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1998Final results

1998 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Cheshire 17

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Roger Zerba (D) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating Gertrude B. Pearson (R) by 18.0 points.

Roger ZerbaDemocrat · winner
59.0%772
Gertrude B. PearsonRepublican
41.0%537
1,309 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

EvenR+13.91992D+2.81994D+4.91996D+18.01998D+28.02000

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

The candidates

Roger Zerba (D)Gertrude B. Pearson (R)