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2006Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2006 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Strafford 3

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Dennis P. Vachon (D), Kay Oppenheimer (D), Marlene M. Dechane (D), Rachel Burke (D), James E. Cyr (D), Larry Brown (D), Bob Perry (D) and Bob Srnec (D) won the district's 8 seats.

8 seats
Dennis P. VachonDemocrat · winner
7.0%4,007
Kay OppenheimerDemocrat · winner
6.9%3,925
Marlene M. DechaneDemocrat · winner
6.9%3,924
Rachel BurkeDemocrat · winner
6.8%3,909
James E. CyrDemocrat · winner
6.8%3,891
Larry BrownDemocrat · winner
6.8%3,887
Bob PerryDemocrat · winner
6.8%3,877
Bob SrnecDemocrat · winner
6.2%3,530
David A. BickfordRepublican · incumbent
6.1%3,468
Dunc ChaplinRepublican · incumbent
5.9%3,372
5.8%3,308
W. Packy CampbellRepublican · incumbent
5.8%3,296
5.8%3,286
Sam CataldoRepublican · incumbent
5.7%3,280
5.6%3,205
5.2%2,975
57,140 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 2006

Races before and after

EvenR+4.02004D+0.92006R+0.82008R+7.32010

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