CONCORD — Recounts began for an almost equally divided Legislature in New Hampshire on Monday, and in one case, an election flipped from a Republican to a Democrat in Manchester’s Ward 6 based on a single vote.
That takes the New Hampshire House divided at 202-198 in favor of the Republicans, with Democrats gaining 11 seats from the past two years. But that count can change with these recounts this week.
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