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1996Final results

1996 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Cheshire 6

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Edwin O. Smith (R) won re-election with 49.8% of the vote, defeating Vernon Jones (D) by 10.5 points.

Edwin O. SmithRepublican · winner · incumbent
49.8%1,961
Vernon JonesDemocrat
39.3%1,549
Kenneth A. ColeLibertarian
10.9%430
3,940 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenR+7.61992R+26.41994R+10.51996R+11.61998R+7.62000

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

The candidates

Edwin O. Smith (R)Vernon Jones (D)Kenneth A. Cole (L)