1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for New Hampshire Senate District 15
New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire
Mary Louise Hancock (D) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Whitaker (R) by 5.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mary Louise HancockDemocrat · winner
52.9%6,357
WhitakerRepublican
47.1%5,660
12,018 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET