1968Final results

1968 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Rockingham 7

Name: 1968 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Rockingham 7
Start: 1968-11-05
Location: New Hampshire

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Jeanette Gelt (R), Bessie M. Morrison (R), Roy Morrill (R), James A. Sayer (R), Anthony Decesare Jr. (D) and Arthur B. Marden (R) won the district's 6 seats.

6 seats

Jeanette GeltRepublican · winner · incumbent

10.4%3,778

Bessie M. MorrisonRepublican · winner · incumbent

10.0%3,636

Roy MorrillRepublican · winner · incumbent

9.6%3,478

James A. SayerRepublican · winner · incumbent

9.4%3,419

Anthony Decesare Jr.Democrat · winner

8.5%3,109

Arthur B. MardenRepublican · winner

8.2%2,976

Richard F. OkeefeDemocrat

8.0%2,920

Ralph W. SmithRepublican

8.0%2,913

Clayton A. BurttDemocrat

7.3%2,674

George CroninDemocrat

7.2%2,604

Daniel DonovanDemocrat

6.9%2,502

Robert D. DefeoDemocrat

6.5%2,375

36,384 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

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

The candidates

Jeanette Gelt (R)Bessie M. Morrison (R)Roy Morrill (R)James A. Sayer (R)Anthony Decesare Jr. (D)Arthur B. Marden (R)Richard F. Okeefe (D)Ralph W. Smith (R)Clayton A. Burtt (D)George Cronin (D)Daniel Donovan (D)Robert D. Defeo (D)