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1974Final results

1974 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Merrimack 1

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

William F. Kidder (R) and Paul J. Ryan (R) won the district's 2 seats.

2 seats
William F. KidderRepublican · winner · incumbent
45.0%1,274
Paul J. RyanRepublican · winner
31.5%892
23.5%664
2,830 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+30.71972R+14.71974R+56.01976R+43.01980

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