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1980 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Cheshire 2

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Terry Wiggin (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Robert Callahan (R) by 0.7 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Terry WigginDemocrat · winner
50.4%573
Robert CallahanRepublican · incumbent
49.6%565
1,138 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

The seat's recent races

EvenR+46.81972R+2.11974R+5.51976D+0.71980

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

The candidates

Terry Wiggin (D)Robert Callahan (R)