FREEDOM — Unofficial results show Democrats taking control of the state Senate with a 15-9 majority and Republican Sen. Mark McConkey of Freedom was among the incumbent Republicans who appear to have held on.
McConkey defeated Bobbi Boudman by about 15,800 votes to 14,186 in Senate District 3. The district includes most Carroll County towns except Sandwich, as well as Waterville Valley, Lincoln, Middleton and Milton.
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