1980Final results
1980 election for New Hampshire Senate District 23
New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire
Robert F. Preston (D) won re-election with 68.8% of the vote, defeating Beyer (R) by 37.7 points.
Robert F. PrestonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.8%11,792
BeyerRepublican
31.2%5,337
17,129 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)