1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for New Hampshire Senate District 16
New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire
Walter Healy (D) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Packard (R) by 0.5 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Walter HealyDemocrat · winner
50.3%7,230
PackardRepublican
49.7%7,153
14,383 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: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)