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2016Final results

2016 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Belknap 8

New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire

Raymond Howard Jr. (R) won re-election with 63.9% of the vote, defeating Jean Henry (D) by 27.8 points.

Raymond Howard Jr.Republican · winner · incumbent
63.9%4,831
Jean HenryDemocrat
36.0%2,726
7,563 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 2016

Races before and after

EvenR+20.22012R+27.82016R+17.12018R+22.22020

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