Democrats won a majority in the state senate for the first time in six years.
New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.
Democrats picked off Republican incumbents across the state.
Deb Reynolds defeated long-term incumbent Carl Johnson in Grafton County.
Molly Kelly unseated former Senate President Tom Eaton in Keene.
Harold Janeway beat Bob Flanders in the sprawling District 7 which includes the towns of Weare, Henniker and Loudon.
Democrats who were given long odds even were competitive last night.
Senate Caucus leader Ray Buckley believes his party did so well thanks to the strong slate of candidates, and the man in the corner office.
1:12 very clear Lynch set an example, and showed the people of NH what a Democrat can do. And the people responded by electing like minded individuals to the state senate.
Vice-chair of the Republican Party Wayne MacDonald says Election Night hit like a natural disaster.
8:06 we felt like we were trying to hold ourselves against a tsunami with nothing but an umbrella and that's not too effective.
MacDonald concedes that Lynch's popularity played a part in the strong showing.
He sharply criticized the Governor for failing to set much of an agenda during his first two years in office.
But now, with control of the Senate, the Executive Council and likely the House, MacDonald says the pressure is on Governor Lynch to deliver.
13:08 they've made a lot of promises and we are going to hold them to it. one of them is no sales or income tax and they are going to fix school funding, that's a tall order.
Democrat Ray Buckley says the newly elected lawmakers are going to push a familiar agenda.
3:12 raising the minimum wage, banning smoking in the work place, raising the age so more young people graduate from high school...fully funding LCHIP, there are a number of issues that Lynch had on his agenda that were blocked by a Rep. Legislature and now we will be able to move on with it.
Buckley a life-long New Hampshire Democrat says he and others have waited an entire lifetime to receive such a strong mandate.
He promises voters will be impressed with what he called a 'whole new generation' of leaders.
For NHPR News, I'm DG.
