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2012Final results

2012 election for New Hampshire House District 617

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Dick Patten (D) won with 66.6% of the vote, defeating Chris Wood (R) by 33.2 points.

Dick PattenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.6%1,211
Chris WoodRepublican
33.4%607
1,818 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+14.11996D+38.11998D+25.62000D+33.22012D+17.02014D+11.62018

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET