1996 general · November 5, 1996
1996 New Hampshire election results
Every race on New Hampshire's ballot in the 1996 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races224
Changed party20
Unopposed23%52 races
Incumbents defeated23
- President
- U.S. Senate
- Governors
- U.S. House
- New Hampshire State Senate
- New Hampshire House of Representatives
President
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | Bill Clinton (D) | 10.0 |
U.S. Senate
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | Robert Smith (R) | 3.0 |
Governors
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | Jeanne Shaheen (D) | 18.3 | Flipped |
U.S. House
R 2
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| NH-1 | John E. Sununu (R) | 3.4 | |
| NH-2 | Charles F. Bass (R) | 7.0 |
New Hampshire State Senate
D 9 · R 15 · 6 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Frederick W. King Sr. (R) | 14.1 | |
| SD-2 | Ned Gordon (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Carl R. Johnson (R) | 14.7 | |
| SD-4 | Leo W. Fraser (R) | 34.2 | |
| SD-5 | Jim Rubens (R) | 7.3 | |
| SD-6 | Caroline McCarley (D) | 1.7 | Flipped |
| SD-7 | Amy Patenaude (R) | 25.4 | |
| SD-8 | Allen Whipple (D) | 3.4 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-9 | Sheila Roberge (R) | 34.9 | Flipped |
| SD-10 | Clesson J. Blaisdell (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 | David K. Wheeler (R) | 66.5 | Flipped |
| SD-12 | James Squires (R) | 23.3 | |
| SD-13 | Debora B. Pignatelli (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Gary Francoeur (R) | 68.2 | Flipped |
| SD-15 | Sylvia B. Larsen (D) | 34.1 | |
| SD-16 | Eleanor Podles (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 | Jack Barnes Jr. (R) | 17.2 | |
| SD-18 | John A. King (D) | 13.3 | |
| SD-19 | Richard Russman (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 | Richard Danais (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | Katherine Wells Wheeler (D) | 32.0 | |
| SD-22 | Joseph L. Delahunty (R) | 34.1 | |
| SD-23 | Beverly Hollingworth (D) | 7.7 | Flipped |
| SD-24 | Burt Cohen (D) | 30.7 |
New Hampshire House of Representatives
D 146 · R 254 · 13 changed party
New Hampshire
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab