New Hampshire House of Representatives
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 203 legislative districts across the state, created from divisions of the state's counties. On average, each legislator represents about 3,300 residents, which is the smallest state legislative population-to-representative ratio in the country.
New Hampshire has by far the largest lower house of any American state; the second-largest, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, has 203 members. The House is the fourth-largest lower house in the English-speaking world (behind the 435-member United States House of Representatives, 543-member Lok Sabha of India, and 650-member House of Commons of the United Kingdom).[1]
Districts vary in number of seats based on their populations, with the least-populous districts electing only one member and the most populous electing 10, not counting floterial seats.[2]
Voters are allowed to cast as many votes as there are seats to be filled in the district. For instance, in a two-member district, a voter can vote for up to two candidates, in a ten-seat district, for up to ten candidates. Plurality block voting often results in one party winning all of the seats in the district, as the (cross-sectional) results below for the current representation attest. Like in the districts elected by First-past-the-post voting, proportionality of party represention is not generally produced.
Some municipalities are in multiple districts, including floterial districts, so as to achieve more equal apportionment by population.
Unlike in many state legislatures, there is no single "aisle" to cross per se, as members of both parties sit partially segregated in five sections. The seat section and number is put on the legislator's motor vehicle license plate, which they pay for if they wish to put one on their personal automobiles, or in the case of the chairpersons and party leaders, their title is put on the legislative plate. Seating location is enforced, as seating is pre-assigned. Although the personal preference of the legislator is asked, usually chairmen and those with special needs are given the preferred aisle seats. The sixth section is the Speaker's seat at the head of the hall.
The House of Representatives has met in Representatives Hall of the New Hampshire State House since 1819. Representatives Hall is thus the oldest chamber in the United States still in continuous legislative use.[3] Large arched windows line the walls. On the rostrum hang portraits of John P. Hale, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin Pierce, and Daniel Webster.
Composition
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| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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| End of 2010 session | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| 216 | 0 | 174 | 390 | 10 | |
| Begin session 2011 | 102 | 0 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 298 | 400 | 0 | |
| End of 2012 session | 104 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 290 | 394 | 6 | ||
| Begin session 2013 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| 219 | 0 | 179 | 398 | 2 | |
| End of 2014 session | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| 213 | 173 | 386 | 14 | ||
| Begin session 2015 | 160 | 1 | 0 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|239 | 400 | 0 |
| End of 2016 session | 156 | 1 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|230 | 388 | 12 | |
| Begin session 2017 | 173 | 0 | 0 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|226 | 399 | 1 |
| End of 2018 session | 167 | 3 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|211 | 381 | 19 | |
| Begin 2019 session | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| 233 | 0 | 167 | 400 | 0 | |
| End of 2020 session[4] | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" rowspan=1|230 | 157 | 387 | 13 | ||
| Begin 2021 session | 187 | 0 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|213 | 400 | 0 | |
| End of 2022 session | 178 | 1 | 0 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|202 | 381 | 19 |
| Begin 2023 session | 197 | 0 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|201 | 398 | 2 | |
| End of 2024 session | 191 | 1 | 0 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|197 | 389 | 11 |
| Begin 2025 session[5][6] | 177 | 1 | 0 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 221 | 399 | 1 |
| March 10, 2025[7] | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 220 | 398 | 2 | |||
| April 11, 2025[8] | 2 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 219 | ||||
| June 19, 2025[9] | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" rowspan=2| 218 | 397 | 3 | |||
| June 24, 2025[10] | 178 | 398 | 2 | |||
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Leadership
The current leadership of the house is as follows:
Committees
The current committee leadership in the New Hampshire House of Representatives is listed below.[11]
The chair is the presiding officer of the committee, responsible for leading hearings, maintaining order, and enforcing committee rules. In the absence of the chair, the vice chair becomes presiding officer for the hearing. The clerk is responsible for all administrative matters for the committee, including attendance, minutes, and recording votes. The ranking member is the chief representative of the minority party on the committee, and is traditionally appointed chair when the majority changes hands. Chairs and vice chairs are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the speaker, while ranking members are appointed by the speaker on recommendation of the minority leader. The committee clerk is selected by the committee chair. The speaker can unilaterally remove or reassign any committee member, chair, vice chair or clerk.
List of members (2024–2026)
Belknap
Carroll
Cheshire
| District | Representative | Party | Municipality(ies) represented | First elected |
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| 01 | Dylan Germana | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Keene (Ward 1) | 2024 |
| 02 | Dru Fox | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Keene (Ward 3) | 2020 |
| 03 | Philip Jones | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Keene (Ward 5) | 2022 |
| 04 | Jodi Newell | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Keene (Ward 4) | 2022 |
| 05 | Lucy Weber | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Surry, Walpole | 2006 |
| 06 | Paul Berch | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Westmoreland | 2012-2022, 2024 |
| Cathryn Harvey | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | 2016 | ||
| 07 | Terri O'Rorke | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Keene (Ward 2) | 2024 |
| 08 | Lucius Parshall | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Harrisville, Marlborough, Nelson, Roxbury, Sullivan | 2020 |
| 09 | Rich Nalevanko | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Rep | Alstead, Gilsum, Marlow | 2024 |
| 10 | Barrett Faulkner | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Richmond, Swanzey | 2016 |
| Sly Karasinski | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Rep | 2024 | ||
| 11 | Denis Murphy | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Rep | Winchester | 2024 |
| 12 | Dick Thackston | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Rep | Fitzwilliam, Troy | 2022 |
| 13 | Richard Ames | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Dublin, Jaffrey | 2012 |
| 14 | John B. Hunt | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Rep | Rindge | 1986 |
| 15 | Samantha Jacobs | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Keene (Wards 1–5) | 2024 |
| Nicholas Germana | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | 2022 | ||
| 16 | James Gruber | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Dem | Alstead, Gilsum, Harrisville, Keene (Ward 2), Marlborough, Marlow, Nelson, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan | 2024 |
| 17 | Jennifer Rhodes | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Rep | Fitzwilliam, Richmond, Swanzey, Troy, Winchester | 2020 |
| 18 | Jim Qualey | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Rep | Dublin, Jaffrey, Rindge | 2020 |
| Rita Mattson | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Rep | 2024 |
Coos
- ↑ Member was first elected in a special election.
Grafton
- ↑ Member was first elected in a special election.
Hillsborough
- ↑ Member was first elected in a special election.
- ↓ If a candidate receives enough votes in two parties' primaries, they are listed as being the nominee of both parties in the general election.
Merrimack
- ↑ Member was first elected in a special election.
Rockingham
- ↑ Member was first elected in a special election.
Strafford
- ↑ Member was first elected in a special election.
- ↓ If a candidate receives enough votes in two parties' primaries, they are listed as being the nominee of both parties in the general election.
Sullivan
- ↑ Member was originally elected in a special election.
List of members (2024-2026)
See 2024 New Hampshire House of Representatives election
Past composition of the House of Representatives
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See also
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References
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- ↑ Aidan Ankarberg (Strafford 7) left the Republican Party and re-registered as an Independent prior to the start of the session.[1]
- ↑ Representative-elect Dawn Evans (Strafford 12) resigned after moving out of her district prior to the start of the session.[2]
- ↑ a b Republican Fred Doucette (Rockingham 25) resigned.[3]
- ↑ Tom Ploszaj (Belknap 1) left the Republican Party and re-registered as an Independent.[4]
- ↑ a b Republican Brian Valerino (Coos 5) resigned.[5]
- ↑ a b Democrat Billie Butler elected to fill seat left vacant by Dawn Evans not assuming office.[6]
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External links
- State of New Hampshire House of Representatives official government website
- Project Vote Smart – State House of New Hampshire voter information
- The Legislative Branch of State Government
- [7]
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