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1968Final results

1968 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Merrimack 4

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Irene L. Reed (R) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating James W. Doon (D) by 13.5 points.

Irene L. ReedRepublican · winner
55.5%448
42.0%339
Ruth HookeIndependent
2.5%20
807 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968

Races before and after

EvenR+13.51968R+14.71970

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

The candidates

Irene L. Reed (R)James W. Doon (D)

Also on the ballot: Ruth Hooke (Independent), 2.5%