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1978Final results

1978 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Hillsborough 8

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Robert W. Wheeler (IND), Aime H. Paradis (R), Arnold B. Perkins (R), Armand A. Archambault (D) and Milton Meyers (R) won the district's 5 seats.

5 seats
Robert W. WheelerIndependent · winner · incumbent
11.5%1,778
Aime H. ParadisRepublican · winner · incumbent
11.1%1,711
Arnold B. PerkinsRepublican · winner · incumbent
10.6%1,630
Armand A. ArchambaultDemocrat · winner
10.2%1,564
Milton MeyersRepublican · winner
10.1%1,557
A. Kenneth HambletonRepublican
9.9%1,528
Libert L. SousaDemocrat
9.9%1,520
Daniel P. McNerneyRepublican
9.5%1,456
Clarence A. BlaisDemocrat
8.8%1,355
Claire E. GouletteDemocrat
8.5%1,304
15,403 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

EvenD+6.21972D+0.51974D+1.41976D+1.21978D+2.51980

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

The candidates

Robert W. Wheeler (I)Aime H. Paradis (R)Arnold B. Perkins (R)Armand A. Archambault (D)Milton Meyers (R)A. Kenneth Hambleton (R)Libert L. Sousa (D)Daniel P. McNerney (R)Clarence A. Blais (D)Claire E. Goulette (D)