RepublicanNot in office · last served 1994Last on a ballot: Nov 1992

Ralph Degnan Hough

Last held office: New Hampshire State Senate, District 5 (1978–1994). Ran in 11 elections between 1972 and 1992, winning 11.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Hough was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Margin: how far Hough finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1992	New Hampshire State Senate, District 5	General	Won	Anne Rowe (D)	53%	R+6.0
1990	New Hampshire State Senate, District 5	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1988	New Hampshire State Senate, District 5	General	Won	Bowers Jr. (D)	59.6%	R+19.2
1986	New Hampshire State Senate, District 5	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1984	New Hampshire State Senate, District 5	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1982	New Hampshire State Senate, District 5	General	Won	Elizabeth S. Bardsley (D)	60.4%	R+20.8
1980	New Hampshire State Senate, District 5	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1978	New Hampshire State Senate, District 5	General	Won	Solow (D)	59%	R+18.1
1976	New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 414	General	Won	James L. Logan (R), Madeline G. Townsend (R), Roger M. Duhaime (D)	12.8%	R+0.9
1974	New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 414	General	Won	Joanne L. Symons (D), Bruce C. Townsend (R), James L. Logan (R)	13.9%	R+2.1
1972	New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 414	General	Won	Shirley Merrill (R), Madeline G. Townsend (R), Myrl R. Eaton (R)	13.8%	D+3.0