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1982Final results

1982 election for New Hampshire Senate District 18

New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire

Robert Stephen (D) won with 61.0% of the vote, defeating Pepino (R) by 21.9 points.

Robert StephenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.0%6,674
PepinoRepublican
39.0%4,274
10,948 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenD+44.51976D+30.51978D+40.11980D+21.91982D+14.91984D+8.01990

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