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1968Final results

1968 election for New Hampshire Senate District 5

New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire

Howard C. Townsend (R) won with 72.4% of the vote, defeating Chaloux (D) by 44.9 points.

Howard C. TownsendRepublican · winner · incumbent
72.4%7,247
ChalouxDemocrat
27.5%2,755
10,003 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+8.11972R+11.21976R+18.11978R+20.81982R+19.21988R+6.01992

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