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1988Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1988 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Merrimack 7

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Patricia A. Fair (D), Douglas E. Hall (R), Eleanor M. Anderson (R) and Randall F. Shaw (R) won the district's 4 seats.

4 seats
Patricia A. FairDemocrat · winner
23.7%3,938
Douglas E. HallRepublican · winner · incumbent
16.9%2,801
Eleanor M. AndersonRepublican · winner · incumbent
15.9%2,641
Randall F. ShawRepublican · winner
14.7%2,435
Charles B. YeatonDemocrat · incumbent
12.7%2,111
8.3%1,383
7.8%1,295
16,604 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenR+2.41982R+6.41984D+11.51986R+7.11988D+7.91990

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)