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1996Final results

1996 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Sullivan 3

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Merle W. Schotanus (R) won re-election with 63.0% of the vote, defeating John Haney (D) by 25.9 points.

Merle W. SchotanusRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.0%2,921
John HaneyDemocrat
37.0%1,719
4,640 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+46.61994R+25.91996R+22.91998

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