1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1970 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Grafton 8
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
John A. Menge (D) won with 56.0% of the vote, defeating Peter M. Thomson (R) by 12.0 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
John A. MengeDemocrat · winner
56.0%400
Peter M. ThomsonRepublican
44.0%314
714 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 1970
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)