1998 general · November 3, 1998
1998 New Hampshire House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every New Hampshire House of Representatives district in the 1998 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 400 seats
After the electionD 155 · R 245
Races195
Changed party12
Unopposed35%68 races
Incumbents defeated20
Every district
D 155 · R 245
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-210 | John Hunt (R) | 10.7 | |
| HD-211 | Margaret E. Lynott · Alfred Lerandeau (D) | 5.9 | |
| HD-212 | Barbara Hull Richardson (D) | 12.4 | |
| HD-213 | William B. Rose (R) | 5.6 | |
| HD-214 | Benjamin J. Depecol (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-410 | Marion L. Copenhaver · Sharon L. Nordgren · Martha Solow · Robert H. Guest (D) | 7.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-411 | David M. Scanlan · Phil Weber (R) | 1.6 | |
| HD-412 | Paul Mirski (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-413 | David A. Hall (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| HD-414 | Terri C. Dudley · Susan Almy · Ralph Akins · Al Picconi (REP) | 1.8 | |
| HD-510 | Linda T. Foster (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-511 | Hal Melcher (D) | 31.3 | |
| HD-512 | Pamela D. Coughlin (R) | 2.6 | |
| HD-513 | Gary Daniels · Peter Leishman · Tim Oconnell · Keith R. Herman (R) | 2.2 | |
| HD-514 | Cynthia J. Dokmo · William S. Belvin · Robert H. Rowe (R) | 7.3 | |
| HD-515 | Kathleen M. Flora · Edward P. Moran Jr. · Maurice E. Goulet · Dennis J. Withee (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-516 | Peter F. Bergin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-517 | Leon Calawa Jr. · Loren Jean (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-518 | Robert J. Lheureux · Robert W. Brundige · Peter L. Batula · Robert H. Milligan · Dennis H. Fields · Rose H. Arthur · Tim McGough · Mary M. Moriarty (REP) | 0.6 | |
| HD-519 | Donald Carlson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-520 | Thomas I. Arnold Jr. · Betty B. Hall (REP) | 12.7 | |
| HD-521 | Jeffrey C. Macgillivray (R) | 12.9 | |
| HD-522 | Susan B. Durham · Nancy W. Wall (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-523 | Stanley N. Searles · Robert E. Clegg Jr. · David J. Alukonis · Joan C. Tate · Lars T. Christiansen · Rudy Lessard (R) | 0.3 | |
| HD-524 | Harold V. Lynde Jr. · Philip J. McColgan Jr. · James J. Fenton (DEM) | 0.4 | |
| HD-525 | Donald B. White (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-526 | Suzan L. R. Franks · Jane Ohearn · Ruth Ginsburg (REP) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-527 | Richard Larose · Robert S. Mercer · Mary M. Ouellette (REP) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-528 | Robert A. Daigle · Nancy M. Ford · Sylvia A. Holley (DEM) | 1.5 | |
| HD-529 | David E. Cote · Mary J. Gorman · Alphons Haettenschwiller (D) | 2.9 | |
| HD-530 | Donnalee M. Lozeau · William E. Mosher · Harvey Keye (REP) | 0.2 | |
| HD-531 | Jane Clemons · Roland J. Lefebvre · Leslie Mendenhall (D) | 3.3 | |
| HD-532 | Claudette R. Jean · Peter R. Cote · Lucien Bergeron (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-533 | Bette R. Lasky · Chris Konys · Eileen P. Dawe (DEM) | 1.8 | |
| HD-534 | Mary Ellen Martin · Dawn C. Piteri · Frederick Andrews (DEM) | 1.9 | |
| HD-535 | Griffin T. Dalianis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-536 | A. Theresa Drabinowicz (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-542 | Ben Baroody · Robert E. Murphy · Dean Ouellette (DEM) | 1.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-543 | Paul J. Dwyer Sr. · Vivian J. Desmarais · Robert J. Haley (DEM) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-610 | Charles B. Yeaton · Tony F. Soltani (DEM) | 2.0 | |
| HD-611 | David W. Hess · Ray F. Langer · Dick Marple (R) | 2.3 | |
| HD-612 | Gabriel Daneault · Frank W. Davis · Gerard H. Lavoie · Janet Fortnam (DEM) | 2.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-613 | James A. Whittemore · Bronwyn L. Asplund · Martin Feuerstein (R) | 6.1 | |
| HD-614 | Dave Poulin (R) | 4.9 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-615 | Jean Wallin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-616 | Mary Stuart Gile (D) | 28.4 | |
| HD-617 | Gloria Seldin (D) | 38.1 | |
| HD-618 | Elizabeth Hager (R) | 36.6 | |
| HD-619 | Carol Moore (D) | 33.6 | |
| HD-620 | Toni Crosby (D) | 38.5 | |
| HD-621 | Marilyn Anne Fraser (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-622 | Candace C. W. Bouchard (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-623 | Tara G. Reardon (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-624 | Mary Jane Wallner · Elizabeth Hoadley · Fran Potter (DEM) | 1.3 | |
| HD-710 | Albert W. Hamel (R) | 34.2 | |
| HD-711 | Jon P. Beaulieu (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-712 | Franklin C. Bishop · Marian E. Lovejoy · Richard E. Dolan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-713 | Patricia A. Dowling · Phyllis Katsakiores · George Katsakiores · Bob Letourneau · William R. Zolla · Norma A. Sabella · Robert Fesh · Frank V. Sapareto · John S. Langone · John P. Gleason · Paul A. Gibbons (R) | 0.3 | |
| HD-714 | Natalie S. Flanagan (R) | 14.7 | |
| HD-715 | Neil J. Reardon · Edward M. Putnam II (R) | 27.1 | |
| HD-716 | Norman L. Major · Marie N. Rabideau (R) | 24.7 | |
| HD-717 | Vivian R. Clark · Kenneth R. Grant (R) | 6.5 | |
| HD-718 | John W. Flanders Sr. · David A. Welch · John Whittier · Ken Weyler (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-719 | Frank M. Schanda · Dennis F. Abbott · Richard C. Shelton (D) | 1.1 | |
| HD-720 | Warren Henderson · Arthur Tufts · Marshall E. Quandt · Jackie Weatherspoon · David A. Flanders (REP) | 0.7 | |
| HD-721 | Benjamin E. Moore · E. Albert Weare · Patricia M. Okeefe (REP) | 2.2 | |
| HD-722 | Russell D. Bridle · Sheila T. Francoeur · Jane Kelley · Michael Oneil · Christie Jr. (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-723 | Bruce L. Dearborn (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-724 | Jane S. Langley · Russell N. Cox (R) | 3.1 | |
| HD-725 | Walter D. Ruffner · George R. Rubin · C. David Corbin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-726 | Donna P. Sytek · Nancy Stickney · Ronald J. Belanger · Janeen Dalrymple · Michael W. Downing · Richard Noyes · Richard T. Cooney · Anne K. Priestley · Bernard J. Raynowska (REP) | 0.1 | |
| HD-727 | Mary E. Griffin · Janet S. Arndt · Anthony R. Difruscia (R) | 1.4 | |
| HD-728 | Chuck Morse (R) | 20.6 | |
| HD-729 | Betsy McKinney · Karen Keeganhutchinson · Vivian L. Dunham · Sherm Packard · Walter J. Mikowlski · Giovanni Verani · Gregory G. Carson (R) | 3.2 | |
| HD-730 | Laura Pantelakos (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-810 | Michael S. Rollo (D) | 7.3 | |
| HD-811 | Kathleen N. Taylor · William V. Knowles · Gary R. Gilmore · Phyllis Woods (DEM) | 0.6 | |
| HD-812 | Arthur J. Pelletier · Marsha L. Pelletier · Franklin Torr · Baldwin M. Domingo (DEM) | 2.7 | |
| HD-813 | Joseph R. Twardus (D) | 5.6 | |
| HD-814 | Richard F. Heon · Roger R. Berube · Clair A. Snyder · Francis C. Vincent (D) | 4.1 | |
| HD-815 | Frank D. Callaghan · Rose Marie Rogers (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-816 | Sandra B. Keans · William P. Brennan (REP) | 2.0 | |
| HD-817 | Julie M. Brown · George F. Brown (REP) | 3.6 | |
| BELKNAP 1 | David M. Lawton · Thomas J. Boriso (R) | 15.5 | |
| BELKNAP 2 | Thomas B. Salatiello · Francine Wendelboe (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| BELKNAP 3 | James P. Pilliod · John H. Thomas (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 4 | Alida I. Millham · James M. Johnson (R) | Unopposed | |
| BELKNAP 5 | Paul A. Golden · Robert K. Boyce · Stanley Czech (R) | 6.7 | |
| BELKNAP 6 | Gordon E. Bartlett (R) | 22.6 | |
| BELKNAP 7 | Robert G. Holbrook · Ralph J. Rosen · Robert Lawton · Thomas E. P. Rice Jr. · Jane Wood · Robert H. Turner (REP) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| CARROLL 1 | Gene G. Chandler (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 2 | Kipp A. Cooper · Howard C. Dickinson (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 3 | Henry P. Mock (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 4 | Donald R. Philbrick (R) | 27.2 | |
| CARROLL 5 | L. Randy Lyman · David L. Babson Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 6 | Joseph D. Kenney (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 7 | Kenneth J. Macdonald (R) | 42.2 | |
| CARROLL 8 | Jeb Bradley (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 9 | Betsey L. Patten (R) | Unopposed | |
| CARROLL 10 | Godfrey Howard · Gary Torressen (R) | 6.1 | |
| CHESHIRE 1 | Paul A. McGuirk (D) | 19.5 | |
| CHESHIRE 2 | Bob Batchelder · John M. Pratt (D) | 0.9 | |
| CHESHIRE 3 | McKim W. Mitchell (D) | 23.6 | Flipped |
| CHESHIRE 4 | William E. Roberts (R) | 11.4 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| CHESHIRE 5 | Irene A. Pratt (D) | 43.0 | |
| CHESHIRE 6 | Edwin O. Smith (R) | 11.6 | |
| CHESHIRE 7 | William A. Riley (D) | 29.1 | |
| CHESHIRE 8 | Dan Burnham · Stephen G. Avery (DEM) | 4.4 | |
| CHESHIRE 9 | Joseph P. Manning · H. Charles Royce (R) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 15 | Ronald G. Russell (D) | Unopposed | |
| CHESHIRE 16 | David R. Meader (D) | 6.4 | |
| CHESHIRE 17 | Roger Zerba (D) | 18.0 | |
| CHESHIRE 18 | Timothy N. Robertson (D) | 18.4 | |
| CHESHIRE 19 | Margaret A. Lynch · Michael J. Blaisdell · Richard F. Doucette (D) | 7.5 | |
| COOS 1 | Perley E. Davis · Gerald P. Merrill (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 2 | Dana Landers (D) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 3 | Lynn C. Horton (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 4 | Leighton Pratt (R) | Unopposed | |
| COOS 5 | Tholl Jr. (R) | 27.2 | |
| COOS 6 | Lawrence J. Guay · Sara B. Glines (REP) | 1.0 | |
| COOS 7 | Paul E. Sainthilaire · Marie C. Hawkinson · Robert Rodrigue · Edgar Mears · David Woodward (REP) | 0.9 | |
| GRAFTON 1 | Stephanie Eaton · Brien L. Ward · G. Mike Gilman (R) | 3.9 | |
| GRAFTON 2 | Gene B. Marshall (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 3 | Jessica Densmore (D) | 3.9 | Flipped |
| GRAFTON 4 | Bonnie Ham (R) | 22.9 | |
| GRAFTON 5 | John S. Cobb · Paul I. Lamott (R) | 12.9 | |
| GRAFTON 6 | Richard S. Brothers · Gary Lance Johnson (REP) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 7 | Allen K. Macneil · Harry Hinman (R) | Unopposed | |
| GRAFTON 8 | William R. Phinney · Hobart M. Harmon (R) | 12.5 | |
| GRAFTON 9 | John R. M. Alger (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 1 | Richard P. Herman (D) | 8.6 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 2 | Herbert R. Hansen (R) | 0.6 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 3 | Maxwell D. Sargent (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 4 | Pierre W. Bruno (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 5 | Neal M. Kurk · Paul R. Perkins (R) | 18.5 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 6 | O. Alan Thulander (R) | Unopposed | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 7 | Lawrence A. Emerton Sr. · Karen K. McRae · Bruce F. Hunter · Richard E. Fletcher · John C. Sarette (REP) | 0.0 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 8 | Andrew R. Peterson · Merton S. Dyer (R) | 3.9 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 9 | James C. Curran (D) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| HILLSBOROUGH 37 | Sandra Reeves · Jeff Goley · Linda L. Garrish (REP) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HILLSBOROUGH 38 | James W. Craig · Richard F. Ahern · Winston H. McCarty (DEM) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HILLSBOROUGH 39 | Carol Ann Williams · George A. Laporte · Peter F. Leonard (D) | 2.7 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 40 | Lionel W. Johnson · Leo P. Pepino · Anthony F. Simon (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HILLSBOROUGH 41 | William J. McCarthy · James A. McDonald Sr. · Alice McDonoughwallace (D) | 3.1 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 44 | Steve Vaillancourt · Raymond C. Buckley II · Roland O. Beaupre (DEM) | 1.5 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 45 | Andre A. Martel · James A. Burkush · William J. Desrosiers Jr. (REP) | 4.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HILLSBOROUGH 46 | Irene Messier · Frank J. Reidy · John M. White (REP) | 3.6 | |
| HILLSBOROUGH 47 | Marc Pappas · Roland M. Turgeon · Judy Courchesne (REP) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HILLSBOROUGH 48 | Bob Chabot · Eugene L. Gagnon · Paul E. Gagnon (REP) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| MERRIMACK 1 | William E. Leber · Richard P. Brewster (R) | 1.8 | |
| MERRIMACK 2 | Alf E. Jacobson · Peter Crowell · Avis B. Nichols (R) | 7.1 | |
| MERRIMACK 3 | Barbara Conner French · Beth Rodd (D) | 8.1 | |
| MERRIMACK 4 | Kenneth R. Marshall (R) | 14.1 | |
| MERRIMACK 5 | Michael D. Whalley (R) | 19.0 | |
| MERRIMACK 6 | Derek Owen (D) | 23.5 | |
| MERRIMACK 7 | Eric Anderson · George W. Chase · Richard E. Kennedy (REP) | 3.5 | |
| MERRIMACK 8 | Gerard Saintcyr (D) | Unopposed | |
| MERRIMACK 9 | Priscilla Parmenter Lockwood · Roy D. Maxfield · David E. Larrabee Sr. · Carolyn A. Virtue (REP) | 1.5 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 1 | Robert A. Johnson (R) | 19.6 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 2 | Margaret A. Case (R) | 39.9 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 3 | Ronald Nowe (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 4 | Mary Lou Nowe (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 5 | C. Donald Stritch (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 6 | Rudolph J. Kobel (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 7 | Joseph E. Stone (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 8 | Rebecca C. Hutchinson (D) | 3.9 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 9 | Patricia L. Cote · Thomas A. Varrell (R) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 31 | Terie Norelli (D) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 32 | Cecelia D. Kane (D) | 2.5 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 33 | Mary Ann N. Blanchard · Betsy Shultis (D) | 2.2 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 34 | James R. Splaine (D) | Unopposed | |
| ROCKINGHAM 35 | Charles L. Vaughn · Jacqueline Pitts (D) | 20.6 | |
| ROCKINGHAM 36 | Martha Fuller Clark (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 1 | David A. Bickford (R) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 2 | Robert E. McKinley (R) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 3 | William Tsiros · Barbara L. Spear (R) | 7.6 | |
| STRAFFORD 4 | Dennis P. Vachon (D) | 1.5 | |
| STRAFFORD 5 | Nancy K. Johnson (D) | 5.3 | Flipped |
| STRAFFORD 6 | George T. Musler · Marlene M. Dechane (REP) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 7 | Naida Kaen (D) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| STRAFFORD 8 | Iris W. Estabrook · Marjorie Smith · Judith Spang · Don Lent (D) | 5.1 | |
| STRAFFORD 9 | Janet Wall (D) | Unopposed | |
| STRAFFORD 18 | Raymond A. Lundborn · Patricia C. Dunlap (DEM) | 16.8 | |
| STRAFFORD 19 | Anne Grassie · Larry J. Cossette (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 1 | Peter Hoe Burling (D) | 38.3 | |
| SULLIVAN 2 | Richard C. Leone (R) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 3 | Constance A. Jones (R) | 22.9 | |
| SULLIVAN 4 | Gordon B. Flint Sr. · Celestine Wiggins · David Kibbey (REP) | 2.4 | |
| SULLIVAN 5 | John G. Tuthill (D) | 3.1 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 6 | David A. Young (R) | 6.8 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 7 | James G. Phinizy (D) | 11.7 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SULLIVAN 8 | John Cloutier (D) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 9 | Amy E. Robbtheroux (D) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| SULLIVAN 10 | David C. Allison (D) | Unopposed | |
| SULLIVAN 11 | Tom Donovan · Sara McIntyre (D) | Unopposed |
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner