1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1988 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Strafford 9
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
John H. Meserve (R) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Donald Pageotte (D) by 9.4 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
John H. MeserveRepublican · winner
54.7%4,326
Donald PageotteDemocrat
45.3%3,579
7,905 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)