1980Final results
1980 election for New Hampshire Senate District 10
New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire
Clesson J. Blaisdell (D) won re-election with 70.6% of the vote, defeating Elmer H. Close (R) by 41.3 points.
Clesson J. BlaisdellDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.6%9,853
Elmer H. CloseRepublican
29.4%4,096
13,949 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)