1974 general · November 4, 1974
1974 New Hampshire House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every New Hampshire House of Representatives district in the 1974 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 400 seats
After the electionD 166 · R 234
Races163
Changed party4
Unopposed35%57 races
Incumbents defeated30
Every district
D 166 · R 234
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-210 | Robbins Milbank (R) | 29.7 | |
| HD-211 | Virginia W. Turner (R) | 1.3 | |
| HD-212 | David L. Gagne · Peter E. Ramsey (DEM) | 6.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-213 | H. Robie Ames · Patricia T. Russell (REP) | Unopposed | |
| HD-214 | Nancy J. Proctor · Cleon E. Heald (DEM) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-410 | John K. Gemmill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-411 | Cynthia Clark · William M. Webb (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| HD-412 | Gaylord G. Cummings (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-413 | Marion L. Copenhaver · Mary P. Chambers · David J. Bradley · Michael R. Cornelius (D) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-414 | Ralph Degnan Hough · Joanne L. Symons · Bruce C. Townsend · James L. Logan · Roger M. Duhaime (REP) | 0.2 | |
| HD-510 | Josephine C. Martin · Kenneth W. Spalding Jr. · Orson H. Bragdon (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-511 | Malcolm M. Carter · Charles W. Ferguson Jr. · Salvatore P. Grasso · Roscoe N. Coburn (R) | 5.8 | |
| HD-512 | Dorothy F. Colson · Jack Boyd (R) | 5.5 | |
| HD-513 | Minnie F. Carswell · Elaine T. Lyons · Donald R. Dwyer · Ronald E. Geiger · Guy R. Granger Jr. (REP) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-514 | Andrew J. Polak · John M. Bednar · George H. Baker · John P. Quigley · Leonard A. Smith · Gene R. Gravelle (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-515 | Philip R. Currier · Norman B. Lawrence · Henry J. Seamans Sr. (R) | 0.2 | |
| HD-516 | Jane A. Solomon · Lawrence G. McLaughlin · David K. Gramling (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| HD-517 | Neal W. Cobleigh · Gerry F. Parker · Caroline N. Zechel · Louis D. Record Jr. (REP) | 2.6 | |
| HD-518 | Marian D. Woodruff · Robert D. Tropea · Agenor Belcourt (DEM) | 0.2 | |
| HD-519 | Margaret S. Cote · Cecelia L. Winn · John T. Winn · Beverly A. Bishop (D) | 11.7 | |
| HD-520 | Henry J. Lachance · William A. Desmarais · Russell Perkins (D) | 26.5 | |
| HD-521 | Margaret L. McGlynn · Gabrielle V. Gagnon · Roland J. Lefebvre · Albert J. Reardon (D) | 10.2 | |
| HD-522 | Wilfrid Boisvert · Samuel F. Mason · Alfred L. Theriault · Adelard J. Aubut (D) | 11.9 | |
| HD-523 | Edmund M. Keefe · John W. Sing · David B. Douzanis (REP) | 2.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-524 | Ernest R. Coutermarsh · Lorraine F. Lebel · James F. Holland (DEM) | 4.1 | |
| HD-525 | Hilda W. Fleisher · Greta Ainley · Forsaith Daniels · Norman F. Milne Jr. (R) | 3.5 | |
| HD-526 | J. Henry Montplaisir · Francis Murphy · Robert J. Favreau · Catherineann Day (REP) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-527 | Chris Spirou · Theodora P. Nardi · William Walter Corey · Richard J. Prindiville (D) | 5.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-528 | Joseph Cote · Barbara F. Shea · William J. Cullity · George A. Bruton (D) | 8.6 | |
| HD-529 | William J. McDonough · Daniel J. Healy · William F. Barrett · Andre J. Simard (D) | 7.0 | |
| HD-530 | William J. Gardner · Dorothy Drewniak · Edward D. Clancy · Mary J. Sullivan (D) | 3.1 | |
| HD-531 | David L. Gelinas · Emile E. Boisvert · Kendall J. Cote · Albert A. Martel (D) | 8.2 | |
| HD-532 | John L. Macdonald · George T. Healy · Dorthea M. Oneil · P. Robert Thibeault (D) | 8.3 | |
| HD-533 | Louis J. Ziakas · Timothy K. Oconnor · Rose C. Vachon · John A. Burke (D) | 7.2 | |
| HD-534 | James A. Sweeney Jr. · Doris T. Lynch · Gerard H. Belanger · Frank J. Reidy (D) | 0.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-535 | Catherine G. Lamy · Armand R. Lemire · Alphonse Levasseur · Lucien G. Lambert (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-536 | James A. Normand · Leo R. Bernier · Lorenzo P. Gauthier · George H. Morrissette (D) | 4.6 | |
| HD-610 | Doris L. Thompson · Elmer S. Wiggin · Elizabeth Millard (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-611 | James A. Humphrey (R) | 9.6 | |
| HD-612 | Arthur H. Labonte (D) | 12.3 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-613 | Eugene S. Daniell Jr. · Katharine J. Ralph · Paul N. Estee (D) | 1.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-614 | Martin R. Haller · Milton A. Cate (R) | 36.5 | |
| HD-615 | Chris K. Andersen · Alice Davis (R) | 7.6 | |
| HD-616 | Susan McLane · Margaret H. Castaldo (REP) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-617 | Kenneth M. Tarr · H. Gwendolyn Jones (DEM) | 0.6 | |
| HD-618 | Barbara J. Underwood · Wayne S. Rich (R) | 5.1 | |
| HD-619 | Linda B. Kenison · Katherine J. Harriman (REP) | 1.3 | |
| HD-620 | Edwin B. Christensen · R. Peter Shapiro (R) | 11.6 | |
| HD-621 | John H. Noble · Elizabeth Hager (R) | 13.8 | |
| HD-710 | Frank A. Briggs · Myrtle B. Rogers (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| HD-711 | Ellen M. Cressy · Anthony T. Randall (DEM) | 0.7 | |
| HD-712 | Herbert A. Casassa · Ednapearl F. Parr · Jane Kelley · Laurence J. Gillis · Wilfred R. Cunningham (REP) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-713 | Henry H. Page · Barbara T. Ganley · Richard F. Niebling · Edwin W. Eastman · Lyman E. Collishaw (REP) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-714 | Patti Blanchette · John Twardus (D) | 9.0 | |
| HD-715 | W. Douglas Scamman Jr. · Franklin G. Wolfsen · Michael P. Harney (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-716 | Frank F. Richards · Richard I. Ellis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-717 | Elizabeth A. Greene · Meliss A. Appel · Richard S. Lockhart (R) | 4.3 | |
| HD-718 | Ralph C. Maynard · James J. Oconnell (D) | 2.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-719 | Ruth L. Griffin · James R. Splaine (REP) | 16.8 | |
| HD-720 | Mary Cotton · Joseph A. McEachern · C. Cecil Dame (DEM) | 1.7 | |
| HD-721 | Thomas P. Connors · Michael Okeefe (D) | 17.1 | |
| HD-722 | Elaine Krasker · Frank E. Peterson (D) | 9.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-723 | William F. Keefe · Cornelius F. Hobbs Sr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-810 | David J. Bouchard (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-811 | Thelma P. Tibbetts · James Appleby (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-812 | Barbara C. Thompson · Charles W. Grassie (REP) | 3.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-813 | Alfred J. Ruel · Noreen Winkley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-814 | Ralph W. Dunlap · Walter J. Desmarais (REP) | Unopposed | |
| HD-815 | Howell F. Preston · J. Thornton Tripp (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-816 | Phyllis Woods · Marc Robillard (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-817 | Mary E. Bernard · Helene Donnelly (D) | 13.0 | |
| BELKNAP 1 | Robert P. Ambrose · Robert Lawton · Marshall French (R) | 1.4 | |
| BELKNAP 2 | Wilson Mansfield · Esther R. Nighswander · Norman Marsh (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 3 | Barbara B. Bowler · Kenneth A. Randall (R) | 0.7 | |
| BELKNAP 4 | George B. Roberts Jr. · Warren W. Leary (R) | 12.1 | |
| BELKNAP 5 | Barbara Ann Kidder (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 6 | Maurice J. Goyette (D) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 7 | Richard P. Brouillard · Peter C. Hildreth (REP) | 5.9 | |
| BELKNAP 8 | Niel C. Young · Fritz T. Sabbow (REP) | 1.0 | |
| BELKNAP 9 | James W. Murray · Charles W. Beard (R) | 19.1 | |
| CARROLL 1 | Donalda K. Howard (R) | 20.0 | |
| CARROLL 2 | Stephen M. Duprey · Howard C. Dickinson · Clayton W. Towle (R) | 9.2 | |
| CARROLL 3 | Kenneth C. Smith Sr. · Raymond K. Conley Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 4 | Russell C. Chase · Russell G. Claflin (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 5 | Roderick Allen · Arthur W. Fullam (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 1 | Anthony Stevens · Francis P. Callahan · Louis S. Ballam (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 2 | Robert Callahan (R) | 2.1 | |
| CHESHIRE 3 | Elizabeth Ladd · Philip G. Langille · Elmer L. Johnson (R) | 5.2 | |
| CHESHIRE 4 | Daley E. Whipple (R) | 44.8 | |
| CHESHIRE 5 | Augustine J. Marshala · Whitcomb Wells (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 6 | Charles L. McGiness (R) | 8.9 | Flipped |
| CHESHIRE 7 | Armas W. Fillback (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 8 | Wilfred W. Cournoyer · Anne B. Gordon (DEM) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 9 | David L. Knight (R) | 37.2 | |
| CHESHIRE 15 | Elmer H. Close · Muriel K. Cooke · Stuart V. Nims (REP) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 16 | Katherine M. Hanna · Andrea A. Scranton (DEM) | 6.4 | Incumbent lost |
| COOS 1 | Marguerite H. Wiswell · Burnham A. Judd · Harry F. Huggins (R) | 7.2 | |
| COOS 2 | Roger L. Hunt · Ernest Craggy (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 3 | Arthur M. Drake · Lynn C. Horton (R) | 10.0 | |
| COOS 4 | Mabel L. Richardson · Harold Burns (R) | 13.9 | |
| COOS 5 | Victor L. Kidder · Otto H. Oleson (REP) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 6 | Guy Fortier · Alcide Valliere (D) | 21.3 | |
| COOS 7 | Richard A. Patenaude · Elmer H. York (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 8 | James B. Cooney · George Lemire (D) | 10.2 | Incumbent lost |
| COOS 9 | Richard L. Poulin · Rebecca A. Gagnon (D) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 1 | R. Shep Melnick · Ira E. Allen · Kathleen Ward (DEM) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| GRAFTON 2 | George H. Cate (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 3 | Anthony Pepitone (R) | 19.7 | |
| GRAFTON 4 | Eino O. Fimlaid (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 5 | W. Murray Clark · Richard L. Bradley (R) | 26.8 | |
| GRAFTON 6 | Ezra B. Mann · Paul I. Lamott (R) | 19.1 | |
| GRAFTON 7 | Fayne E. Anderson (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 8 | Albert C. Jones · Myrl R. Eaton · Carl F. Altman (REP) | 1.6 | |
| GRAFTON 9 | Harold V. Buckman · Malcolm Taylor (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 1 | Joseph M. Eaton · Richard W. Withington · Howard S. Humphrey Sr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 2 | John B. Corser Jr. (R) | 45.7 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 3 | Fred E. Murray · John B. Morgan (R) | 2.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HILLSBOROUGH 4 | Theodore H. Karnis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 5 | Philip C. Heald Jr. · Henry B. Richardson · Clyde S. Eaton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 6 | John P. Arnold (R) | 36.1 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 7 | Harold E. Thomson (R) | 42.5 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 8 | Robert W. Wheeler · Jo Ellen Orcutt · Arnold B. Perkins · Aime H. Paradis · Barry C. Morgrage (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HILLSBOROUGH 9 | Michael B. Ingram · Marjorie Y. Peters · Anna S. Vanloan (R) | Unopposed | |
| MERRIMACK 1 | William F. Kidder · Paul J. Ryan (R) | 8.1 | |
| MERRIMACK 2 | Kenneth L. Sherman (R) | Unopposed | |
| MERRIMACK 3 | David P. Currier · John P. H. Chandler (R) | 17.6 | |
| MERRIMACK 4 | David B. Packard · Irene J. Shepard (R) | 16.4 | |
| MERRIMACK 5 | Bernadette McNichol · Richard D. Hanson (R) | 21.9 | Incumbent lost |
| MERRIMACK 6 | Laurent J. Boucher · Doris J. Riley · Judith Ann Hess (R) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| MERRIMACK 7 | Robert E. Plourde · Raymond F. Chase · George E. Gordon III · Ovila Gamache (DEM) | 0.4 | |
| MERRIMACK 8 | Clarence E. Bartlett · Kenard F. Ayles (R) | Unopposed | |
| MERRIMACK 9 | John O. Cate · Kathryn M. Cushman (REP) | 0.7 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 1 | Roger C. King · John H. Stimmell (R) | 4.1 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 2 | Roy W. Davis · Helen F. Wilson · Richardson D. Benton (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 3 | Patricia M. Skinner · George J. Thibeault · Juanita E. Kashulines · William P. Boucher · Peter C. Gaskill (R) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| ROCKINGHAM 4 | Ernest P. Barka · Kenneth L. Senter · Maurice W. Read · Herbert L. Macgregor · Don Gorman · Kenneth M. Bisbee (R) | 4.7 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 5 | Laurence N. Belair · Grace L. Decesare · Elizabeth E. Goff · Michael A. Collins · Marilyn R. Campbell · James A. Sayer · Joseph L. Parolise · Donald H. Decesare · Beverly A. Gage · Richard L. Southwick · William J. Stevens (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| ROCKINGHAM 6 | Natalie S. Flanagan · Delight Reese · Clarence L. Webster (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 7 | Bonnie L. Danforth · Charles Everett Cummings (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 8 | John Hoar Jr. · Robert C. Erler · Vera E. Goodrich (R) | 1.8 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 9 | K. Michael Tavitian · Annie Mae Schwaner · Constance L. Simard · Leonard F. Sanborn (R) | 11.3 | |
| STRAFFORD 1 | Victor J. Joos Sr. (D) | 12.8 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 2 | Wilfred B. Osgood · Ethel M. Cnney · James H. Parshley (R) | 3.3 | |
| STRAFFORD 3 | Ruth T. Rowell (R) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 4 | Dudley W. Dudley · Everett B. Sackett · Shirley M. Clark · James Horrigan (DEM) | 0.9 | |
| STRAFFORD 5 | Grace L. Joncas (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 6 | Helen Maloomian (D) | 17.3 | |
| STRAFFORD 7 | Eugene J. Habel (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 8 | Thomas A. Dumais (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 9 | Roland N. Hebert (D) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| STRAFFORD 18 | Roderick H. Oconnor · William K. Kincaid (DEM) | 1.7 | |
| STRAFFORD 19 | Janet B. Torrey · Aram Parnagian (R) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 20 | Leo Lessard · Anthony A. McManus (DEM) | 8.4 | |
| STRAFFORD 21 | Harry H. Pray · Ralph W. Kimball (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 1 | Sara M. Townsend (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 2 | George A. Barrus (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 3 | Omer A. Rousseau · Don Lebrun (D) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 4 | Sam J. Nahil · Alton Desnoyer · Roma A. Spaulding (REP) | 0.2 | |
| SULLIVAN 5 | Adolph J. Burrows · Carmine F. Damante · Robert J. Brodeur (D) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 6 | Jay S. Lucas · Jesse W. Scott · Henry E. Mahoney (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 7 | Martha McD Frizzell · Dana E. Olden (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 8 | George I. Wiggins (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 9 | Stanley H. Williamson (R) | 1.8 |
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner