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Source A Tall State Revisited: A Republican Perspective by Hugh Gregg

1976 New Hampshire Presidential Primary, February 24, 1976
Republican Results

Presidential Preference
Vice Presidential Preference

Total Number of Delegates-At-Large
Total Number of Alternate Delegates-At-Large

Total Number of 1st District Delegates-At-Large
Total Number of 1st District Alternate Delegates-At-Large

Total Number of 2nd District Delegates-At-Large
Total Number of 2nd District Alternate Delegates-At-Large


Presidential Preference Votes Percentage
 
Gerald R. Ford 55,156 49.4%
Ronald Reagan 53,569 48.0%
Jimmy Carter* 591  
Morris K. Udall* 421  
Birch Bayh* 228  
Fred Harris* 225  
    and all others   2.6%
 
Vice Presidential Preference
 
Wallace Johnson 35,549  
Austin Burton 11,095  
Elliot L. Richardson* 1,235  
    *Write-ins    

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REPUBLICAN/Total Number of Delegates-At-Large: 37
     (15 elected: 14 to Ford, 1 to Reagan)

Delegates Pledged To:
 
Gerald R. Ford 15  
Ronald Reagan 15  
 
Delegates Favorable To:
 
Ronald Reagan 3  
 
Delegates Favorable To:
 
Elliot L. Richardson 1  
    Not Pledged 3  
 
Elected (Pledged to Ford) 14 Votes
 
James C. Cleveland, New London   49,347
Norris Cotton, Lebanon   47,820
Walter Peterson, Peterborough   45,487
David L. Nixon, New Boston   44,556
Susan N. McLane, Concord   43,806
Virginia M. Wyman, Manchester   43,302
Bernard A. Streeter, Jr., Nashua   42,131
Louis D'Allessandro, Manchester   41,856
Stephen W. Smith, Plymouth   41,033
Alf E. Jacobson, New London   41,020
Vesta M. Roy, Salem   40,924
W. Douglas Scamman, Jr., Stratham   40,794
George B. Roberts, Jr., Gilmanton   40,702
Frank A. Wagemen, Manchester   40,561
 
Elected (Pledged to Reagan) 1 Votes
 
Hugh Gregg   41,660

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Total Number of Alternate Delegates-At-Large: 33
     (15 elected: 12 to Ford; 3 to Reagan)

Delegates Pledged To:
 
Gerald R. Ford 15  
 
Delegates Favorable To:
 
Gerald R. Ford 2  
 
Delegates Pledged To:
 
Ronald Reagan 15  
 
Delegates Favorable To:
 
Ronald Reagan 1  
 
Elected (Pledged to Ford) 12 Votes
 
Malcolm McLane, Concord   39,412
Janet A. Alosa, Concord   38,298
Elizabeth S. Hager, Concord   37,947
Barbara A. Hanson, Berlin   37,867
C.R. Trowbridge, Dublin   37,705
Marshall French, Meredith   37,543
Rosamond E. Buchanan, Amherst   37,468
Robert J. Lamprey, Jr., Moultonborough   37,356
Andrea A. Scranton, Keene   37,192
Nick Hart, Manchester   36,970
John B. Tucker, Claremont   36,848
James A. Masiello, Keene   36,802
 
Elected (Pledged to Reagan) 3 Votes
 
Dort S. Bigg, Bedford   37,441
Donald C. Davidson, Nashua   36,996
Nancy A. Campaigne, Goffstown   36,830

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REPUBLICAN/Total Number of 1st District Delegates: 8
     (3 elected: 1 to Ford; 2 to Reagan)

Delegates Pledged To:
 
Gerald R. Ford 3  
Ronald Reagan 3  
Austin Burton 1  
 
Delegates Favorable To:
 
Ronald Reagan 1  
 
Elected (Pledged to Ford) 1 Votes
 
Ruth L. Griffin, Portsmouth   18,842
 
Elected (Pledged to Reagan) 2 Votes
 
Thomas W. Hynes, Manchester   19,037
Donald J. Langford, Raymond   18,394

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Total Number of 1st District Alternate Delegates: 6

Delegates Pledged To:
 
Gerald Ford 3  
Ronald Reagan 3  
Elected (Pledged to Reagan) 3 Votes
 
Richard L. Badger, Jackson   19,109
Edward Jewett, Raymond   19,054
Robert Danderson, Chester   18,893

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Total Number of 2nd District Delegates: 8

Delegates Pledged To:
Gerald R. Ford 3  
Ronald Reagan 3  
Austin Burton 1  
Carmen C. Chimento 1  
 
Elected (Pledged to Ford) 3 Votes
 
Perkins Bass, Peterborough   22,959
Frederick A. Porter, Amherst   20,879
Kathleen W. Ward, Littleton   20,748

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Total Number of 2nd District Alternate Delegates: 7

Delegates Pledged To:
 
Gerald R. Ford 3  
Ronald Reagan 3  
 
Delegates Favorable To:
 
Gerald R. Ford 1  
 
Elected (Pledged to Nixon) 3 Votes
 
Hilary P. Cleveland, New London   20,625
Beverly A. Gagne, Salem   18,246
Jay Scott Lucas, Newport   17,613

Gregg, Hugh. A Tall State Revisited: A Republican Perspective,
Resources of New Hampshire, Inc., 1993.

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