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1974 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Cheshire 6

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Charles L. McGiness (R) won re-election with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Harold C. Wolhandler (D) by 8.9 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Charles L. McGinessRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.4%221
45.6%185
406 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 1974

Races before and after

EvenR+8.91974D+17.71976D+50.11980

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