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1996Final results

1996 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Coos 7

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Marie C. Hawkinson (D), Edgar Mears (D), Paul E. Sainthilaire (R), Henry W. Coulombe (D) and Yvonne Coulombe (D) won the district's 5 seats.

5 seats
Marie C. HawkinsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
15.6%3,096
Edgar MearsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
14.2%2,830
Paul E. SainthilaireRepublican · winner · incumbent
13.6%2,713
Henry W. CoulombeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
12.4%2,460
Yvonne CoulombeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
12.2%2,423
David WoodwardRepublican
11.9%2,372
10.2%2,021
Joe VigueRepublican
5.0%1,001
Anthony R. HarpLibertarian
4.9%974
19,890 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

EvenD+5.51992R+27.41994D+1.11996R+4.11998R+3.52000

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