1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 New Hampshire State Senate election results, district by district
Every New Hampshire State Senate district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
The chamber was tied · 24 seats
After the electionD 12 · R 12
Races24
Changed party4
Unopposed12%3 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 12 · R 12
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Laurier Lamontagne (D) | 23.1 | |
| SD-2 | Andrew W. Poulsen (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Raymond K. Conley Jr. (R) | 46.5 | |
| SD-4 | Edith B. Gardner (R) | 32.6 | |
| SD-5 | Ralph Degnan Hough (R) | 18.1 | |
| SD-6 | Louis E. Bergeron (D) | 43.5 | |
| SD-7 | Peter H. Allen (D) | 0.1 | Flipped |
| SD-8 | James Saggiotes (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Robert B. Monier (R) | 26.1 | |
| SD-10 | Clesson J. Blaisdell (D) | 27.6 | |
| SD-11 | Arthur F. Mann (R) | 32.0 | |
| SD-12 | D. Alan Rock (R) | 15.1 | |
| SD-13 | John H. McLaughlin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Thomas Claveau (D) | 0.2 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-15 | Mary Louise Hancock (D) | 13.9 | |
| SD-16 | Frank A. Wageman (R) | 14.4 | Flipped |
| SD-17 | William E. Sanborn (R) | 20.1 | |
| SD-18 | Paul E. Provost (D) | 30.5 | |
| SD-19 | Ward B. Brown (R) | 34.3 | |
| SD-20 | Norman Champagne (D) | 25.7 | |
| SD-21 | Robert Fennelly (D) | 25.2 | |
| SD-22 | Vesta M. Roy (R) | 16.6 | Flipped |
| SD-23 | Robert F. Preston (D) | 20.7 | |
| SD-24 | James R. Splaine (D) | 13.2 |
New Hampshire State Senate
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