1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for New Hampshire Senate District 7
New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire
John P. H. Chandler (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Peter H. Allen (D) by 9.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John P. H. ChandlerRepublican · winner
55.0%8,973
Peter H. AllenDemocrat · incumbent
45.0%7,355
16,328 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET