CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, won a second two-year term in the Nov. 3 election, defeating Democrat Cinde Warmington, according to WCAX and NHPR.

The Associated Press projected Ayotte the winner at 12:42 a.m. Nov. 4 after a close count, WCAX reported. With 84 percent of the vote tallied at 1 a.m., Ayotte was ahead 51 percent to 47 percent, NHPR reported. Those figures were not final results.

Before the race was decided, Ayotte addressed supporters at about 11:30 p.m. at her election night gathering at Tuscan Village in Salem, asking them to be patient while ballots were counted, NHPR reported. Her husband, Joe Daley, was at her side.

Ayotte made housing and the cost of living the center of her campaign, both outlets reported. She pointed to laws she signed easing zoning rules to spur home construction and to her directive that state agencies move faster on housing permits. She also highlighted child care tax credits, rural health transformation grants and her efforts on electric bills and bail reform.

Warmington, a health care attorney who once served on the state Executive Council, argued that Ayotte and Republican legislators were to blame for high costs, citing housing, prescription drugs, electricity rates and property taxes, WCAX reported. She faulted school funding and the education freedom account program, and she vowed to halt collection of the state gas tax and to press for tariff refunds to consumers.

Warmington faced no opponent in the Democratic primary. She had sought the governorship in 2024 but lost that primary, so this was her first appearance on a statewide general election ballot, according to WCAX.

Both candidates said they opposed creating a general sales tax or an income tax, the outlets reported.

Neither outlet reported whether Warmington had conceded.