If a vacancy occurs in the office of United States senator, the governor shall fill the vacancy by temporary appointment until the next state general election, when a senator shall be elected for the unexpired term.
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 661:5
United States Senator
Source. 1979, 436:1, eff
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