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1992 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1992 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election?

Steve Merrill won the 1992 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election. Steve Merrill received 289,170 popular votes (56.02%). The main challenger was Deborah Arnie Arnesen (39.95%).

See the full head-to-head between Merrill and Arnesen

Merrill +16.1 pts · won by 82,938 votes
Steve MerrillRepublicanWINNER56.02%
289,170 votes
Deborah Arnie ArnesenDemocratic39.95%
206,232 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.