1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1986 election for New Hampshire Senate District 21
New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire
Franklin Torr (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Henry M. Smith (D) by 3.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Franklin TorrRepublican · winner
52.0%4,952
Henry M. SmithDemocrat
48.0%4,578
9,530 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET