1978 Governor Republican Primary

City/Town	M. Thomson	S. Powell	L. Lapinskas	H. Gallen	D. Downing	Write-Ins	Total Votes Cast
Totals	45,069	28,286	2,182	316	49	63	75,965
Acworth	70	79	7	4	0	1	161
Albany	39	11	4	0	0	0	54
Alexandria	38	28	0	0	0	1	67
Allenstown	78	47	5	0	0	0	130
Alstead	59	72	7	1	0	0	139
Alton	436	130	3	0	0	0	569
Amherst	541	258	24	0	0	0	823
Andover	114	69	7	1	0	0	191
Antrim	155	64	7	0	0	0	226
Ashland	149	78	6	0	0	0	233
Atkinson	184	61	6	0	4	0	255
Auburn	200	48	1	1	0	0	250
Barnstead	166	57	4	2	0	0	229
Barrington	127	117	8	3	0	0	255
Bartlett	162	52	5	0	0	0	219
Bath	105	51	3	0	0	0	159
Bedford	709	168	16	5	0	0	898
Belmont	181	147	10	4	0	1	343
Bennington	85	23	0	0	0	0	108
Benton	20	6	0	0	0	0	26
Berlin More »	484	217	18	23	0	0	742
Bethlehem	128	81	3	0	0	0	212
Boscawen	95	171	9	1	0	1	277
Bow	250	293	17	0	0	0	560
Bradford	92	74	15	0	0	0	181
Brentwood	118	89	10	0	0	0	217
Bridgewater	72	25	1	0	0	0	98
Bristol	241	100	5	0	0	0	346
Brookfield	74	39	4	2	0	0	119
Brookline	88	52	7	0	0	0	147
Campton	178	52	10	0	0	0	240
Canaan	99	70	6	0	0	0	175
Candia	252	92	7	11	0	0	362
Canterbury	73	87	9	0	0	0	169
Carroll	63	13	1	0	0	0	77
Center Harbor	85	48	4	0	0	0	137
Charlestown	126	174	8	0	0	0	308
Chatham	14	2	0	0	0	0	16
Chester	164	37	6	0	0	0	207
Chesterfield	115	82	9	2	0	0	208
Chichester	81	76	6	0	0	0	163
Claremont More »	399	275	24	2	0	3	703
Clarksville	25	15	1	0	0	0	41
Colebrook	202	108	12	0	0	0	322
Columbia	22	7	0	0	0	0	29
Concord More »	1,197	2,203	179	21	2	9	3,611
Conway	711	250	22	0	0	3	986
Cornish	53	55	7	1	0	0	116
Croydon	24	20	2	0	0	0	46
Dalton	43	27	0	0	0	0	70
Danbury	74	19	0	0	0	0	93
Danville	109	27	3	0	0	0	139
Deerfield	181	108	4	0	0	1	294
Deering	77	23	5	0	0	0	105
Derry	803	258	28	2	0	3	1,094
Dixville	8	1	0	0	0	0	9
Dorchester	28	12	2	0	0	0	42
Dover More »	820	654	48	21	0	0	1,543
Dublin	101	60	4	0	0	0	165
Dummer	11	8	4	0	0	0	23
Dunbarton	97	63	6	1	0	0	167
Durham	185	310	34	3	1	3	536
E. Kingston	44	50	6	0	0	0	100
Easton	22	21	0	0	0	0	43
Eaton	41	16	0	1	0	0	58
Effingham	85	27	4	0	0	0	116
Ellsworth	15	10	0	0	0	0	25
Enfield	105	92	5	0	0	0	202
Epping	173	61	4	0	0	0	238
Epsom	137	99	12	0	0	0	248
Errol	26	2	0	0	0	0	28
Exeter	579	549	46	2	0	0	1,176
Farmington	190	108	6	0	0	0	304
Fitzwilliam	122	96	6	0	0	0	224
Francestown	101	50	5	0	0	0	156
Franconia	66	37	4	1	0	0	108
Franklin More »	305	158	27	0	0	0	490
Freedom	103	29	2	0	0	0	134
Fremont	111	55	4	0	4	0	174
Gilford	459	266	24	5	0	1	755
Gilmanton	183	97	17	0	0	1	298
Gilsum	20	25	4	0	0	0	49
Goffstown	624	251	20	0	0	0	895
Gorham	150	48	3	3	0	0	204
Goshen	40	30	3	2	0	0	75
Grafton	63	8	0	0	0	0	71
Grantham	78	20	1	0	0	0	99
Greenfield	70	43	5	0	0	0	118
Greenland	96	161	6	0	0	0	263
Greenville	83	20	2	0	0	0	105
Groton	19	9	1	0	0	0	29
Hampstead	235	89	6	0	3	0	333
Hampton	514	588	40	0	0	0	1,142
Hampton Falls	112	175	11	0	0	0	298
Hancock	124	90	11	0	0	0	225
Hanover	204	279	23	0	0	2	508
Harrisville	33	31	2	4	0	0	70
Hart's Location	8	1	0	0	0	0	9
Haverhill	404	225	23	7	2	0	661
Hebron	41	26	2	0	0	0	69
Henniker	148	138	17	7	0	0	310
Hill	53	22	2	0	0	0	77
Hillsborough	288	105	12	0	0	0	405
Hinsdale	108	46	2	0	0	0	156
Holderness	146	97	7	1	0	2	253
Hollis	275	190	14	0	0	0	479
Hooksett	415	112	10	0	0	0	537
Hopkinton	330	396	31	8	0	2	767
Hudson	293	238	16	0	0	2	549
Jackson	57	43	2	0	0	0	102
Jaffrey	264	109	4	0	0	0	377
Jefferson	67	38	0	0	0	0	105
Keene More »	776	959	63	16	1	1	1,816
Kensington	54	78	8	0	0	0	140
Kingston	266	135	10	1	0	1	413
Laconia More »	928	601	45	13	0	0	1,587
Lancaster	193	194	9	0	0	0	396
Landaff	37	10	0	0	0	0	47
Langdon	26	22	1	0	0	0	49
Lebanon More »	377	352	23	1	0	1	754
Lee	91	89	3	0	0	0	183
Lempster	98	13	5	0	0	0	116
Lincoln	113	16	0	0	0	0	129
Lisbon	177	61	3	0	0	0	241
Litchfield	62	41	3	0	0	0	106
Littleton	546	218	9	12	1	0	786
Londonderry	435	114	10	2	1	0	562
Loudon	86	89	7	0	0	0	182
Lyman	31	12	0	0	0	0	43
Lyme	61	73	7	1	0	0	142
Lyndeborough	82	33	5	0	0	0	120
Madbury	38	40	6	3	0	0	87
Madison	167	63	5	0	0	0	235
Manchester More »	3,443	994	97	7	2	1	4,544
Marlborough	79	102	6	2	0	0	189
Marlow	15	20	0	3	0	0	38
Mason	47	23	5	0	0	0	75
Meredith	442	207	7	0	0	0	656
Merrimack	479	263	18	0	0	6	766
Middleton	14	6	1	0	0	0	21
Milan	63	4	3	0	0	0	70
Milford	473	194	12	0	0	0	679
Millsfield	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Milton	122	55	4	0	0	0	181
Monroe	89	43	1	2	0	1	136
Mont Vernon	79	34	7	0	0	0	120
Moultonborough	473	164	8	2	0	0	647
Nashua More »	1,439	1,217	77	3	1	0	2,737
Nelson	32	30	2	3	0	0	67
New Boston	148	60	12	0	0	2	222
New Castle	109	131	12	0	0	0	252
New Durham	89	29	5	0	0	0	123
New Hampton	90	45	1	0	0	0	136
New Ipswich	175	29	5	0	0	0	209
New London	481	325	16	1	1	3	827
Newbury	100	42	6	0	0	0	148
Newfields	70	49	3	2	0	0	124
Newington	59	74	9	1	0	0	143
Newmarket	83	68	6	4	0	0	161
Newport	242	142	12	2	0	0	398
Newton	108	91	4	0	0	0	203
N. Hampton	161	232	16	0	0	0	409
Northfield	130	123	8	4	0	0	265
Northumberland	100	42	1	0	0	0	143
Northwood	167	106	8	0	0	0	281
Nottingham	110	41	3	1	0	0	155
Orange	5	23	0	0	0	0	28
Orford	122	58	7	0	0	0	187
Ossipee	334	105	6	0	0	0	445
Pelham	248	52	13	2	2	0	317
Pembroke	179	202	15	0	0	0	396
Peterborough	490	383	23	0	0	3	899
Piermont	46	37	0	1	0	0	84
Pinkham's Grant	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
Pittsburg	84	40	4	0	0	0	128
Pittsfield	168	64	6	0	0	0	238
Plainfield	63	109	8	4	0	2	186
Plaistow	240	83	7	0	0	0	330
Plymouth	295	249	13	10	0	0	567
Portsmouth More »	673	780	40	1	0	1	1,495
Randolph	50	18	0	0	0	0	68
Raymond	261	130	10	2	0	0	403
Richmond	33	33	3	4	0	0	73
Rindge	170	63	4	0	0	0	237
Rochester More »	608	394	16	11	1	2	1,032
Rollinsford	70	48	3	0	0	0	121
Roxbury	9	12	0	0	0	0	21
Rumney	137	70	1	0	0	0	208
Rye	413	326	25	2	1	0	767
Salem	782	267	30	0	20	0	1,099
Salisbury	48	32	3	0	0	0	83
Sanbornton	80	90	11	0	0	0	181
Sandown	109	43	4	0	0	0	156
Sandwich	200	121	12	2	0	0	335
Seabrook	212	148	6	0	0	0	366
Sharon	20	22	1	0	0	0	43
Shelburne	27	18	0	0	0	0	45
Somersworth More »	162	78	3	1	0	0	244
S. Hampton	31	35	0	0	0	0	66
Springfield	53	27	3	0	0	0	83
Stark	29	3	0	0	0	0	32
Stewartstown	81	35	1	0	0	0	117
Stoddard	70	20	3	0	0	0	93
Strafford	88	74	6	4	0	0	172
Stratford	33	10	0	0	0	0	43
Stratham	136	115	14	0	0	0	265
Sugar Hill	76	34	3	1	0	0	114
Sullivan	31	34	3	1	0	0	69
Sunapee	200	102	7	2	0	0	311
Surry	32	42	1	4	0	0	79
Sutton	77	53	6	0	0	0	136
Swanzey	173	180	12	12	1	2	380
Tamworth	197	76	6	0	0	0	279
Temple	94	42	6	0	0	0	142
Thompson and Meserve's Purchase	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Thornton	107	29	5	0	0	0	141
Tilton	194	116	8	0	0	0	318
Troy	50	19	2	0	0	0	71
Tuftonboro	302	88	6	0	0	0	396
Unity	30	15	0	1	0	0	46
Wakefield	285	103	10	0	0	0	398
Walpole	192	200	13	0	0	0	405
Warner	151	172	15	3	0	0	341
Warren	79	36	3	0	1	0	119
Washington	57	27	2	0	0	0	86
Waterville Valley	14	10	0	2	0	1	27
Weare	212	97	2	2	0	0	313
Webster	53	68	7	4	0	0	132
Wentworth	43	31	2	0	0	0	76
Wentworth's Location	9	1	0	0	0	0	10
Westmoreland	93	79	6	2	0	0	180
Whitefield	132	72	3	0	0	0	207
Wilmot	54	36	2	0	0	0	92
Wilton	168	77	10	0	0	0	255
Winchester	89	68	2	0	0	0	159
Windham	198	58	9	0	0	0	265
Windsor	16	1	0	0	0	0	17
Wolfeboro	457	254	16	0	0	0	727
Woodstock	74	29	2	0	0	0	105
Totals	45,069	28,286	2,182	316	49	63	75,965