2008Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Merrimack 9
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
David Boutin (R), David W. Hess (R), Todd P. Smith (R) and Frank R. Kotowski (R) won the district's 4 seats.
4 seatsDavid BoutinRepublican · winner
18.7%3,572
David W. HessRepublican · winner · incumbent
18.4%3,512
Todd P. SmithRepublican · winner
17.0%3,252
Frank R. KotowskiRepublican · winner
16.5%3,156
David C. PaquetteDemocrat
14.9%2,846
Eileen EhlersDemocrat · incumbent
14.5%2,776
19,114 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)