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2008Final results

2008 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Merrimack 1

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Robert Foose (D) and David H. Kidder (R) won the district's 2 seats.

2 seats
Robert FooseDemocrat · winner · incumbent
30.6%2,323
David H. KidderRepublican · winner · incumbent
29.9%2,270
Anne CoppRepublican
20.6%1,562
Mike MellerDemocrat
18.8%1,426
7,581 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

EvenD+9.72004R+13.62006D+19.62008D+3.72010

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