074 votes.

In the Board of Selectmen’s race, Regina Barnes easily beat Mary-Louise Woolsey, 1,869 to 1,442.

In the Cemetery Trustee’s race, Susan Erwin bested Kenneth Zahrndt, 1,552 to 1,010.

Bryan Provencal, with 1,610 votes, also won a Zoning Board seat by a nearly two-to-one margin against Stephen Dalla Costa, who received 856 votes.

In the school board race Ginny Bridle-Russell topped the ticket with 1,959 votes to win a seat. Also winning a seat was Les Shepard came in second to win the second seat with 1,784 votes. Kevin Lonergan received 1,300 votes, coming in third.

Voters rejected a $24.95 million proposal to reconstruct Hampton Academy middle school. The proposal needed 3/5th of the vote to win and received 56.3 percent (2,094 to 1,635).

Voters did, however, approved a $20.18 million school operating budget and a $26.6 million town operating budgets.

View the full Hampton results here.

North Hampton

North Hampton voters had a single competitive race: Two one-year positions on the Budget Committee. Those seats went to Anne Ambrogi (789) and Kathleen Kilgore (750). Terrence Belluche received 468 votes.

Voters defeated a $6.5 million town campus project proposal – a public safety building and new library – by a vote of 709 to 845. A $4.3 million public safety building was also defeated by a vote of 595 to 954.

Town voters did approve a $6.67 million operating budget by a vote of 965 to 546. They also approved an $.8.5 million school operating budget by a vote of 1,132 to 321.

View the full results online here.