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1978Final results

1978 election for New Hampshire Senate District 15

New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire

Mary Louise Hancock (D) won re-election with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Kocher (R) by 13.9 points.

Mary Louise HancockDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.9%5,714
KocherRepublican
43.1%4,322
10,036 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+30.31972D+5.81976D+13.91978D+2.31980

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