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2014Final results

2014 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Belknap 8

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Raymond Howard Jr. (R) won with 59.2% of the vote, defeating Bolster (IND) by 18.6 points.

Raymond Howard Jr.Republican · winner
59.2%2,954
BolsterIndependent
40.6%2,025
4,987 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenR+20.22012R+27.82016R+17.12018

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