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2002Final results

2002 election for New Hampshire Senate District 16

New Hampshire State Senate · New Hampshire

Theodore Gatsas (R) won with 64.0% of the vote, defeating Peter E. Hutchins (D) by 27.9 points.

Theodore GatsasRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.0%12,734
36.0%7,171
19,905 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+39.71994Even1998R+6.22000R+27.92002R+23.42004R+1.82006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET