Editing Bedford, New Hampshire (section)

== Government and politics ==
[[File:BedfordNH TownHall.jpg|thumb|[[Bedford Town Hall]]]]
Bedford is part of [[New Hampshire's 1st congressional district]], currently represented by Democrat [[Chris Pappas (American politician)|Chris Pappas]]. Bedford is part of the [[Executive Council of New Hampshire]]'s 4th district, currently represented by Republican [[Ted Gatsas]]. In the [[New Hampshire Senate|State Senate]], Bedford is part of [[New Hampshire's 9th State Senate district]], currently represented by Republican [[Denise Ricciardi]]. Bedford is currently represented in the [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]] by [[Ted Gorski]], [[Linda Gould]], [[John Graham (New Hampshire politician)|John Graham]], [[Sue Mullen]], [[Niki Kelsey]], and [[Catherine Rombeau]].

Bedford has long been a Republican stronghold in New Hampshire, voting for the GOP presidential nominee as far back as records are available. In 2020, the Republican winning streak in Bedford was finally broken as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Joe Biden]] won the town with approximately 51.5% of the vote.

Bedford was one of only four towns in New Hampshire where Democrats backed [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] when she sought the Democratic nomination for president in both 2008 and 2016. 
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+Bedford town vote
by party in presidential elections<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Results |url=https://sos.nh.gov/elections/elections/election-results/ |website=sos.nh.gov}}</ref>
!Year
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Third party (United States)|Third parties]]
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''51.0%''' 7'',521''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |47.8% ''7,052''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.1% 166
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |44.1% 5'',851''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''51.4%''' ''6,816''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |4.4% 600
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |36.7% ''4,713''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''62.3%''' ''7,990''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.9% ''114''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |40.5% ''5,115''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''59.2%''' ''7,442''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.6% ''61''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |37.1% ''4,047''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''62.6%''' ''6,836''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.3% 37
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |35.3% ''3,624''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''62.2%''' ''6,381''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |2.5% ''256''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |37.8% ''3,064''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''55.1%''' ''4,467''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |6.7% ''573''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |27.8% ''2,251''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''51.3%''' ''4,145''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |20.8% ''1,685''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |22.0% ''1,499''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''77.0%''' 5'',237''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.0% ''69''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |19.4% 1'',034''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''80.4%''' ''4,294''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.3% ''13''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |17.9% ''853''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''71.3%''' ''3,400''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |10.8% ''513''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31.7% ''1,059''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''67.1%''' ''2,240''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.0% ''34''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |21.1% ''655''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''75.9%''' ''2,360''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |3.1% ''96''
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin:10px"
|+Bedford town 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/Republican}} |[[Kelly Ayotte|Ayotte]] 73–25%
|-
|[[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Frank Guinta|Guinta]] 65–31%
|-
|[[2010 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[John Stephen|Stephen]] 52–46%
|-
| rowspan="3" |2012
|[[2012 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Mitt Romney|Romney]] 62–37%
|-
|[[2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Frank Guinta|Guinta]] 60–37%
|-
|[[2012 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Ovide Lamontagne|Lamontagne]] 59–39%
|-
| rowspan="3" |2014
|[[2014 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Scott Brown (politician)|Brown]] 62–38%
|-
|[[2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Frank Guinta|Guinta]] 63–37%
|-
|[[2014 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Walt Havenstein|Havenstein]] 61–39%
|-
| rowspan="4" |2016
|[[2016 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Donald Trump|Trump]] 51–44%
|-
|[[2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Kelly Ayotte|Ayotte]] 59–38%
|-
|[[2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Frank Guinta|Guinta]] 50–37%
|-
|[[2016 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Chris Sununu|Sununu]] 59–38%
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018
|[[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Chris Pappas (American politician)|Pappas]] 50–49%
|-
|[[2018 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Chris Sununu|Sununu]] 62–37%
|-
| rowspan="4" |2020
|[[2020 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Joe Biden|Biden]] 51–48%
|-
|[[2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Jeanne Shaheen|Shaheen]] 54–45%
|-
|[[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Matt Mowers|Mowers]] 49–49%
|-
|[[2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Chris Sununu|Sununu]] 71–28%
|-
| rowspan="3" |2022
|[[2022 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Maggie Hassan|Hassan]] 51–47%
|-
|[[2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire|House]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}} |[[Chris Pappas (American politician)|Pappas]] 52–48%
|-
|[[2022 New Hampshire gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} |[[Chris Sununu|Sununu]] 63–36%
|-
|}
{{Clear}}