1984Final results
1984 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Belknap 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
James J. White (R) won re-election with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Vernal Drake (D) by 11.6 points.
James J. WhiteRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.8%993
Vernal DrakeDemocrat
44.2%786
1,779 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)