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1978Final results

1978 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Cheshire 5

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Margaret Ramsay (D) and Peter Poanessa (D) won the district's 2 seats.

2 seats
Margaret RamsayDemocrat · winner · incumbent
48.1%1,243
Peter PoanessaDemocrat · winner
29.2%754
Richard C. CurryRepublican
22.7%587
2,584 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenR+28.61972R+10.21976D+12.51978D+3.91980

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

The candidates

Margaret Ramsay (D)Peter Poanessa (D)Richard C. Curry (R)