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1998Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1998 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Hillsborough 48

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Bob Chabot (R), Eugene L. Gagnon (R) and Paul E. Gagnon (D) won the district's 3 seats.

3 seats
Bob ChabotRepublican · winner · incumbent
19.5%1,022
Eugene L. GagnonRepublican · winner · incumbent
18.7%980
Paul E. GagnonDemocrat · winner
17.8%930
Donald WelchDemocrat · incumbent
16.8%876
13.8%722
Doug KruseRepublican
13.4%699
5,229 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+4.81992R+17.91994R+7.31996R+5.61998R+11.62000

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