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1988Final results

1988 election for New Hampshire Senate District 16

New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire

Eleanor Podles (R) won with 72.5% of the vote, defeating Murray Onigman (D) by 45.1 points.

Eleanor PodlesRepublican · winner · incumbent
72.5%13,365
27.5%5,063
18,428 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+27.21982R+49.31984R+46.01986R+45.11988R+31.71990R+18.61992

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