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1998Final results

1998 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Coos 7

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Paul E. Sainthilaire (R), Marie C. Hawkinson (D), Robert Rodrigue (D), Edgar Mears (D) and David Woodward (R) won the district's 5 seats.

5 seats
Paul E. SainthilaireRepublican · winner · incumbent
16.6%2,535
Marie C. HawkinsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
16.0%2,451
Robert RodrigueDemocrat · winner
14.1%2,153
Edgar MearsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
14.0%2,138
David WoodwardRepublican · winner
11.2%1,709
Linda HarrimanDemocrat
10.3%1,575
Beverly A. IngersollDemocrat
9.2%1,401
Anthony R. HarpRepublican
8.7%1,337
15,299 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

EvenD+5.51992R+27.41994D+1.11996R+4.11998R+3.52000

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

The candidates

Paul E. Sainthilaire (R)Marie C. Hawkinson (D)Robert Rodrigue (D)Edgar Mears (D)David Woodward (R)Linda Harriman (D)Beverly A. Ingersoll (D)Anthony R. Harp (R)