1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 New Hampshire State Senate election results, district by district
Every New Hampshire State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 24 seats
After the electionD 10 · R 14
Races24
Changed party2
Unopposed29%7 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 10 · R 14
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Laurier Lamontagne (D) | 23.6 | |
| SD-2 | Andrew W. Poulsen (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Raymond K. Conley Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | George E. Freese Jr. (R) | 7.4 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-5 | Ralph Degnan Hough (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Louis E. Bergeron (D) | 27.4 | |
| SD-7 | John P. H. Chandler (R) | 9.9 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-8 | George I. Wiggins (R) | 2.8 | |
| SD-9 | Robert B. Monier (R) | 30.1 | |
| SD-10 | Clesson J. Blaisdell (D) | 41.3 | |
| SD-11 | Arthur F. Mann (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | D. Alan Rock (R) | 28.0 | |
| SD-13 | Richard E. Boyer (D) | 29.8 | |
| SD-14 | Vance R. Kelly (R) | 11.2 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-15 | Harold L. Rice (D) | 2.3 | |
| SD-16 | Eleanor Podles (R) | 3.2 | |
| SD-17 | William E. Sanborn (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 | Robert Stephen (D) | 40.1 | |
| SD-19 | Ward B. Brown (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 | Norman Champagne (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | Leo Lessard (D) | 10.6 | |
| SD-22 | Vesta M. Roy (R) | 37.4 | |
| SD-23 | Robert F. Preston (D) | 37.7 | |
| SD-24 | James R. Splaine (D) | 24.8 |
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