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Election 1996 Results

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1996 US Senate election in New Hampshire

Bob Smith (Republican) beat Dick Swett (Democrat) in New Hampshire in 1996, 49.3% to 46.2%, a margin of 3.0 points and 14,902 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1990, when Robert C. Smith won.

Republicans led in 6 of the 10 counties and Democrats in 4. The largest, Hillsborough, cast 144,791 votes and went to the Republican by 7.5 points. The closest was Grafton, where 104 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bob Smith won Republican 242,257 49.3%
Dick Swett Democratic 227,355 46.2%
All other candidates 22,261 4.5%
Total491,873

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hillsborough 63,779 44.0% 74,708 51.6% 6,304 144,791 R+7.5
Rockingham 50,545 45.2% 55,948 50.1% 5,235 111,728 R+4.8
Merrimack 27,358 48.9% 25,737 46.0% 2,814 55,909 D+2.9
Strafford 21,827 51.4% 18,685 44.0% 1,957 42,469 D+7.4
Grafton 16,320 47.9% 16,424 48.2% 1,342 34,086 R+0.3
Cheshire 14,930 52.3% 12,121 42.5% 1,487 28,538 D+9.8
Belknap 9,568 41.0% 12,772 54.7% 994 23,334 R+13.7
Carroll 8,552 41.8% 11,167 54.5% 753 20,472 R+12.8
Sullivan 7,582 45.3% 8,328 49.7% 830 16,740 R+4.5
Coos 6,936 49.9% 6,414 46.1% 549 13,899 D+3.8

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New Hampshire Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Maggie Hassan (D) D+9.1
2020 Jeanne Shaheen (D) D+15.6
2016 Maggie Hassan (D) D+0.1
2014 Jeanne Shaheen (D) D+3.2
2010 Kelly Ayotte (R) R+23.2
2008 Jeanne Shaheen (D) D+6.3
2004 Judd Gregg (R) R+32.5
2002 John Sununu (R) R+4.4
1998 Judd Gregg (R) R+39.6
1996 Bob Smith (R) R+3.0
1992 Judd Gregg (R) R+2.8
1990 Robert C. Smith (R) R+33.8
1986 Warren B. Rudman (R) R+30.6
1984 Gordon J. Humphrey (R) R+17.8
1980 Warren Rudman (R) R+4.3
1978 Gordon J. Humphrey (R) R+2.2
1974 John A. Durkin (D) level
1972 Thomas J. McIntyre (D) D+13.8
1968 Norris Cotton (R) R+18.6
1966 Thomas McIntyre (D) D+8.1
1962 Norris Cotton (R) R+19.4
1960 Styles Bridges (R) R+20.7
1956 Norris Cotton (R) R+28.1
1954 Styles Bridges (R) R+20.4
1950 Charles W. Tobey (R) R+17.8
1948 Styles Bridges (R) R+17.0
1944 Charles W. Tobey (R) R+1.9
1942 Styles Bridges (R) R+9.2
1938 Charles W. Tobey (R) R+8.5
1936 Styles Bridges (R) R+4.2
1932 Fred H. Brown (D) D+1.1
1930 Henry W. Keyes (R) R+16.0
1926 George H. Moses (R) R+24.6
1924 Henry W. Keyes (R) R+19.5
1920 George H. Moses (R) R+16.1
1918 Henry W. Keyes (R) R+7.1
1914 Jacob Gallinger (R) R+7.0