1996Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Merrimack 7
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
Eric Anderson (R), Stephen T. Destefano (D) and Patricia Krueger (R) won the district's 3 seats.
3 seatsEric AndersonRepublican · winner
20.7%4,495
Stephen T. DestefanoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
18.5%4,016
Patricia KruegerRepublican · winner
16.6%3,614
Richard E. KennedyRepublican · incumbent
16.3%3,538
George W. ChaseDemocrat
14.5%3,155
Robin HolskeDemocrat
10.1%2,189
Brad DorseyLibertarian
3.3%707
21,714 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)
The candidates
Eric Anderson (R)Stephen T. Destefano (D)Patricia Krueger (R)Richard E. Kennedy (R)George W. Chase (D)Robin Holske (D)
Also on the ballot: Brad Dorsey (Libertarian), 3.3%