Poll workers count votes at a polling place on the campus of Pinkerton Academy, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Poll workers count votes at a polling place on the campus of Pinkerton Academy, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte, who faces Democrat Joyce Craig in the November 2024 election, smiles while talking with employees during a visit to a local concrete coating business, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
FILE — Joyce Craig, Democratic candidate for governor, speaks with workers during a visit to the Milan Lumber mill, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Milan, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
A poll worker removes results tape from voting machines at a polling place on the campus of Pinkerton Academy, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
People cast their ballots at a polling place at VFW Post 2520, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Berlin, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Max Florio, 5, of Chesterfield, N.H., pops into the voting booth to watch his mother, Rufina Tukmametova, fill out her ballot at the polling station in the elementary school on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte, who faces Democrat Joyce Craig in the November 2024 election, shakes hands with administrators during a visit to a local concrete coating business, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Voters stand in line to enter a polling place on the campus of Pinkerton Academy, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Poll workers count votes at a polling place on the campus of Pinkerton Academy, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Poll workers print out voting data from a voting machine at a polling place on the campus of Pinkerton Academy, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
People wait in line to cast their ballots at a polling place at VFW Post 2520, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Berlin, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
People display campaign placards, left, outside a polling place on the campus of Pinkerton Academy on Election Night, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Voters stand in line to enter a polling place on the campus of Pinkerton Academy on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
People cast their ballots at a polling place at VFW Post 2520, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Berlin, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Clint Gilbert, of Brattleboro, Vt., casts his ballot at the polling station in Brattleboro on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)