1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Merrimack 4
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
Kenneth R. Marshall (R) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Claire D. Clarke (D) by 10.6 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Kenneth R. MarshallRepublican · winner
55.3%699
Claire D. ClarkeDemocrat
44.7%565
1,264 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)