1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for New Hampshire Senate District 5
New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire
Clifton Below (D) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Larry Guaraldi (R) by 6.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Clifton BelowDemocrat · winner
53.3%8,172
Larry GuaraldiRepublican
46.7%7,171
15,343 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