1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 New Hampshire House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every New Hampshire House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 400 seats
After the electionD 175 · R 224 · 1 other
Races161
Changed party3
Unopposed35%57 races
Incumbents defeated18
Every district
D 175 · R 224 · Other 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-3A | Patricia M. Skinner · Juanita E. Kashulines (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-210 | William A. Riley (D) | 0.6 | Flipped |
| HD-211 | Daniel Adams Eaton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-212 | Margaret A. Lynch · Zoe Vrakatitsis (DEM) | 3.2 | |
| HD-213 | Patricia T. Russell · Francis A. Dostilio (D) | 2.5 | |
| HD-214 | Nancy J. Proctor · Elmer H. Close (DEM) | 4.7 | |
| HD-410 | Francis C. Seely (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-411 | Neil McIver · Robert W. Dearborn (R) | 9.0 | |
| HD-412 | Bruce C. Rounds (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-413 | Marion L. Copenhaver · Mary P. Chambers · Elizabeth L. Crory · Michael B. King (D) | 5.1 | |
| HD-414 | James L. Logan · Roger S. Wood · Frederick C. Aldrich · Carl P. Foster · Lorine Walter (R) | 1.8 | |
| HD-510 | Joanne C. Head · M. Arnold Wight Jr. · David T. Ramsay (R) | 12.2 | |
| HD-511 | Salvatore P. Grasso · Joseph M. Silva · Emma B. Wheeler · Kenneth T. Wheeler (R) | 3.2 | |
| HD-512 | Betty B. Hall · Eliot B. Ware Jr. (R) | 11.7 | |
| HD-513 | Guy R. Granger Jr. · Elaine T. Lyons · Nancy R. Gagnon · Minnie F. Carswell · Nancy Hendrick (REP) | 2.4 | |
| HD-514 | Leonard A. Smith · Richard E. Dolbec · George H. Baker · Gail Morrison · Andrew J. Polak · George A. Arris (REP) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-515 | Claire Plomaritis · James A. Hardy · Peter R. Flynn (DEM) | 4.1 | |
| HD-516 | Jean Wallin · Philip D. Labombarde · Lawrence G. McLaughlin (DEM) | 2.4 | |
| HD-517 | Thomas Stylianos · Louis D. Record Jr. · Judith M. Stahl · Selma R. Pastor (REP) | 3.2 | |
| HD-518 | Thomas J. Pappas · Ruth Nemzoffberman · Charles W. Weaver Jr. (DEM) | 1.5 | |
| HD-519 | Cecelia L. Winn · John T. Winn · Wilfred Pelletier · Kevin T. Mulligan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-520 | Richard E. Boyer · Henry L. Naro · Rudolph V. Aubut (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-521 | James Kaklamanos · Gabrielle V. Gagnon · L. Penny Dion · Roland J. Lefebvre (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-522 | Wilfrid Boisvert · Maurice J. Levesque · Raymond L. Dupont · Roger E. Wallace (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-523 | Edmund M. Keefe · Yvette Chagnon · Mark Fisher (REP) | 0.6 | |
| HD-524 | Ernest R. Coutermarsh · Francis J. Madigan · Francis X. Donovan (D) | 7.6 | |
| HD-525 | Thomas W. Hynes · Greta Ainley · Eleanor Podles · Leeanne S. Steiner (R) | 3.8 | |
| HD-526 | Peter P. Parady · Catherineann Day · John Mazur · Paul J. Riley (REP) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-527 | Chris Spirou · James J. White · William Walter Corey · Theodora P. Nardi (D) | 5.6 | |
| HD-528 | Joseph Cote · John F. Jamrog · Rita M. Brack · Bernice M. Welch (D) | 6.7 | |
| HD-529 | William J. McCarthy · William J. McDonough · Daniel J. Healy · Stanley J. Zajdel (D) | 9.2 | |
| HD-530 | Edward J. Crotty · Gary A. Girolimon · Dorothy Drewniak · Francis Sullivan (D) | 0.9 | |
| HD-531 | David L. Gelinas · Emile E. Boisvert · Emile A. Marcoux · Albert A. Martel (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-532 | George A. Soucy · Henry B. Roy · James W. Sullivan · P. Robert Thibeault (D) | 2.1 | |
| HD-533 | Rose C. Vachon · Wilfred Burkush · Peter E. Ramsey · Philip H. Guidi (D) | 1.9 | |
| HD-534 | James A. Sweeney Jr. · Edward F. Smith · Frank J. Reidy · Margaret M. Lacaillade (D) | 0.3 | |
| HD-535 | Armand R. Lemire · Catherine G. Lamy · Roland R. Lemire · Sarah A. Proulx (D) | 13.4 | |
| HD-536 | Robert A. Compagna · Roland D. Martineau · Beverly A. Dupont · Rock G. Tremblay (D) | 2.7 | |
| HD-610 | James M. Colby · Gloria M. Randlett · Rick A. Trombly (REP) | 2.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-611 | James A. Humphrey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-612 | Rudolph G. Labranche (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-613 | Stuart Trachy · Eugene S. Daniell Jr. · Katharine J. Ralph (REP) | 3.7 | |
| HD-614 | Milton A. Cate · Peter R. Selway (REP) | 3.1 | |
| HD-615 | Matthew S. Epstein · Newell J. Paire (DEM) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-616 | Susan McLane · Max Wiviott (R) | 17.3 | |
| HD-617 | Gordon Robertson Blakeney Jr. · James M. Oneill (D) | 4.9 | |
| HD-618 | Barbara J. Underwood · Mark H. Stokes (REP) | 3.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-619 | Maura Carroll · Ernest J. Valliere (DEM) | 2.1 | |
| HD-620 | Richard D. Hill · Harold L. Rice (REP) | 11.1 | |
| HD-621 | Gerald R. Smith · Eleanor Mitchell (R) | 9.9 | |
| HD-710 | Myrtle B. Rogers · Ralph E. Nelson (R) | 10.3 | |
| HD-711 | Charles H. Felch Sr. · Paul T. Keenan (REP) | 5.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-712 | Ednapearl F. Parr · Stephen C. Dunfey · Louisa K. Woodman · Roberta C. Pevear · Joseph C. Flynn (REP) | 0.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-713 | Carl W. Gage · John J. Kane · Frank J. Kozacka · Daniel W. Jones · Arthur Tufts (REP) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-714 | Edward Wojnowski · Patti Blanchette (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-715 | W. Douglas Scamman Jr. · William F. Cahill · Franklin G. Wolfsen (R) | 6.5 | |
| HD-716 | Clifton H. Stickney Jr. · Norman W. Myers (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-717 | Elizabeth A. Greene · John L. Appel Jr. · Margaret M. Hartford (R) | 11.9 | |
| HD-718 | Lea H. Aeschliman · Rick G. Newman (D) | 22.8 | |
| HD-719 | John E. Splaine · Ruth L. Griffin (DEM) | 2.2 | |
| HD-720 | Joseph A. Macdonald · Mary Cotton · Joseph A. McEachern (D) | 9.6 | |
| HD-721 | Thomas P. Connors · Jack Lofranco (D) | 4.6 | |
| HD-722 | Elaine Krasker · Frank E. Peterson (D) | 16.9 | |
| HD-723 | Robert J. Landry · Laura Pantelakos (D) | 10.8 | |
| HD-810 | George A. Nadeau (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-811 | Sharon Demers · Allen Wilson (D) | 12.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-812 | James A. Burchell · Charles W. Grassie (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-813 | Dennis C. Ramsey · Noreen Winkley (D) | 12.7 | |
| HD-814 | Roland J. Gauvin · Paul G. Meader (DEM) | 10.7 | |
| HD-815 | Howell F. Preston · J. Thornton Tripp (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-816 | James C. Herchek · Dianne L. Burns Herchek (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-817 | Helene Donnelly · George Maglaras (D) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 1 | Marshall French · L. Keith Matheson · Robert Lawton (R) | 0.6 | |
| BELKNAP 2 | Wilson Mansfield · Esther R. Nighswander · Clifford W. Birch (R) | 13.3 | |
| BELKNAP 3 | Barbara B. Bowler · Kenneth A. Randall (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 4 | Jane F. Sanders · George B. Roberts Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 5 | Charles W. Beard · Michael C. Hanson · Ralph J. Morin · James W. Murray (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 6 | Gary S. Dionne · Peter C. Hildreth · Fritz T. Sabbow · Paul C. Bordeau (D) | 5.7 | |
| CARROLL 1 | Donalda K. Howard (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 2 | Howard C. Dickinson · Norman H. Desjardins · Clayton W. Towle (R) | 10.3 | |
| CARROLL 3 | Kenneth C. Smith Sr. · Roger Heath (R) | 23.4 | |
| CARROLL 4 | Kenneth J. Macdonald · Russell C. Chase (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 5 | Roderick Allen · George D. Keller (R) | 11.2 | |
| CHESHIRE 1 | Jeffrey C. Miller · Robert W. Moore Jr. · Robert L. Galloway (R) | 8.7 | |
| CHESHIRE 2 | Robert Callahan (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 3 | Elmer L. Johnson · Patrick L. Oconnor · Elizabeth Ladd (R) | 3.2 | Incumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 4 | Jesse F. Davis (R) | 50.7 | |
| CHESHIRE 5 | Margaret Ramsay · Peter Poanessa (D) | 6.5 | |
| CHESHIRE 6 | William R. Matson (D) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 7 | Jean T. White (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 8 | Clayton H. Crane · Frederick T. Ernst (R) | 4.9 | |
| CHESHIRE 9 | Irvin H. Gordon (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 15 | Stuart V. Nims · Robert Eisengrein · Albert J. Munichiello (D) | 0.0 | |
| CHESHIRE 16 | Nancy E. Baybutt · Andrea A. Scranton (R) | 10.6 | |
| COOS 1 | Colon Chappell · Marguerite H. Wiswell · Bradley Haynes (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 2 | Roger L. Hunt · Neila P. Woodward (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 3 | Lynn C. Horton · Edward C. Willey Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 4 | Harold Burns · Mabel L. Richardson (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 5 | Otto H. Oleson · Lawrence J. Guay (D) | 3.4 | |
| COOS 6 | Alcide Valliere · Guy Fortier (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 7 | Elmer H. York · Elmer Beaulac (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 8 | George Lemire · Catherine M. Brungot (DEM) | 2.3 | |
| COOS 9 | Romeo J. Theriault · Arthur A. Bouchard (D) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 1 | Kathleen Ward · Rita C. McAvoy · Ira E. Allen (R) | 3.7 | |
| GRAFTON 2 | George H. Cate (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 3 | Anthony Pepitone (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 4 | Fred W. Snell (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 5 | Betty Jo Taffe · W. Murray Clark (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 6 | Paul I. Lamott · Ezra B. Mann (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 7 | Glyneta B. Thomson (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 8 | C. Dana Christy · E. John Lownes III · Andrew Ware (R) | 7.3 | Incumbent lost |
| GRAFTON 9 | Harold V. Buckman · Giles Low II (R) | 12.2 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 1 | Joseph M. Eaton · Leigh D. Bosse · Howard S. Humphrey Sr. (R) | 8.2 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 2 | John B. Corser Jr. (R) | 36.0 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 3 | Fred E. Murray · John B. Morgan (R) | 13.1 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 4 | Theodore H. Karnis (R) | 44.1 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 5 | Philip C. Heald Jr. · Richard Odell · Clyde S. Eaton (R) | 11.9 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 6 | Roland A. Sallada (R) | 5.2 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 7 | James B. Craig (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 8 | Robert W. Wheeler · Aime H. Paradis · Arnold B. Perkins · Armand A. Archambault · Milton Meyers (IND) | 0.2 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 9 | Marjorie Y. Peters · Anna S. Vanloan · James T. Richards (R) | Unopposed | |
| MERRIMACK 1 | William F. Kidder · Hannah C. Clements (R) | Unopposed | |
| MERRIMACK 2 | James V. Bibbo (R) | 64.5 | |
| MERRIMACK 3 | Avis B. Nichols · Jane Holliday (REP) | 0.8 | |
| MERRIMACK 4 | David B. Packard · Irene J. Shepard (R) | 5.2 | |
| MERRIMACK 5 | Richard D. Hanson · Peter M. Stio (R) | 0.6 | |
| MERRIMACK 6 | Doris J. Riley · Laurent J. Boucher · Arthur J. Locke (DEM) | 0.8 | |
| MERRIMACK 7 | Mark M. Bodi · Edgar Bellerose · Edward F. Allgeyer · Robert E. Plourde (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| MERRIMACK 8 | Kenard F. Ayles · Kenneth E. Stockman (R) | Unopposed | |
| MERRIMACK 9 | John O. Cate · Edwin L. Waters (R) | 7.8 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 1 | Roger C. King · John H. Stimmell (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 2 | Roy W. Davis · Helen F. Wilson · Richardson D. Benton (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 3 | Robert H. Day · William P. Boucher · Rowland Schmidtchen (R) | 6.1 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 4 | Conrad Quimby · Kenneth H. Gould · Benjamin C. Newell · Kenneth M. Bisbee · Paul A. Gibbons · Virginia K. Lovejoy (REP) | 0.4 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 5 | Marilyn R. Campbell · Donna P. Sytek · Michael A. Collins · Joseph L. Parolise · Freda Smith · Beatrice M. Laycock · Beverly A. Gage · Phyllis J. Pucci · Anne Leslie · Eleanor Carpenito · Elsie Vartanian (REP) | 0.1 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 6 | Natalie S. Flanagan · Delight Reese · Alfred Ellyson (R) | 6.8 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 7 | Gertrude I. Butler · Patricia L. Cote (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 8 | John Hoar Jr. · Ralph L. Blake · Calvin Warburton (R) | 3.7 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 9 | K. Michael Tavitian · Annie Mae Schwaner · Selma R. Jackson · Robert A. Vlack (R) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 1 | Victor J. Joos Sr. (D) | 32.7 | |
| STRAFFORD 2 | David L. Gosselin · Ronald Chagnon · Carroll E. Canney (REP) | 1.5 | |
| STRAFFORD 3 | Donald C. Smith Jr. (R) | 51.7 | |
| STRAFFORD 4 | Joan M. Schreiber · Everett B. Sackett · David G. Pine · Francis E. Robinson (DEM) | 0.9 | |
| STRAFFORD 5 | Robert Vaughan (R) | 12.7 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 6 | Matthew H. Riley Jr. (D) | 30.5 | |
| STRAFFORD 7 | Richard Morrissette (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 8 | Mary E. Whitehead (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 9 | Roland N. Hebert (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 18 | Anthony A. McManus · David J. Farnham (R) | 9.7 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 19 | Teresa L. Denafio · Nicolette Mourgenos (D) | 3.2 | |
| STRAFFORD 20 | Iris Valley · Leo Lessard (REP) | 20.2 | |
| STRAFFORD 21 | Robert E. Drew · Harry H. Pray (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 1 | Sara M. Townsend (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 2 | Edmund R. Belak Jr. (D) | 22.6 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 3 | Don Lebrun · Sim R. Gray (D) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 4 | John B. Tucker · Roma A. Spaulding · Mable Cutting (R) | 5.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 5 | Carmine F. Damante · Adolph J. Burrows · Robert J. Brodeur (D) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 6 | Sky M. Lucas · Harry V. Spanos · David B. Campbell (REP) | 1.4 | Incumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 7 | Walter H. Palmer · Frederick J. Domini Sr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 8 | George I. Wiggins (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 9 | Stanley H. Williamson (R) | 19.6 | 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