2016Final results
2016 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives: Merrimack 26
New Hampshire House of Representatives · New Hampshire
Howard Pearl (R) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Lorrie J. Carey (D) by 8.3 points.
Howard PearlRepublican · winner
54.1%5,263
Lorrie J. CareyDemocrat
45.8%4,452
9,724 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)