In the most evenly divided House district in the state Tuesday – Rochester Ward 4 – every ballot counted. But two voters nearly struck a deal.

Democrats lost two seats in the state Senate, including that of minority leader Donna Soucy of Manchester, handing Republicans a veto-proof majority in the upper chamber.

The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive ...

according to the White House's press secretary. Elsewhere, Iran has strongly denied any involvement in an alleged plot to kill the president-elect.