2004Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Cheshire 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
Bill Chase (D) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating John J. Laurent (R) by 6.2 points.
Bill ChaseDemocrat · winner
53.1%982
John J. LaurentRepublican · incumbent
46.9%868
1,850 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)