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Gerri Cannon

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Gerri Cannon
Cannon at the 2019 Women's March in Concord
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the Strafford 12th district
Assumed office
December 7, 2022
Serving with Kenneth Vincent, Cecilia Rich, Jeffrey Rich
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the Strafford 18th district
In office
December 5, 2018 – December 7, 2022
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Somersworth, New Hampshire

Gerri Cannon is an American politician, who was elected in 2018 to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[1] She represents the Strafford 18th District as a member of the Democratic Party. She was previously (in 2017) elected to the Somersworth, New Hampshire School Board.[2]

Cannon is transgender, and she and Lisa Bunker were elected alongside each other as the state's first openly transgender state legislators.[3]

Electoral history

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2018

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New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 18th district Democratic primary, 2018[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wendy Chase 774 31.73
Democratic Gerri Cannon 605 24.81
Democratic Cecilia Rich 549 22.51
Democratic Roger Berube (incumbent) 511 20.95
Total votes 2,439 100.0
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 18th district general election, 2018[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wendy Chase 2,215 19.12
Democratic Gerri Cannon 2,055 17.74
Democratic Cecilia Rich 1,923 16.60
Republican Matthew Spencer (incumbent) 1,727 14.90
Republican Jodi Carnes 1,538 13.27
Republican Padraic O'Hare 1,378 11.89
Independent Dale Sprague (incumbent) 601 5.19
Libertarian Jarec Rondeau 147 1.27
Total votes 11,584 100.0

2020

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New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 18th district Democratic primary, 2020[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wendy Chase (incumbent) 1,092 35.31
Democratic Gerri Cannon (incumbent) 1,009 32.62
Democratic Cecilia Rich (incumbent) 988 31.94
Democratic Write-ins 4 0.13
Total votes 3,093 100.0
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 18th district general election, 2020[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wendy Chase (incumbent) 3,260 19.51
Democratic Gerri Cannon (incumbent) 3,042 18.20
Democratic Cecilia Rich (incumbent) 2,959 17.71
Republican Matthew Spencer 2,670 15.98
Republican Steven Douglas McMahon 2,387 14.28
Republican Jodi Lavoie-Carnesa 2,382 14.25
Write-in Write-ins 10 0.06
Total votes 16,710 100.0

2022

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New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 12th district Democratic primary, 2022[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenneth Vincent (incumbent) 628 25.86
Democratic Gerri Cannon (incumbent) 627 25.82
Democratic Cecilia Rich (incumbent) 612 25.21
Democratic Jeffrey Rich 561 10.75
Total votes 2,428 100.0
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 12th district general election, 2022[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenneth Vincent (incumbent) 3,153 14.76
Democratic Gerri Cannon (incumbent) 3,095 14.49
Democratic Cecilia Rich (incumbent) 3,043 14.24
Democratic Jeffrey Rich 2,860 13.39
Republican Ken Hilton 2,470 11.56
Republican Matthew Spencer 2,309 10.81
Republican Nick Boyle 2,245 10.51
Republican Steven Douglas McMahon 2,190 10.25
Total votes 21,365 100.0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NH Primary Source: Election boosts diversity in Democratic NH House caucus". WMUR-TV, November 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Phelps, Rob (13 November 2017). "Openly transgender candidate elected to Somersworth, NH school board | Boston Spirit Magazine". Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  3. ^ "Two transgender women elected to N.H. House". Washington Blade, November 7, 2018.
  4. ^ "State of New Hampshire - 2018 Primary Election" (PDF). New Hampshire Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-24.
  5. ^ "2018 General Election - State Representative Strafford County".
  6. ^ "State of New Hampshire - 2020 Primary Election" (PDF).
  7. ^ "State of New Hampshire - 2020 General Election" (PDF).
  8. ^ "State of New Hampshire - 2022 Primary Election" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  9. ^ "State of New Hampshire - 2022 General Election" (PDF). access-date=2023-06-23.