2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Cheshire 1
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
John J. Laurent (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Marjorie F. Merena (D) by 7.9 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
John J. LaurentRepublican · winner
54.0%1,027
Marjorie F. MerenaDemocrat
46.0%876
1,903 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)