Monadnock Region executive councilors win re-election

Nov. 9—Democrat Cinde Warmington and Republican Dave Wheeler — the N.H. executive councilors whose districts cover the Monadnock Region — each won re-election Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.

Warmington, 64, a Concord attorney, won a second two-year term in District 2 with just over 60 percent of the vote, beating Republican state Sen. Harold French, a 65-year-old Canterbury auctioneer, the AP reported.

The district takes in the local communities of Acworth, Alstead, Charlestown, Chesterfield, Dublin, Gilsum, Hancock, Harrisville, Hinsdale, Keene, Langdon, Marlborough, Marlow, Nelson, Peterborough, Roxbury, Sullivan, Surry, Walpole, Westmoreland and Winchester.

In District 5, Wheeler, 63, of Milford, won a much more narrow victory, claiming 52.2 percent of the vote. Wheeler, a business owner, edged out Nashua Democrat and Shoshanna Kelly, 39, also a business owner, to win a sixth overall term on the council.

District 5 covers the local communities of Antrim, Bennington, Fitzwilliam, Greenfield, Jaffrey, Richmond, Rindge, Stoddard, Swanzey and Troy.

The five-member Executive Council shares executive power with the governor and approves receipts and expenditures of state and federal funds, confirms the appointment of judges and commissioners and hears pardon requests.

Warmington remains the lone Democrat on the panel, with incumbent Republicans Janet Stevens of Rye, Ted Gatsas of Manchester and Joe Kenney of Union winning re-election in districts 1, 3 and 4, respectively, according to the AP.

Jack Rooney can be reached at 352-1234, extension 1404, or jrooney@keenesentinel.com. Follow him on Twitter @RooneyReports.