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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

EvenD+6.62012R+3.62014R+4.02016

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