Editing Concord, New Hampshire (section)

==Government==
{{see also|List of mayors of Concord, New Hampshire}}

{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Concord city vote<br /> by party in presidential elections<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://sos.nh.gov/elections/elections/election-results/|title=Election Results|website=sos.nh.gov}}</ref>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2024 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2024]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''63.00%''' ''15,216''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.90% ''8,670''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.11% ''267''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2020]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.99%''' ''15,511''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.45% ''7,983''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.57% ''374''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2016 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2016]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.09%''' ''12,984''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.95% ''7,812''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|6.95% ''1,554''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2012 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2012]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.07%''' ''14,218''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.52% ''7,325''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.41% ''309''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2008 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2008]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.81%''' ''14,302''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.97% ''7,496''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.23% ''271''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2004 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2004]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.16%''' ''12,675''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.97% ''8,210''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.87% ''183''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2000 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|2000]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.25%''' ''10,025''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.17% ''6,981''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|4.58% ''817''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1996 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1996]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.03%''' ''9,719''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.39% ''5,082''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|8.58% ''1,389''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1992 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1992]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.19%''' ''8,325''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.39% ''5,651''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|17.41% ''2,947''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1988 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1988]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46.95% ''6,698''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.15%''' ''7,439''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.90% ''128''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1984 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1984]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.69% ''5,172''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''57.96%''' ''7,190''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.35% ''43''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1980 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1980]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.92% ''4,330''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''47.72%''' ''6,092''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|18.36% ''2,343''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1976 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1976]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.62% ''5,256''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.99%''' ''6,627''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.39% ''168''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1972 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1972]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.76% ''4,554''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.46%''' ''8,082''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.78% ''99''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1968 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1968]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.55% ''4,975''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.73%''' ''6,960''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.71% ''333''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1964 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1964]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.27%''' ''8,042''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.73% ''4,470''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1960 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|1960]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.21% ''5,473''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.79%''' ''8,137''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.00% ''0''
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin:10px"
|+Concord city election results from state and federal races
!Year
!Office
!Results
|-
| rowspan="3" |2010
|[[2010 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Paul Hodes|Hodes]] 50–47%
|-
|[[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Annie Kuster|Kuster]] 59–38%
|-
|[[2010 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[John Lynch (New Hampshire governor)|Lynch]] 67–30%
|-
| rowspan="3" |2012
|[[2012 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Barack Obama|Obama]] 65-34%
|-
|[[2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Annie Kuster|Kuster]] 60–36%
|-
|[[2012 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Maggie Hassan|Hassan]] 67–30%
|-
| rowspan="3" |2014
|[[2014 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Jeanne Shaheen|Shaheen]] 67–33%
|-
|[[2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Annie Kuster|Kuster]] 66–33%
|-
|[[2014 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Maggie Hassan|Hassan]] 68–32%
|-
| rowspan="4" |2016
|[[2016 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Hillary Clinton|Clinton]] 59–36%
|-
|[[2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Maggie Hassan|Hassan]] 60–37%
|-
|[[2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Annie Kuster|Kuster]] 61–35%
|-
|[[2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Colin Van Ostern|Van Ostern]] 61–36%
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018
|[[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Annie Kuster|Kuster]] 67–31%
|-
|[[2018 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Molly Kelly|Kelly]] 58–41%
|-
| rowspan="4" |2020
|[[2020 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Joe Biden|Biden]] 65–32%
|-
|[[2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Jeanne Shaheen|Shaheen]] 70–28%
|-
|[[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Annie Kuster|Kuster]] 66–32%
|-
|[[2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Chris Sununu|Sununu]] 52–47%
|-
| rowspan="3" |2022
|[[2022 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Maggie Hassan|Hassan]] 67–31%
|-
|[[2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Annie Kuster|Kuster]] 69–31%
|-
|[[2022 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Tom Sherman (politician)|Sherman]] 56–43%
|-
| rowspan="2" |2024
|[[2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Maggie Goodlander|Goodlander]] 63–37%
|-
|[[2024 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Joyce Craig|Craig]] 57–41%
|-
|}
Concord is governed via the council-manager system. The city council consists of a mayor and 14 councilors, ten of which are elected to two-year terms representing each of the city wards, while the other four are elected at-large to four-year terms. The mayor is elected directly every two years. The current mayor as of 2024 is Byron Champlin, who was elected on November 7, 2023, with more than 75% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.concordmonitor.com/CityElectionResults-52945964| title=New Blood, New Vision - Champlin Elected as Mayor| date=November 7, 2023| publisher=Concord Monitor}}</ref>

According to the Concord [[city charter]], the mayor chairs the council,<ref name=cm/> however has very few formal powers over the day-to-day management of the city.<ref name=cm/> The actual operations of the city are overseen by the [[city manager]],<ref name=cm>{{cite news|first=Bob|last=Lubsdorf|title=Mayor to face challenger|url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/281091/mayor-to-face-challenger|work=[[Concord Monitor]]|date=2011-09-21|access-date=2012-06-11}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> currently Thomas J. Aspell Jr.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.concordnh.gov/Index.aspx?NID=288| title=City Manager| access-date=April 12, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511111508/http://www.concordnh.gov/Index.aspx?NID=288| archive-date=May 11, 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref> The current police chief is Bradley S. Osgood.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.concordnh.gov/index.aspx?NID=807| title=Police| publisher=City of Concord| access-date=April 12, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511105603/http://www.concordnh.gov/Index.aspx?NID=807| archive-date=May 11, 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the [[New Hampshire Senate]], Concord is in the 15th District, represented by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Becky Whitley since December 2020. On the [[New Hampshire Executive Council]], Concord is in the 2nd District, represented by Cinde Warmington, the sole Democrat on the council. In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Concord is in [[New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district]], represented by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Maggie Goodlander]].

[[New Hampshire Department of Corrections]] operates the [[New Hampshire State Prison for Men]] and [[New Hampshire State Prison for Women]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nh.gov/nhdoc/facilities/goffstown.html|title=Locations New Hampshire Correctional Facility for Women (NHCFW)|access-date=June 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143838/https://www.nh.gov/nhdoc/facilities/goffstown.html|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> in Concord.

[[File:Former Eagle Hotel, Concord, NH IMG 2674.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Across from the state capitol, the former Eagle Hotel on Main Street was a downtown landmark in Concord from its opening in 1827 until it closed in 1961. It was added in 1978 to the [[National Register of Historic Places]].]]

[[File:Veterans Monument, Concord, NH IMG 2718.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Veterans Monument in Concord]]

Concord leans strongly Democratic in presidential elections; the last Republican nominee to carry the city was then Vice President [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1988. Voter turnout was 72.7% in the 2020 general election,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.concordnh.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5266 |title=Final General Election Results |access-date=2021-03-17 |archive-date=2021-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509193610/https://concordnh.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5266 |url-status=dead }}</ref> down from 76.2% in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.concordnh.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3000 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-03-17 |archive-date=2020-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925010023/http://concordnh.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3000 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but still above the 2020 national turnout of 66.7%.<ref name="electproject">{{Cite web|title=2020g - United States Elections Project|url=http://www.electproject.org/2020g|access-date=October 31, 2020|website=www.electproject.org}}</ref>