Lynch, Hodes sweep area towns

Incumbents Governor John Lynch and Paul Hodes won in all area towns, with U.S. President elect Barak Obama and U.S. Senator elect Jeanne Shaheen losing in both Weare and Washington, with Shaheen also losing by five votes in Windsor.

Obama won 1,506 to Republican contender John McCain’s 1,002 in Hillsborough, 1,506 to 1,002 in Henniker, 852 to 635 in Antrim, 2,394 to 1,447 in Hopkinton, 580 to 420 in Bradford, 748 to 451 in Hancock, 399 to 369 in Bennington, 538 to 498 in Deering, 595 to 490 in Webster and 67 to 59 in Windsor.

In Weare McCain won against Obama 2,520 to 2,109, and in Washington 316 to 309.

Shaheen won 1,510 votes to Republican incumbent John Sununu’s 1,172 in Hillsborough, 1,320 to 1,064 in Henniker, 803 to 614 in Antrim, 2,190 to 1,571 in Hopkinton, 540 to 414 in Bradford, 686 to 485 in Hancock, 370 to 353 in Bennington, 504 to 477 in Deering, and 556 to 467 in Webster.

Sununu won 2,384 to 2,520 in Weare, 312 to 278 in Washington and 62 to 53 in Windsor.

Paul Hodes won 1,561 to 1,116 in Hillsborough, 1,437 to 892 in Henniker, 825 to 585 in Antrim, 2,268 to 1,429 in Hopkinton, 551 to 398 in Bradford, 714 to 438 in Hancock, 379 to 332 in Bennington, 530 to 437 in Deering, 476 to 422 in Webster, 293 to 283 in Washington, 2,164 to 2,143 in Weare and 65 to 50 in Windsor.

Governor Lynch’s sweeping state-wide win was also reflected locally. In Hillsborough Lynch won 2,050 to Republican contender Joseph Kenney’s 671, 1,848 to 547 in Henniker, 1,050 to 380 in Antrim, 3,056 to 704 in Hopkinton, 680 to 250 in Bradford, 822 to 280 in Hancock, 509 to 211 in Bennington, 688 to 303 in Deering, 795 to 255 in Webster, 389 to 204 in Washington, 3,062 to 1,374 in Weare and 81 to 36 in Windsor.