1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for New Hampshire House District 612
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
James A. Whittemore (R) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating Rudolph G. Labranche (D) by 2.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
James A. WhittemoreRepublican · winner
51.3%514
Rudolph G. LabrancheDemocrat · incumbent
48.7%488
1,002 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET