MANCHESTER, N.H. -- U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass of New Hampshire conceded to Democratic challenger Paul Hodes on Tuesday night.

This marks the first time since 1990 that a Democrat will hold the seat in District 2. Hodes led for most of the night and had a 10-point lead when Bass called him to concede.

In the 1st District, Rep. Jeb Bradley and Democratic challenger Carol Shea-Porter were neck and neck. With 79 percent of precincts reporting, Shea-Porter held a slim lead of less than 1,000 votes over Bradley.

Earlier, Gov. John Lynch was re-elected. With 29 percent of precincts reporting, Lynch had 77 percent of the vote over Republican challenger Jim Coburn. Lynch was on pace to set to set a record for margin of victory in the state.

Lynch told a crowd of enthusiastic supporters that voters sent a message with this election.

"The people have sent a very clear message about what they expect from us, their elected officials," Lynch said. "They expect cooperation, not bickering, and they expect results and not posturing."

In his concession speech, Coburn thanked his supporters, saying that although Lynch's margin of victory was large, the issues brought up in the campaign were important.

"We fought a good race. We had a good solid message," Coburn said. "We need to preserve the New Hampshire advantage. We need to preserve the New Hampshire way of life."

State officials expected turnout to approach 50 percent, drawn in large part by the tight congressional races.

There were indications that Democrats were also picking up seats in the New Hampshire House, leading to speculation that Democrats could take over the Legislature for the first time since 1911.