2012Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Grafton 17
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
Catherine Mulholland (D) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Paul H. Simard (R) by 6.6 points.
Catherine MulhollandDemocrat · winner
53.3%3,617
Paul H. SimardRepublican · incumbent
46.7%3,171
6,788 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)