Grafton County (UNH page) Population, July 2001 est.: 82,254.  (6.53% of total NH population of 1,259,181) County Seat: North Haverhill City: Lebanon (3 wards).  Towns (38): Alexandria, Ashland, Bath, Benton, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Bristol, Campton, Canaan, Dorchester, Easton, Ellsworth, Enfield, Franconia, Grafton, Groton, Hanover, Haverhill, Hebron, Holderness, Landaff, Lincoln, Lisbon, Littleton, Lyman, Lyme, Monroe, Orange, Orford, Piermont, Plymouth, Rumney, Sugar Hill, Thornton, Warren, Waterville Valley, Wentworth, Woodstock. Unincorporated area: Livermore.  also Etna

Registration
Grafton County Reg. (Sept. 2001): Rep. 15,703 (37.14%)  Dem. 9,989 (23.62%)   Undecl. 16,592 (39.24%)   Total: 42,284.
Total NH Reg. (Sept. 2001): Rep. 233,363  (36.45%)   Dem. 167,062 (26.09%)   Undecl. 239,805 (37.46%)  Total: 640,230.

Representation
Grafton County includes parts of 3 State Senate Districts (District 1, 2 and 5) and sends 26 State Representatives (Districts 9-18) to Concord.  [9-2, 10-1, 11-2, 12-1, 13-2, 14-2, 15-2, 16-3, 17-7, 18-4]  In 2003-04, 11 of the 26 State Reps. are Democrats.
Elected Democrats
Senator Clifton Below of Lebanon (Dist. 5)
State Representatives
Edward "Ned" Densmore of Bethlehem (Dist. 10)
Mary R. Cooney of Plymouth (Dist. 15)
Bernard L. Benn of Hanover (Dist. 17)
Estelle Diamond of Hanover (Dist. 17)
Sharon L. Nordgren of Hanover (Dist. 17)
Hilda W. Sokol of Hanover (Dist. 17)
Ruth Z. Bleyler of Lyme (Dist. 17)
Nancy M. Scovner of Enfield (Dist. 17)
Peter E. Solomon of Canaan (Dist. 17)
Susan W. Almy of Lebanon (Dist. 18)
Lee M. Hammond of Lebanon (Dist. 18)
and
Grafton County Executive Counselor Michael Cryans
 

Democratic Party Grafton County Democratic Committee Chair:  Arnold Shields of Piermont  Vice Chair:  Paul Klee of Lyme Secretary:  Mary Cooney of Plymouth  Treasurer:  Ruth Cserr of Orford At large Ruth Bleyler of Lyme  John Chamberlain of Hanover Frances L.H. Taylor of Holderness	.	Useful Links Valley News (Lebanon) The Dartmouth ("America's oldest college newspaper") Littleton Courier (Wed.) Grafton County Economic Development Council Greater Lebanon Chamber of Commerce Dartmouth College Plymouth State College WTNK Talk Radio 1020 AM and 99.7 FM
Town Chairs Canaan - Jan Forbush. Enfield - Nancy Scovner.    Franconia - Martha McLeod.   Grafton - Kenny Neil.   Groton - Margaret Smith. Hanover - Bernie Benn.   Holderness - Frances L.H. Taylor. Lebanon - Lee Hammond.   Lyme - Thomas J. Little.    Orange - Robert Proulx. Orford - Carl Schmidt.   Piermont - S. Arnold Shields.  Plymouth - Darcy Cushing.

Past Results

Feb. 1, 2000 Democratic Presidential Primary

		Grafton			Statewide
Bill Bradley	5,321	55.36%		70,502	45.59%
Al Gore	3,824	39.78%		76,897	49.73%
John McCain	195	2.03%		3,320	2.15%
Others	272	2.83%		3,920	2.53%
Total	9,612			154,639

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