1976 general · November 2, 1976
1976 New Hampshire House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every New Hampshire House of Representatives district in the 1976 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 400 seats
After the electionD 180 · R 220
Races161
Changed party2
Unopposed24%38 races
Incumbents defeated32
Every district
D 180 · R 220
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-3A | Patricia M. Skinner · Juanita E. Kashulines (R) | 4.0 | |
| HD-210 | Peter Parker Jr. (R) | 2.0 | |
| HD-211 | Daniel Adams Eaton (D) | 25.5 | Flipped |
| HD-212 | William F. Lynch · Zoe Vrakatitsis (DEM) | 0.6 | |
| HD-213 | Patricia T. Russell · Francis A. Dostilio (D) | 0.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-214 | Terry Wiggin · Nancy J. Proctor (D) | 10.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-410 | John K. Gemmill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-411 | Neil McIver · Robert W. Dearborn (R) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-412 | Bruce C. Rounds (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-413 | Marion L. Copenhaver · Mary P. Chambers · Elizabeth L. Crory · Michael R. Cornelius (D) | 1.0 | |
| HD-414 | Ralph Degnan Hough · James L. Logan · Madeline G. Townsend · Roger M. Duhaime · Frederick C. Aldrich (REP) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-510 | Joanne C. Head · Josephine C. Martin · M. Arnold Wight Jr. (R) | 12.1 | |
| HD-511 | Cort Hanson · Salvatore P. Grasso · Roscoe N. Coburn · Emma B. Wheeler (R) | 5.9 | |
| HD-512 | Dorothy F. Colson · Webster E. Bridges Jr. (R) | 8.2 | |
| HD-513 | Elaine T. Lyons · Nancy R. Gagnon · Minnie F. Carswell · Guy R. Granger Jr. · Geraldine G. Watson (R) | 0.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-514 | Andrew J. Polak · George H. Baker · John M. Bednar · Leonard A. Smith · Gail Morrison · John P. Quigley (DEM) | 0.2 | |
| HD-515 | Philip R. Currier · Claire Plomaritis · Henry J. Seamans Sr. (REP) | 3.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-516 | Lawrence G. McLaughlin · Frederick J. Alter · Jean Wallin (REP) | 0.2 | |
| HD-517 | Thomas Stylianos · Louis D. Record Jr. · Judith M. Stahl · Gerald E. Miller (R) | 4.5 | |
| HD-518 | Ruth Nemzoffberman · Thomas J. Pappas · Kevin F. Sullivan (D) | 5.7 | |
| HD-519 | Margaret S. Cote · Cecelia L. Winn · John T. Winn · Wilfred Pelletier (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-520 | Henry J. Lachance · William A. Desmarais · Rudolph V. Aubut (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-521 | Margaret L. McGlynn · L. Penny Dion · Gabrielle V. Gagnon · James Kaklamanos (D) | 11.4 | |
| HD-522 | Wilfrid Boisvert · Maurice J. Levesque · Raymond L. Dupont · Roger E. Wallace (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-523 | Edmund M. Keefe · John W. Sing · Judith M. Saintgeorge (REP) | 0.3 | |
| HD-524 | Ernest R. Coutermarsh · Francis J. Madigan · Sharon E. Brody (D) | 8.4 | |
| HD-525 | Thomas W. Hynes · Eleanor Podles · Forsaith Daniels · Greta Ainley (R) | 3.2 | |
| HD-526 | Catherineann Day · Richard F. Ahern · James P. Shea · Paul J. Riley (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-527 | Chris Spirou · Theodora P. Nardi · James J. White · Peter J. Coughlin (D) | 6.9 | |
| HD-528 | William J. Cullity · Joseph Cote · John L. Welch · Rita M. Brack (D) | 4.3 | |
| HD-529 | Daniel J. Healy · William J. McDonough · Andre J. Simard · William F. Barrett (D) | 9.7 | |
| HD-530 | Gary A. Girolimon · Edward J. Crotty · William J. Gardner · Dorothy Drewniak (D) | 5.8 | |
| HD-531 | David L. Gelinas · Emile E. Boisvert · John F. Clancy · Emile A. Marcoux (D) | 10.9 | |
| HD-532 | George A. Soucy · George T. Healy · Dorthea M. Oneil · Thomas M. Lafleur (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-533 | Timothy K. Oconnor · John A. Burke · Louis J. Ziakas · Kerry K. Oconnor (D) | 9.7 | |
| HD-534 | Edward F. Smith · Albert J. Bellemore Jr. · James A. Sweeney Jr. · Gerard H. Belanger (D) | 2.2 | |
| HD-535 | Arline L. Dion · Louis P. Laplante · Armand R. Lemire · Catherine G. Lamy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-536 | Roland D. Martineau · James A. Normand · Leo R. Bernier · Roland R. Boucher (D) | 5.1 | |
| HD-610 | Goerge R. Mullin · Donna T. Macivor · Doris L. Thompson (DEM) | 1.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-611 | James A. Humphrey (R) | 32.2 | |
| HD-612 | Arthur H. Labonte (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-613 | Stuart Trachy · Katharine J. Ralph · Eugene S. Daniell Jr. (REP) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-614 | Steven A. Stefanides · Milton A. Cate (DEM) | 3.6 | |
| HD-615 | Robert J. Watson · Polly B. Johnson (DEM) | 1.8 | |
| HD-616 | Susan McLane · Max Wiviott (R) | 5.2 | |
| HD-617 | Kenneth M. Tarr · Gordon Robertson Blakeney Jr. (D) | 5.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-618 | Arthur W. Perkins · Wayne S. Rich (R) | 3.4 | |
| HD-619 | Maura Carroll · Ernest J. Valliere (DEM) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-620 | Harold L. Rice · R. Peter Shapiro (DEM) | 0.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-621 | Gerald R. Smith · Charles E. Pratt (R) | 3.6 | |
| HD-710 | Myrtle B. Rogers · Ralph E. Nelson (R) | 3.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-711 | Charles H. Felch Sr. · Anthony T. Randall (R) | 3.4 | |
| HD-712 | Ednapearl F. Parr · Wilfred R. Cunningham · Stephen C. Dunfey · Oliver H. Akerman · Ashton J. Norton (REP) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-713 | Carl W. Gage · Barbara T. Ganley · John J. Kane · Richard F. Niebling · Douglas J. Aller (REP) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-714 | Edward Wojnowski · Patti Blanchette (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-715 | W. Douglas Scamman Jr. · Franklin G. Wolfsen · Frederick A. Chapman (R) | 7.6 | |
| HD-716 | Frank F. Richards · Richard I. Ellis (R) | 0.9 | |
| HD-717 | Elizabeth A. Greene · Meliss A. Appel · Margaret M. Hartford (R) | 2.4 | |
| HD-718 | Ralph C. Maynard · Lea H. Aeschliman (D) | 8.7 | |
| HD-719 | James R. Splaine · Ruth L. Griffin (DEM) | 11.4 | |
| HD-720 | Mary Cotton · Joseph A. McEachern · Joseph A. Macdonald (D) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-721 | Thomas P. Connors · Michael Okeefe (D) | 11.0 | |
| HD-722 | Elaine Krasker · Joyce R. Zabarsky (D) | 10.5 | |
| HD-723 | Bruce P. Rossley · Donna J. McEachern (D) | 17.1 | |
| HD-810 | George A. Nadeau (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-811 | Allen Wilson · James Appleby (DEM) | 2.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-812 | James A. Burchell · Charles W. Grassie (D) | 4.8 | |
| HD-813 | Dennis C. Ramsey · Alfred J. Ruel (D) | 7.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-814 | Walter J. Desmarais · Paul G. Meader (DEM) | 1.5 | |
| HD-815 | Howell F. Preston · J. Thornton Tripp (R) | 9.3 | |
| HD-816 | Dianne L. Burns Herchek · James C. Herchek (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-817 | Helene Donnelly · George Maglaras (D) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 1 | Robert P. Ambrose · Marshall French · Robert Lawton (R) | 6.4 | |
| BELKNAP 2 | Norman Marsh · Esther R. Nighswander · Wilson Mansfield (R) | 8.0 | |
| BELKNAP 3 | Barbara B. Bowler · Kenneth A. Randall (R) | 3.2 | |
| BELKNAP 4 | George B. Roberts Jr. · Jane F. Sanders (R) | 21.7 | |
| BELKNAP 5 | Charles W. Beard · Ralph J. Morin · James W. Murray · Michael C. Hanson (R) | 5.4 | |
| BELKNAP 6 | Peter C. Hildreth · Gary S. Dionne · Fritz T. Sabbow · Maurice J. Goyette (D) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| CARROLL 1 | Donalda K. Howard (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 2 | M. Susan Found · Howard C. Dickinson · Clayton W. Towle (R) | 11.0 | |
| CARROLL 3 | Kenneth C. Smith Sr. · Raymond K. Conley Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 4 | Kenneth J. Macdonald · Russell G. Claflin (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 5 | Roderick Allen · George D. Keller (R) | 18.3 | |
| CHESHIRE 1 | James B. Hogan · Robert L. Galloway · Robert W. Moore Jr. (R) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 2 | Robert Callahan (R) | 5.5 | |
| CHESHIRE 3 | William H. Faucher · Elmer L. Johnson · Elizabeth Ladd (DEM) | 2.1 | |
| CHESHIRE 4 | Daley E. Whipple (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 5 | Margaret Ramsay · Augustine J. Marshala (DEM) | 5.4 | |
| CHESHIRE 6 | William R. Matson (D) | 17.7 | Flipped |
| CHESHIRE 7 | Armas W. Fillback (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 8 | Stephen H. Krause · Anne B. Gordon (R) | 4.9 | Incumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 9 | Irvin H. Gordon (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 15 | Thomas H. Chase · Thomas C. Slack · Elmer H. Close (R) | 6.9 | |
| CHESHIRE 16 | Joan E. Terry · Andrea A. Scranton (DEM) | 1.1 | |
| COOS 1 | Harry F. Huggins · Marguerite H. Wiswell · Bradley Haynes (R) | 17.5 | |
| COOS 2 | Roger L. Hunt · Neila P. Woodward (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 3 | Lynn C. Horton · Edward C. Willey Jr. (R) | 22.5 | |
| COOS 4 | Harold Burns · Mabel L. Richardson (R) | 5.4 | |
| COOS 5 | Otto H. Oleson · George H. Keough (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| COOS 6 | Alcide Valliere · Guy Fortier (D) | 11.1 | |
| COOS 7 | Richard A. Patenaude · Elmer H. York (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 8 | George Lemire · James B. Cooney (D) | 7.8 | |
| COOS 9 | Richard L. Poulin · Romeo J. Theriault (D) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 1 | Kathleen Ward · Ira E. Allen · Rita C. McAvoy (R) | 8.5 | |
| GRAFTON 2 | George H. Cate (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 3 | Anthony Pepitone (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 4 | Fred W. Snell (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 5 | W. Murray Clark · Betty Jo Taffe (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 6 | Ezra B. Mann · Paul I. Lamott (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 7 | Glyneta B. Thomson (R) | 19.2 | |
| GRAFTON 8 | Myrl R. Eaton · Michael S. Woodard · Carol Stomberg (REP) | 0.8 | |
| GRAFTON 9 | Malcolm Taylor · Harold V. Buckman (R) | 18.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HILLSBOROUGH 1 | Joseph M. Eaton · Leigh D. Bosse · Howard S. Humphrey Sr. (R) | 8.2 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 2 | John B. Corser Jr. (R) | 36.3 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 3 | Fred E. Murray · John B. Morgan (R) | 18.4 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 4 | Theodore H. Karnis (R) | 15.0 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 5 | Philip C. Heald Jr. · Henry B. Richardson · Clyde S. Eaton (R) | 1.0 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 6 | John P. Arnold (R) | 27.2 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 7 | Harold E. Thomson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 8 | Aime H. Paradis · Alice Tirirrell Knight · Arnold B. Perkins · Robert W. Wheeler · Jo Ellen Orcutt (REP) | 0.3 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 9 | Mark Connolly · Marjorie Y. Peters · Anna S. Vanloan (R) | 3.7 | |
| MERRIMACK 1 | William F. Kidder · James L. Foley (R) | 27.2 | Incumbent lost |
| MERRIMACK 2 | James V. Bibbo (R) | 26.0 | |
| MERRIMACK 3 | John P. H. Chandler · Susan W. Pelton (REP) | 5.6 | |
| MERRIMACK 4 | David B. Packard · Irene J. Shepard (R) | 20.8 | |
| MERRIMACK 5 | Bernadette McNichol · Richard D. Hanson (R) | 11.5 | |
| MERRIMACK 6 | Laurent J. Boucher · Doris J. Riley · Judith Ann Hess (REP) | 5.1 | |
| MERRIMACK 7 | Mark M. Bodi · Robert E. Plourde · Edgar Bellerose · Ovila Gamache (D) | 0.4 | |
| MERRIMACK 8 | Kenard F. Ayles · Kenneth E. Stockman (R) | 4.9 | |
| MERRIMACK 9 | John O. Cate · Edwin L. Waters (R) | 9.1 | Incumbent lost |
| ROCKINGHAM 1 | Roger C. King · John H. Stimmell (R) | 11.4 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 2 | Roy W. Davis · Helen F. Wilson · Richardson D. Benton (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 3 | Robert H. Day · William P. Boucher · Peter C. Gaskill (R) | 6.5 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 4 | Ernest P. Barka · Robert J. Stratton · Kenneth H. Gould · Kenneth M. Bisbee · Conrad Quimby · Virginia K. Lovejoy (R) | 0.3 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 5 | James W. Carpenito · Michael A. Collins · Beatrice M. Laycock · Elizabeth E. Goff · Grace L. Decesare · Marilyn R. Campbell · Joseph L. Parolise · Alfreda A. Smith · Beverly A. Gage · Phyllis J. Pucci · Michael L. Grieco (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| ROCKINGHAM 6 | Natalie S. Flanagan · Clarence L. Webster · D. Ronald Cutliffe (R) | 8.6 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 7 | Charles Everett Cummings · Bonnie L. Danforth (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 8 | Ralph L. Blake · John Hoar Jr. · Robert C. Erler (R) | 6.5 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 9 | Annie Mae Schwaner · K. Michael Tavitian · Leonard F. Sanborn · Robert A. Vlack (R) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 1 | Victor J. Joos Sr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 2 | Wilfred B. Osgood · Ethel M. Cnney · Walter T. Lafavour (R) | 9.2 | |
| STRAFFORD 3 | Donald C. Smith Jr. (R) | 13.0 | |
| STRAFFORD 4 | Joan M. Schreiber · Sarah P. Voll · James Horrigan · Everett B. Sackett (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 5 | Grace L. Joncas (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 6 | Helen Maloomian (D) | 14.0 | |
| STRAFFORD 7 | Richard Morrissette (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 8 | Shirley F. White (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 9 | Roland N. Hebert (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 18 | Roderick H. Oconnor · William K. Kincaid (D) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 19 | George M. Kelly · Janet B. Torrey (DEM) | 3.8 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 20 | Leo Lessard · Iris Valley (DEM) | 20.0 | |
| STRAFFORD 21 | Roland Belhumeur · Bruce R. French (D) | 6.9 | Incumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 1 | Sara M. Townsend (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 2 | George A. Barrus (R) | 20.6 | |
| SULLIVAN 3 | Don Lebrun · Sim R. Gray (D) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 4 | John B. Tucker · Roma A. Spaulding · Alton Desnoyer (REP) | 0.5 | |
| SULLIVAN 5 | Adolph J. Burrows · Carmine F. Damante · Robert J. Brodeur (D) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 6 | Jay S. Lucas · Jesse W. Scott · Alexander P. Lewko (R) | 3.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 7 | Walter H. Palmer · Martha McD Frizzell (R) | 3.2 | |
| SULLIVAN 8 | George I. Wiggins (R) | 30.9 | |
| SULLIVAN 9 | Mildred S. Ingram (R) | 13.8 | Incumbent lost |
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