1998Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for New Hampshire House District 542
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
3 seats: Ben Baroody (D), Robert E. Murphy (D), Dean Ouellette (R) won.
3 seatsBen BaroodyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
21.1%1,464
Robert E. MurphyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
18.3%1,268
Dean OuelletteRepublican · winner
17.4%1,202
Thomas GillisDemocrat
16.0%1,108
Bernard LuebkertRepublican · incumbent
14.8%1,026
Neville PereiraRepublican
12.4%856
6,924 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET