1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 New Hampshire House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every New Hampshire House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 400 seats
After the electionD 160 · R 240
Races161
Changed party4
Unopposed27%43 races
Incumbents defeated24
Every district
D 160 · R 240
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-3A | Patricia M. Skinner · Ada L. Mace (R) | 20.5 | |
| HD-210 | William A. Riley (D) | 5.8 | |
| HD-211 | Daniel Adams Eaton (D) | 20.8 | |
| HD-212 | Marilee Rouillard · Margaret A. Lynch (D) | 10.7 | |
| HD-213 | Delina R. Hickey · Patricia T. Russell (D) | 13.7 | |
| HD-214 | Nancy J. Proctor · William H. Kennedy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-410 | Francis C. Seely (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-411 | William J. Driscoll · Neil McIver (R) | 16.8 | |
| HD-412 | Bruce C. Rounds (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-413 | Mary P. Chambers · Marion L. Copenhaver · Elizabeth L. Crory · Michael B. King (D) | 4.3 | |
| HD-414 | Mark E. Melendy · Lorine Walter · James L. Logan · Roger S. Wood · Stanley E. Mansfield (R) | 3.9 | |
| HD-510 | Joanne C. Head · M. Arnold Wight Jr. · B. P. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-511 | Joseph M. Silva · Emma B. Wheeler · Salvatore P. Grasso · Kenneth T. Wheeler (R) | 13.2 | |
| HD-512 | Betty B. Hall · Eliot B. Ware Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-513 | Minnie F. Carswell · Guy R. Granger Jr. · Frederick G. Ahrens · Nancy Hendrick · Harold Watson (REP) | 1.0 | |
| HD-514 | John P. Lawrence · Leonard A. Smith · G. Philip Rodgers · Juanita E. Kashulines · George H. Baker · Richard E. Dolbec (REP) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-515 | Claire Plomaritis · James A. Hardy · Marianne H. Thompson (DEM) | 2.9 | |
| HD-516 | Betty Tamposi · Audrey A. Carragher · Philip D. Labombarde (R) | 2.4 | |
| HD-517 | Thomas Stylianos · Louis D. Record Jr. · Selma R. Pastor · Mary Charpentier (REP) | 0.9 | |
| HD-518 | Ruth Nemzoffberman · Roland H. Laplante · Joann M. Arnold (D) | 2.3 | |
| HD-519 | Cecelia L. Winn · George M. Papadopoulos · Christofily Papadopoulos · Kevin T. Mulligan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-520 | Manuel L. Deforte · Henry L. Naro · Dana J. Robie (REP) | Unopposed | |
| HD-521 | Margaret L. McGlynn · James Kaklamanos · Gabrielle V. Gagnon · Roland J. Lefebvre (D) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-522 | Maurice J. Levesque · Roger E. Wallace · Debora Ahern · George W. Kizala (D) | 4.2 | |
| HD-523 | Edmund M. Keefe · Yvette Chagnon · Chrysoula A. Katsiaficas (REP) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-524 | Ernest R. Coutermarsh · Francis J. Madigan · Francis X. Donovan (D) | 3.0 | |
| HD-525 | Thomas W. Hynes · Leeanne S. Steiner · Greta Ainley · Nicholas D. Vergas (R) | 0.3 | |
| HD-526 | John Mazur · Peter P. Parady · Norman A. Packard · Richard F. Ahern (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-527 | Chris Spirou · James J. White · Theodora P. Nardi · William F. Horan (D) | 2.3 | |
| HD-528 | Rita M. Brack · John F. Jamrog · Gregory J. Ahlgren · Bernice M. Welch (D) | 3.5 | |
| HD-529 | Gary Casinghino · Lawrence Cronin · Daniel J. Healy · Stanley J. Zajdel (D) | 6.6 | |
| HD-530 | Mary J. Sullivan · Edward J. Crotty · Dorothy Drewniak · Richard E. Galway (D) | 0.7 | |
| HD-531 | David L. Gelinas · Charles J. Leclerc · Denise Raiche · Maureen E. Raiche (D) | 6.9 | |
| HD-532 | George A. Soucy · Henry B. Roy · James W. Sullivan · Nancy Bridgewater (DEM) | 0.2 | |
| HD-533 | Rose C. Vachon · Judy L. Pariseau · Wilfred Burkush · Peter E. Ramsey (DEM) | 2.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-534 | James A. Sweeney Jr. · William G. Dion · Edward F. Smith · Irene Messier (DEM) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-535 | Catherine G. Lamy · Armand R. Lemire · Roland R. Lemire · Michael P. Lapierre (D) | 1.6 | |
| HD-536 | Jerome B. Duval · Roland D. Martineau · Rock G. Tremblay · Roland M. Turgeon (D) | 2.6 | |
| HD-610 | Joseph B. Bowes · Rick A. Trombly · Edward M. Zimmerman (REP) | 0.2 | |
| HD-611 | James A. Humphrey (R) | 29.1 | |
| HD-612 | James A. Whittemore (R) | 2.6 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-613 | Stuart Trachy · Eugene S. Daniell Jr. · Margaret Roberts (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-614 | Mary Holmes · Milton A. Cate (R) | 5.2 | |
| HD-615 | Newell J. Paire · Evelyn S. Dean (R) | 2.8 | |
| HD-616 | Max Wiviott · Eleanor H. Stark (R) | 8.7 | |
| HD-617 | Kathleen A. Degnan · James M. Oneill (D) | 2.1 | |
| HD-618 | Barbara J. Underwood · Roger A. Smith (R) | 7.1 | |
| HD-619 | Ellen D. Morse · Maura Carroll (D) | 12.8 | |
| HD-620 | Lawrence J. Sullivan · Mary Jane Wallner (D) | 0.2 | |
| HD-621 | Barbara A. Hanus · Gerald R. Smith (R) | 12.6 | |
| HD-710 | Myrtle B. Rogers · Ralph E. Nelson (R) | 14.7 | |
| HD-711 | Charles H. Felch Sr. · Daniel Gretsch (R) | 7.4 | |
| HD-712 | Ednapearl F. Parr · John R. Walker · Beverly Hollingworth · Louisa K. Woodman · Roberta C. Pevear (REP) | 0.8 | |
| HD-713 | Thomas U. Gage · John J. Kane · Arthur Tufts · Frank J. Kozacka · Robert R. Blaisdell (REP) | 0.5 | |
| HD-714 | Patti Blanchette · Edward Wojnowski (D) | 15.8 | |
| HD-715 | W. Douglas Scamman Jr. · William F. Cahill · Franklin G. Wolfsen (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-716 | Merino Romoli Jr. · Norman W. Myers (R) | 7.3 | |
| HD-717 | Richard S. Lockhart · Elizabeth A. Greene · John L. Appel Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-718 | Lea H. Aeschliman · Clayton E. Osborn (DEM) | 1.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-719 | John E. Splaine · John Camuso (D) | 4.7 | |
| HD-720 | Mary Cotton · Joseph A. Macdonald · John W. Hynes (D) | 3.5 | |
| HD-721 | Thomas P. Connors · Jack Lofranco (D) | 7.6 | |
| HD-722 | Elaine Krasker · Christopher W. Wood (D) | 8.1 | |
| HD-723 | Laura Pantelakos · Robert P. Read Jr. (REP) | 0.4 | |
| HD-810 | David J. Bouchard (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-811 | James Appleby · Drucilla Bickford (R) | 6.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-812 | James A. Burchell · Lawrence S. Smith (DEM) | 2.6 | |
| HD-813 | Paul G. Meader · Noreen Winkley (REP) | 2.5 | |
| HD-814 | Richard W. Creteau · Roland J. Gauvin (D) | 18.5 | |
| HD-815 | Charles W. Grassie · Ralph L. Torr (DEM) | 5.0 | |
| HD-816 | James M. Demers · Anthony Demetracopoulos (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-817 | Mary E. Bernard · Helene Donnelly (D) | 14.7 | Incumbent lost |
| BELKNAP 1 | George S. Lamprey · Marshall French · Earle D. Hardy (R) | 9.6 | |
| BELKNAP 2 | Ralph W. Pearson · Marion C. Rich · Clifford W. Birch (R) | 6.8 | |
| BELKNAP 3 | Barbara B. Bowler · Kenneth A. Randall (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 4 | Jane F. Sanders · Steven W. Rollins (R) | 10.2 | |
| BELKNAP 5 | David T. Whittemore · Barbara Zeckhausen · Michael C. Hanson · Robert G. Holbrook (R) | 10.6 | |
| BELKNAP 6 | Peter C. Hildreth · Christina M. Oneill · Dennis R. Bolduc · Gary S. Dionne (DEM) | 6.6 | |
| CARROLL 1 | Donalda K. Howard (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 2 | Howard C. Dickinson · William R. Barringer · Esther M. Davis (R) | 3.9 | |
| CARROLL 3 | Roger Heath · Kenneth C. Smith Sr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 4 | Kenneth J. Macdonald · Russell C. Chase (R) | 34.9 | |
| CARROLL 5 | Roderick Allen · George D. Keller (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 1 | Robert L. Galloway · Jeffrey C. Miller · Robert W. Moore Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 2 | Terry Wiggin (D) | 0.7 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 3 | Patrick L. Oconnor · Elmer L. Johnson · Dennis S. Littky (REP) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 4 | Jesse F. Davis (R) | 51.3 | |
| CHESHIRE 5 | David M. Perry · Margaret Ramsay (REP) | 1.9 | Incumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 6 | William R. Matson (D) | 50.1 | |
| CHESHIRE 7 | Jean T. White (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 8 | Frederick T. Ernst · Clayton H. Crane (R) | 6.1 | |
| CHESHIRE 9 | Irvin H. Gordon (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 15 | Kendall W. Lane · Robert Eisengrein · Robert E. Barber Jr. (REP) | 2.0 | Incumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 16 | Nancy E. Baybutt · Andrea A. Scranton (R) | 9.8 | |
| COOS 1 | Marguerite H. Wiswell · Colon Chappell · Bradley Haynes (R) | 18.3 | |
| COOS 2 | George A. Langley III · Josephine Mayhew (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 3 | Lynn C. Horton · Edward C. Willey Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 4 | Phoebe A. Chardon · Harold Burns (R) | 18.3 | |
| COOS 5 | Otto H. Oleson · Lawrence J. Guay (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 6 | Norman A. Brideau · Alcide Valliere (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 7 | Elmer H. York · Elmer Beaulac (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 8 | Catherine M. Brungot · George Lemire (REP) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 9 | Richard E. Demers · Romeo J. Theriault (D) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 1 | Kathleen Ward · Charles F. Armstrong · David W. Lynde (REP) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| GRAFTON 2 | Nelson H. Chamberlin (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 3 | Anthony Pepitone (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 4 | Fred W. Snell (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 5 | Betty Jo Taffe · W. Murray Clark (R) | 29.4 | |
| GRAFTON 6 | Paul I. Lamott · Ezra B. Mann (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 7 | Glyneta B. Thomson (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 8 | C. Dana Christy · John B. Hammond · Myrl R. Eaton (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 9 | Harold V. Buckman · Giles Low II (R) | 13.6 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 1 | Leigh D. Bosse · Joseph M. Eaton · Howard S. Humphrey Sr. (R) | 11.8 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 2 | Richard E. Amidon (R) | 38.6 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 3 | Fred E. Murray · Alton H. Stone (R) | 22.2 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 4 | William A. Russell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 5 | Philip C. Heald Jr. · Howard F. Mason · Clyde S. Eaton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 6 | Roland A. Sallada (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 7 | James B. Craig (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 8 | Aime H. Paradis · Robert W. Wheeler · Milton Meyers · Holly Abrams · Alice Tirirrell Knight (REP) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HILLSBOROUGH 9 | Anna S. Vanloan · Jean H. Duffett · Marjorie Y. Peters (R) | 10.3 | |
| MERRIMACK 1 | William F. Kidder · John L. Rayno (R) | 24.7 | |
| MERRIMACK 2 | James V. Bibbo (R) | 30.3 | |
| MERRIMACK 3 | Avis B. Nichols · E. Allen Parker (R) | 5.1 | |
| MERRIMACK 4 | David B. Packard · Mary Ann Lewis (R) | 16.4 | |
| MERRIMACK 5 | William L. Roberts · Peter M. Stio (R) | 20.4 | |
| MERRIMACK 6 | Doris J. Riley · Laurent J. Boucher · Arthur J. Locke (R) | 8.5 | |
| MERRIMACK 7 | Mark M. Bodi · Edgar Bellerose · Louis A. Savaria · Bonnie B. Brady (DEM) | 1.2 | |
| MERRIMACK 8 | Kenneth E. Stockman · Ashton E. Welch (R) | 13.9 | |
| MERRIMACK 9 | John O. Cate · Edwin L. Waters (R) | 4.5 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 1 | Roger C. King · John H. Stimmell (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 2 | Richardson D. Benton · Carole M. Nevins · Harry E. Flanders (R) | 12.4 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 3 | William P. Boucher · Robert H. Day · Rowland Schmidtchen (R) | 7.5 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 4 | Leander W. Burdick Jr. · Conrad Quimby · Kenneth H. Gould · Benjamin C. Newell · Virginia K. Lovejoy · Kenneth M. Bisbee (R) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| ROCKINGHAM 5 | Marilyn R. Campbell · Donna P. Sytek · Beverly A. Gage · Elsie Vartanian · Robert P. Mason · Arthur O. Shurtleff Jr. · Anne Leslie · Brian F. Downing · Eleanor Carpenito · Raymond W. Wood · Joan E. Espinola (REP) | 0.1 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 6 | Natalie S. Flanagan · Richard S. Rand · Alfred Ellyson (R) | 5.9 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 7 | Gertrude I. Butler · Patricia L. Cote (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 8 | Ralph L. Blake · John Hoar Jr. · Calvin Warburton (R) | 8.8 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 9 | K. Michael Tavitian · Annie Mae Schwaner · Robert A. Vlack · Selma R. Jackson (R) | 7.0 | |
| STRAFFORD 1 | Victor J. Joos Sr. (D) | 23.9 | |
| STRAFFORD 2 | Paul E. Blouin · Ernest B. Brown · Ronald Chagnon (DEM) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 3 | Donald C. Smith Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 4 | Joan M. Schreiber · Jody E. Mooradian · James C. Chamberlin · Everett B. Sackett (DEM) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 5 | Albert J. Dionne (D) | 46.3 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 6 | Anita Flynn (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 7 | Richard Morrissette (D) | 34.6 | |
| STRAFFORD 8 | Mary E. Whitehead (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 9 | Donald Pageotte (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 18 | Arthur D. Maglaras · William K. Kincaid (D) | 6.4 | |
| STRAFFORD 19 | Phyllis S. Denafio · Teresa L. Denafio (D) | 2.7 | |
| STRAFFORD 20 | Raymond F. Hennessey · Franklin Torr (DEM) | 2.2 | |
| STRAFFORD 21 | Robert E. Drew · Roland Belhumeur (D) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 1 | Sara M. Townsend (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 2 | William F. J. Ardinger (R) | 10.5 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 3 | Don Lebrun · Sim R. Gray (D) | 14.0 | |
| SULLIVAN 4 | John B. Tucker · Mable Cutting · Roma A. Spaulding (R) | 9.3 | |
| SULLIVAN 5 | Arthur T. Forrest · Carmine F. Damante · Robert J. Brodeur (D) | 9.0 | |
| SULLIVAN 6 | David B. Campbell · Gordon B. Flint Sr. · Sky M. Lucas (DEM) | 16.6 | |
| SULLIVAN 7 | Leonard W. Gray · Walter H. Palmer (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 8 | Farrell J. Quinlan (R) | 56.8 | |
| SULLIVAN 9 | Mildred S. Ingram (R) | 1.1 | 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