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1980Final results

1980 election for New Hampshire Senate District 1

New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire

Laurier Lamontagne (D) won with 61.6% of the vote, defeating George H. Keough (R) by 23.6 points.

Laurier LamontagneDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.6%7,292
38.0%4,499
PoulinIndependent
0.4%43
11,834 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

EvenD+23.11978D+23.61980R+1.01984R+12.91986R+23.51988D+12.61990

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Laurier Lamontagne (D)George H. Keough (R)

Also on the ballot: Poulin (Independent), 0.4%