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1976Final results

1976 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Cheshire 15

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Thomas H. Chase (R), Thomas C. Slack (R) and Elmer H. Close (R) won the district's 3 seats.

3 seats
Thomas H. ChaseRepublican · winner
31.7%2,168
Thomas C. SlackRepublican · winner
30.0%2,048
Elmer H. CloseRepublican · winner · incumbent
22.6%1,544
Karen M. LandersDemocrat
15.7%1,074
6,834 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenR+13.71972R+18.01976Even1978D+6.01980

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

The candidates

Thomas H. Chase (R)Thomas C. Slack (R)Elmer H. Close (R)Karen M. Landers (D)