Voting Results

April 14, 2004

NH Business Review Staff,

Following are vote tallies for contested races in Merrimack. (i) denotes incumbent. * denotes winner.

Board of Selectmen, two three-year seats

* Chuck Mower 1,556
* Tom Koenig 1,473
Tony Pellegrino 1,011
Stanley Heinrich 579
George Markwell 773

School Board, two three-year seats

* Emily Coburn 1,667
* Rosemary Robertson-Smith 1,607
William Davis Powell (i) 1,463

Budget Committee, four three-year seats

* Norman A. Phillips (i) 1,627
* Richard Barnes 1,449
* Stanley Bonislawski 1,440
* Michael Thompson 1,411
Jeannine Stergios 1,402

Ethics Committee, two two-year seats

* Finlay Rothhaus 1,498
* Raymond Mello 1,262
Norman Carr 1,149
Ralph Lawson 786

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