1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 New Hampshire House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every New Hampshire House of Representatives district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 400 seats
After the electionD 158 · R 239 · 3 other
Races158
Changed party0
Unopposed39%62 races
Incumbents defeated25
Every district
D 158 · R 240 · Other 2
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-210 | David M. Perry · Margaret Ramsay (REP) | Unopposed | |
| HD-211 | Ralph Parker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-212 | William J. Sullivan (D) | 15.8 | |
| HD-213 | Delina R. Hickey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-214 | David R. Meader (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-410 | Bruce C. Rounds (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-411 | Roger L. Easton · C. Dana Christy · Craig A. Downing (R) | 9.3 | |
| HD-412 | Elizabeth L. Crory · Mary P. Chambers · Marion L. Copenhaver · Michael B. King (D) | 5.7 | |
| HD-413 | Lorine Walter · Thomas Stevens · Shirley Girouard · James L. Logan · Joseph F. Duggan (REP) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-510 | Joseph M. Silva · Salvatore P. Grasso · Emma B. Wheeler · Kenneth T. Wheeler (R) | 4.3 | |
| HD-511 | Jean H. Duffett · Anna S. Vanloan · Marjorie Y. Peters · A. Leslie Burns (R) | 11.3 | |
| HD-512 | Nancy Hendrick (D) | 12.6 | |
| HD-513 | Charles M. Nute · Geraldine G. Watson · Dennis H. Fields · Frederick G. Ahrens · Harold Watson · Robert N. Kelley (R) | 1.3 | |
| HD-514 | Ellenann Robinson (R) | 6.2 | |
| HD-515 | William A. Russell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-516 | Eben B. Bartlett Jr. (R) | 3.9 | |
| HD-517 | Clyde S. Eaton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-518 | Eleanor H. Whittemore · Eliot B. Ware Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-519 | John P. Lawrence · Leonard A. Smith · Darrell Wagner · Juanita E. Kashulines · George H. Baker · George A. Arris (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-520 | Ralph S. Boutwell · Michael E. Jones · Harold V. Lynde Jr. (REP) | 3.2 | |
| HD-521 | Rhona M. Charbonneau (R) | 5.1 | |
| HD-522 | Patricia M. Lyons · Lucille T. Wood · Audrey A. Carragher · Philip D. Labombarde · John F. Bolan III (DEM) | 0.4 | |
| HD-523 | Thomas Stylianos · Barbara Pressly (REP) | 16.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-524 | Betty Tamposi (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-525 | Maurice J. Levesque · Roland A. Morrissette · Roger E. Wallace · Nancy M. Ford · Debora Ahern (DEM) | 1.1 | |
| HD-526 | Margaret L. McGlynn · Cecelia L. Winn · James Kaklamanos · Francis X. Donovan · Gabrielle V. Gagnon · Robert A. Durant · Romeo W. Jean · Raymond N. Migneault · Roland J. Lefebvre (D) | 0.9 | |
| HD-527 | David E. Cote · Dana J. Robie (D) | 9.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-528 | Chrysoula A. Katsiaficas · Edmund M. Keefe · Ann M. Parmenter · Mary S. Nelson · Richard H. Duprey (DEM) | 0.5 | |
| HD-529 | Leeanne S. Steiner · Barbara E. Arnold · Thomas W. Hynes · John Resch (REP) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-530 | Mary J. Sullivan · Richard F. Ahern · Walter Healy · Charles J. Quinn · Dorothy Drewniak · Edward J. Crotty · Richard E. Galway (D) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-531 | Chris Spirou · Joanne A. Orourke · James J. White (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-532 | Rita M. Brack · Gregory J. Ahlgren · John Joseph Wallace (D) | 3.8 | |
| HD-533 | Lawrence Cronin · Daniel J. Healy · Stanley J. Zajdel (D) | 11.0 | |
| HD-534 | David L. Gelinas · Maureen E. Raiche · Charles J. Leclerc (D) | 11.0 | |
| HD-535 | Evelyn A. King · Wilfred Burkush · James W. Sullivan · Henry B. Roy · George A. Soucy · Peter E. Ramsey · Rose C. Vachon (D) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-536 | Armand D. Talbot · Frank J. Reidy · William G. Dion (D) | 4.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-610 | Moise H. Mercier · James A. Whittemore · Rudolph G. Labranche (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-611 | Edward M. Zimmerman (R) | 20.8 | |
| HD-612 | Eugene S. Daniell Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-613 | Mary Holmes · James F. Kinhan · Milton A. Cate · Evelyn S. Dean (R) | 4.2 | |
| HD-614 | Eleanor H. Stark (R) | 17.6 | |
| HD-615 | Lawrence J. Sullivan · Caroline L. Gross · Mary Jane Wallner · Barbara J. Underwood (DEM) | 2.4 | |
| HD-616 | Bruce E. Parrish · Kenneth L. McDonnell · Gerald R. Smith · Kathleen A. Degnan (DEM) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-710 | Warren F. Ames Sr. · John W. Flanders Sr. · Vincent J. Palumbo (R) | 5.0 | |
| HD-711 | Robert A. Danderson · Gertrude I. Butler (R) | 39.1 | |
| HD-712 | Patti Blanchette · Elizabeth M. Popov (D) | 7.9 | |
| HD-713 | Thomas U. Gage · Arthur Tufts · John J. Kane · Robert R. Blaisdell · Frank J. Kozacka (REP) | 1.5 | |
| HD-714 | Paul T. Keenan · William W. Moore (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-715 | James R. Rosencrantz (D) | 1.2 | |
| HD-716 | Ellen M. Cressy (D) | 18.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-717 | E. Jane Walker · Ednapearl F. Parr · Roberta C. Pevear · Beverly Hollingworth · Kenneth W. Malcolm (REP) | 0.1 | |
| HD-718 | Elizabeth A. Greene · Tom Longworth · Herbert R. Drake · Douglas E. Woodward (R) | 3.1 | |
| HD-719 | W. Douglas Scamman Jr. · Merino Romoli Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-720 | Marilyn R. Campbell · Donna P. Sytek · Ronald J. Belanger · Beverly A. Gage · Elsie Vartanian · Carol Nagel · Eleanor Carpenito · Anne Leslie · Lynn Joslyn · Raymond W. Wood (REP) | 0.1 | |
| HD-721 | Patricia M. Skinner · Ada L. Mace (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-722 | Robert P. Mason (R) | 15.6 | |
| HD-723 | William P. Boucher · Robert H. Day · John E. Webster Jr. · Rowland Schmidtchen · Gerald Vecchione · Matthew M. Sochalski (R) | 3.1 | |
| HD-724 | Susan B. R. McLane · Rick G. Newman · Laura Pantelakos (D) | 4.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-725 | Elaine Krasker · John E. Splaine · Hermine Waldron (D) | 5.7 | |
| HD-726 | Mary Ann N. Blanchard · Thomas P. Connors · Joseph A. Macdonald · John W. Hynes · Mary Cotton · Jack Lofranco (D) | 1.4 | |
| HD-810 | Janet R. Pelley · Paul G. Meader · Robert Hussey · Richard W. Creteau · Gerard R. Couture (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-811 | James Appleby · Harold E. Chisholm · Ralph L. Torr · William Fielding · Charles W. Grassie (REP) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| BELKNAP 1 | George S. Lamprey (R) | 23.2 | |
| BELKNAP 2 | Barbara B. Bowler (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 3 | Kenneth A. Randall (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 4 | Marshall French · Earle D. Hardy (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 5 | Esther R. Nighswander · Robert S. Hawkins · Clifford W. Birch · Ralph W. Pearson (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 6 | Jane F. Sanders · Matthew J. Locke (R) | 10.5 | |
| BELKNAP 7 | Paul A. Golden (R) | 24.7 | |
| BELKNAP 8 | Dean Dexter (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 9 | Richard W. Bastraw (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 10 | Gary S. Dionne · Dennis R. Bolduc (D) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 11 | Barbara Zeckhausen (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 12 | David T. Whittemore (R) | 21.3 | |
| BELKNAP 13 | Robert G. Holbrook (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 1 | Donalda K. Howard (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 2 | Paul O. Ashnault · Howard C. Dickinson · Elizabeth D. Murphy (REP) | 0.2 | |
| CARROLL 3 | Robert B. Holmes (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 4 | Frank E. McIntire · Roger Heath (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 5 | Gerard E. Powers · Howard N. Saunders (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 6 | Russell C. Chase · Kenneth J. Macdonald (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 7 | John B. Hraba (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 1 | Jeffrey C. Miller · Robert L. Galloway (R) | 9.5 | |
| CHESHIRE 2 | Joann T. Morse · Robert W. Moore Jr. (R) | 17.9 | Incumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 3 | Arthur J. Boulter · Eugene W. Clark · Elmer L. Johnson (DEM) | 1.2 | |
| CHESHIRE 4 | Daniel Adams Eaton (D) | 4.9 | |
| CHESHIRE 5 | William A. Riley · Irvin H. Gordon (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 6 | Richard A. Grodin · Clayton H. Crane (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 7 | William R. Matson (D) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 8 | Jesse F. Davis (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 9 | Jon H. Perkins (R) | 21.9 | |
| CHESHIRE 15 | Robert Eisengrein · Kendall W. Lane (DEM) | 18.4 | |
| CHESHIRE 16 | George Michaelides · Andrea A. Scranton (DEM) | 2.3 | Incumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 17 | Robert E. Barber Jr. · William H. Kennedy (D) | 6.8 | |
| COOS 1 | David D. King · Colon Chappell (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 2 | Ted A. Pelletier (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 3 | George A. Langley III (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 4 | Lynn C. Horton (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 5 | Harold Burns (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 6 | Phoebe A. Chardon (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 7 | Otto H. Oleson · Lawrence J. Guay (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 8 | Alcide Valliere · Elmer H. York · George Lemire · Norman A. Brideau · Romeo J. Theriault · Yvonne Coulombe (D) | 2.1 | Incumbent lost |
| GRAFTON 1 | Kathleen Ward · Henry F. Whitcomb · Rita C. McAvoy (R) | 7.5 | |
| GRAFTON 2 | Philip H. Weymouth (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 3 | Edward Densmore (D) | 9.3 | |
| GRAFTON 4 | Roger Stewart (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 5 | Paul I. Lamott · Ezra B. Mann (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 6 | Betty Jo Taffe · Wayne D. King (REP) | 2.7 | |
| GRAFTON 7 | Stephen N. Harnish (IND) | 18.8 | |
| GRAFTON 8 | William J. Driscoll · W. Richardson Blair · V. Michael Hutchings (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 9 | Harold V. Buckman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 1 | Frank J. Sylvia · Joseph M. Eaton (R) | 24.2 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 2 | Howard S. Humphrey Sr. (R) | 6.2 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 3 | James B. Craig (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 4 | Roland A. Sallada (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 5 | George H. Hawkins (R) | 43.0 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 6 | Aime H. Paradis · Robert W. Wheeler · Alice Tirirrell Knight · Elmer B. Nickerson · Holly Abrams (REP) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HILLSBOROUGH 7 | Robert H. Grip · Charles F. Bass · Marian R. Harrington (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 8 | Howard F. Mason · John E. Burns (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 9 | Joanne C. Head · M. Arnold Wight Jr. · Peter F. Wells Sr. · B. P. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 37 | Catherine G. Lamy · David B. Lemire · Roland R. Lemire (D) | 14.5 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 38 | Helene R. Dupont · Roland D. Martineau · Roland M. Turgeon · Lafayette Bergeron (D) | Unopposed | |
| MERRIMACK 1 | James D. Phelps · Elizabeth S. Bardsley (R) | 13.0 | |
| MERRIMACK 2 | William F. Kidder · Avis B. Nichols · Alf E. Jacobson (R) | 13.4 | |
| MERRIMACK 3 | Walter K. Robinson · James V. Bibbo (R) | 5.5 | |
| MERRIMACK 4 | Rick A. Trombly · Joseph B. Bowes (DEM) | 7.2 | |
| MERRIMACK 5 | Mary Ann Lewis · William L. Roberts · Irene J. Shepard · Peter M. Stio (R) | 4.5 | |
| MERRIMACK 6 | Graham Chynoweth · Linwood A. Rogers · James H. Pannell (DEM) | 2.0 | |
| MERRIMACK 7 | Eleanor M. Anderson · Louise Petit Roberts · Edward F. Allgeyer · Samuel D. Clark (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| MERRIMACK 8 | Eugene R. Maltais · Louis A. Savaria (DEM) | 0.9 | |
| MERRIMACK 9 | Doris J. Riley · Laurent J. Boucher · Arthur J. Locke (R) | 6.7 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 1 | John H. Stimmell (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 2 | John L. Sherburne (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 3 | Carole M. Nevins (R) | 13.8 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 4 | Roger C. King (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 5 | Richardson D. Benton · William Gregorio · Harry E. Flanders (R) | 8.9 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 6 | Margaret A. Case · Ralph L. Blake · Stephen Sloan · Calvin Warburton (DEM) | 0.3 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 7 | Roger R. Beliveau Sr. · Geraldine Bangs · Leander W. Burdick Jr. · Benjamin C. Newell · Conrad Quimby · George Katsakiores · Glenden J. Kelley · Virginia K. Lovejoy (R) | 0.5 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 8 | Natalie S. Flanagan · Roger R. Stork (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 9 | K. Michael Tavitian · Annie Mae Schwaner · Alfred Ellyson · Peter M. Simon (R) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 1 | Victor J. Joos Jr. · William C. Woodside (DEM) | 1.5 | |
| STRAFFORD 2 | Paul E. Blouin · Ronald Chagnon (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 3 | Frederick N. Timm · George T. Musler (DEM) | 5.0 | |
| STRAFFORD 4 | Joan M. Schreiber · Everett B. Sackett · Francis E. Robinson · Charles H. Dingle · James C. Chamberlin · Gerald L. Smith (DEM) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 5 | Albert J. Dionne (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 6 | Roland Belhumeur · Franklin Torr · Robert L. Whiting · Raymond F. Hennessey · Robert L. Jones (DEM) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 7 | Mary E. Bernard · Helene Donnelly · William K. Kincaid · Arnold W. Peters (D) | 5.8 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 8 | Anita Flynn · Paul J. Hamel · Martin P. Lussier · David J. Bouchard (D) | 19.4 | Incumbent lost |
| STRAFFORD 9 | James M. Demers (D) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 1 | Sara M. Townsend · Everett Reney (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 2 | Gordon B. Flint Sr. · Virginia Obrien Irwin · Paul M. Johnson (REP) | 7.9 | |
| SULLIVAN 3 | Farrell J. Quinlan (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 4 | Mildred S. Ingram (R) | 30.0 | |
| SULLIVAN 5 | Leonard W. Gray · Walter H. Palmer (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 6 | Mable Cutting · Larry Converse (REP) | 1.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 7 | Carmine F. Damante · Robert J. Brodeur (D) | 11.6 | |
| SULLIVAN 8 | Robert H. Carlson · Susan J. Lawrence (D) | 4.5 | |
| SULLIVAN 9 | John B. Tucker (R) | Unopposed |
New Hampshire House of Representatives
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