2022 NH Legislative Scorecard 2021-

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the New Hampshire Legislature in 2021-2022 and ranks their State Senators and House Representatives based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

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Senate Votes
House Votes

House Votes

1. Background Checks

Authorizes the FBI to conduct all National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) searches concerning the purchase, sale, and transfer of firearms through Federal Firearm Licensees operating in New Hampshire.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
SB141 Roll Call 1091913

2. Federal Vaccine Mandate

Prohibits state enforcement of any federal law, order, or rule that requires an individual, as a condition of employment or any other activity, to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB1455 Roll Call 1171945

3. Budget

Authorizes the state budget, which reduced state spending by $172 million over the prior state budget.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB1 Roll Call 1048641

4. Right to Work

Would make New Hampshire a Right to Work state, prohibiting collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join a labor union.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
SB61 Roll Call 1091856

5. Civil Liberties

Prohibits the suspension of civil liberties during a state of emergency.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB440 Roll Call 1049743

6. Nullification-Gun Rights

Prohibits any governing body or person in the state of New Hampshire from using resources to violate our constitutional rights regarding firearms and accessories.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB1178 Roll Call 1204169

How did they vote?

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Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote
Name Party Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
Michael D. Abbott D 17%
Richard Abel D 17%
Patrick Abrami R 83%
Max Abramson R 80%
Dennis Acton R 67%
Joshua Adjutant D 17%
Glen C. Aldrich R 83%
Joe H. Alexander R 83%
Caroletta C. Alicea D 33%
James C. Allard R 17%
Mark Alliegro R 83%
Susan W. Almy D 17%
Richard Ames D 17%
Keith Ammon R 80%
Louise Andrus R 100%
Aidan K. Ankarberg R 83%
Judy Aron R 83%
Lino M. Avellani R 83%
Paul Ayer R 60%
Glenn Bailey R 83%
Alfred P. Baldasaro R 60%
Benjamin C. Baroody D 0%
Christy D. Bartlett D 17%
Tim Baxter R 83%
Harry H. Bean R 83%
Jane Ellen Beaulieu D 17%
Cody Belanger R 75%
Paul Berch D 25%
Lex Berezhny R 83%
Paul R. Bergeron D 17%
JD Bernardy R 83%
Ross Berry R 80%
Alan Bershtein R 83%
David W. Binford R 80%
Peter W. Bixby D 17%
Melissa Blasek R 83%
Ralph G. Boehm R 83%
Efstathia C. Booras D 33%
John Bordenet D 17%
Mike Bordes R 75%
Donald J. Bouchard D 17%
Amanda Bouldin D 20%
Andrew Bouldin D 17%
Bill Boyd R 75%
Stephen Boyd R 83%
Amy L. Bradley D 20%
Thomas Buco D 17%
Lisa Bunker D 17%
Anita Burroughs D 17%
John A. Burt R 83%
Michael Cahill D 17%
Jacqueline Cali-Pitts D 17%
John Callum R 83%
Jose E. Cambrils R 83%
Gerri Cannon D 20%
Tony Caplan D 0%
Wendy Chase D 17%
Jacqueline Chretien D 20%
John R. Cloutier D 17%
Bruce Cohen D 20%
Barbara Comtois R 100%
Casey M. Conley D 17%
Erika Connors D 17%
Glenn Cordelli R 83%
Patricia Cornell D 17%
Kevin Craig R 67%
Karel A. Crawford R N/A
Jim Creighton R 83%
Kenna Cross R 100%
Robert Reynolds Cushing D 25%
Leah Cushman R 80%
Arnold G. Davis R 60%
Susan DeLemus R 83%
Joseph DePalma R 67%
Brodie Deshaies R 50%
Debra L. DeSimone R 83%
Charlotte I. DiLorenzo D 17%
Linda A. DiSilvestro D 17%
Dustin Dodge R 83%
Tom Dolan R 83%
Roger W. Dontonville D 17%
Fred Doucette R 83%
Sherry Dutzy D 17%
Daniel Adams Eaton D 17%
Karen Ebel D 17%
Michael Edgar D 17%
Jess Edwards R 83%
Timothy T. Egan D 17%
Robert J. Elliott R N/A
Donna Ellis D 25%
Arthur Ellison D 17%
J. Tracy Emerick R 75%
Keith Erf R 83%
Manny Espitia D 20%
Kristina Fargo D 17%
Barry Faulkner D 17%
Jim Fedolfi R 80%
Sallie Fellows D 17%
Beth A. Folsom R 80%
Timothy Fontneau D 17%
Oliver Ford R 83%
William Sanborn Foster R 80%
Dru Fox D 20%
Mary C. Freitas D 17%
Sherry Frost D 25%
Larry Gagne R 83%
Eric Gallager D 17%
Betty I. Gay R 100%
Julie D. Gilman D 17%
Jeffrey Goley D 0%
Jennie Gomarlo D 17%
Edward Gordon R 83%
Ted Gorski R 83%
Suzanne Gottling D 17%
Linda Gould R 83%
Amanda Gourgue D 25%
John A. Graham R 67%
Chuck Grassie D 17%
Dennis Green R 100%
Bob Greene R 83%
Jeffrey Greeson R 83%
Barbara Griffin R 83%
Gerald Griffin R 83%
Mary E. Griffin R N/A
Willis Griffith D 17%
Fenton Groen R 80%
Gaby Grossman D 17%
Jaci Grote D 17%
Michael Gunski R 67%
Joseph Guthrie R 67%
Mary A. Hakken-Phillips D 17%
Muriel Hall D N/A
Bonnie Ham R 17%
Joan Hamblet D 20%
Heidi Hamer D 17%
Robert D. Harb R 83%
Tina Harley R 83%
Michael D. Harrington R 67%
Linda Harriott-Gathright D 17%
Cathryn A. Harvey D 20%
Juliet Harvey-Bolia R 83%
William A. Hatch D 20%
Peter T. Hayward R 83%
Bob Healey R 80%
Mary Heath D 40%
Christopher J. Herbert D 20%
Gregory Hill R 80%
Deborah L. Hobson R 83%
Susan E. Homola R 80%
Gary S. Hopper R 60%
James F. Horgan R 83%
Timothy Horrigan D 17%
Gregg Hough R 83%
Raymond Howard R 80%
John B. Hunt R 80%
Stephanie Hyland D 33%
William J. Infantine R 83%
Martin L. Jack D 0%
John Janigian R 83%
Jean Leniol Jeudy D 17%
Dawn M. Johnson R 83%
Thomas L. Kaczynski R 83%
Phyllis M. Katsakiores R 67%
Diane Kelley R 100%
Eamon Kelley D 33%
Niki Kelsey R 83%
Margaret Anne Kennedy R 67%
Cam Kenney D 17%
Aboul B. Khan R 67%
Ben Kilanski R N/A
Mary Ann Kimball R 80%
Bill King R 80%
Mark King D 17%
Derek Kittredge R 83%
Patricia S. Klee D 17%
Nicole Klein-Knight D 20%
John F. Klose R 60%
Jerry Knirk D 17%
Jim Kofalt R 80%
Tony Labranche D 33%
Roderick M. Ladd R 83%
Larry L. Laflamme D 20%
Connie Lane D 17%
Diane M. Langley D 17%
Tom Lanzara R 67%
Richard W. Lascelles R 83%
Stacie-Marie Laughton D 25%
Erica Layon R 83%
John A. Leavitt R 67%
Peter R. Leishman D 17%
Alicia Lekas R 80%
Tony Lekas R 83%
Cassandra Levesque D 20%
John Lewicke R 83%
Melissa A. Litchfield R 83%
Richard Littlefield R N/A
Patrick T. Long D 17%
Tom Loughman D 25%
David C. Love R 83%
David C. Lundgren R N/A
David Luneau D 17%
Bob Lynn R 67%
John T. MacDonald R 67%
Wayne D. MacDonald R 83%
James R. MacKay D 17%
Jonathan D. Mackie R 80%
Jim Maggiore D 33%
Norman L. Major R 67%
Dennis Malloy D 17%
Andrew Maneval D N/A
Latha Mangipudi D 17%
John Mann D 17%
William M. Marsh D 40%
Richard Marston R 100%
James Mason R N/A
Linda Massimilla D 17%
Mary L. Mayville R 80%
Chris McAleer D 33%
Rebecca Mcbeath D 20%
Everett P. McBride R 75%
Mark E. McConkey R 80%
Kat McGhee D 17%
Carol McGuire R 83%
Betsy McKinney R N/A
Mark McLean R 83%
Charles E. McMahon R 83%
Rebecca McWilliams D 17%
Charles R. Melvin R 83%
Gary Merchant D 17%
Troy E. Merner R 60%
David Meuse D 17%
David E. Milz R 75%
Michael Irving Moffett R 83%
Maureen Mooney R 83%
Melbourne Moran D 33%
Russell Muirhead D 17%
Sue Mullen D 17%
James M. Murphy D 17%
Kate Murray D 20%
Megan A. Murray D 17%
Mel Myler D N/A
Bill Nelson R 83%
Jodi Nelson R N/A
Ray Newman D 17%
Sue Newman D 17%
Clifford Newton R 75%
Sharon Nordgren D 25%
Jeanine M. Notter R 83%
Rene Hershel Nunez R 83%
Frances E. Nutter-Upham D 20%
Allison Nutting D 17%
Michael B. O'Brien D 20%
Travis J. O'Hara R 80%
Andrew Scott O'Hearne D N/A
Lynne Ober R 67%
Russell T. Ober R 67%
Jason Osborne R 83%
Ariel Oxaal D 20%
Lee Walker Oxenham D 17%
Mark A. Paige D 20%
Laura C. Pantelakos D N/A
Lucius Parshall D 17%
Diane Pauer R 83%
Mark A. Pearson R 80%
Stephen Pearson R 80%
Michael P. Pedersen D 17%
Maria Elizabeth Perez D 40%
Peter Petrigno D 17%
Israel Piedra D 20%
Tony Piemonte R 83%
Roderick Pimentel D 17%
Matthew Pitaro R 83%
Joseph A. Pitre R 83%
Fred Plett R 80%
Tom Ploszaj R 83%
Marjorie Porter D 17%
Lisa Cm Post R 83%
John Potucek R 83%
Kevin Pratt R 67%
Andrew Prout R 83%
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien R 83%
James Qualey R 83%
Joshua Query D 17%
Ellen Read D 33%
Andrew Renzullo R 80%
Jennifer Rhodes R 83%
Kimberly Rice R 83%
Cecilia Rich D 17%
Beth Richards D 20%
Katherine D. Rogers D 20%
Skip Rollins R 83%
Catherine A. Rombeau D N/A
Claire Rouillard R 80%
Terry Roy R 83%
Rosemarie Rung D 17%
Denny Ruprecht D N/A
Jeffrey C. Salloway D 25%
Gail Sanborn R 83%
Laurie Sanborn R 80%
Catt Sandler D N/A
Matthew John Santonastaso R 83%
Thomas C. Schamberg D 0%
Joe Schapiro D 17%
Janice Schmidt D 20%
Peter B. Schmidt D 17%
Dianne E. Schuett D 17%
Kristina Schultz D 17%
Brian Seaworth R 83%
Barbara E. Shaw D 0%
Vanessa L. Sheehan R 80%
Stephen Shurtleff D 33%
Norman Silber R 83%
Matthew Simon R 83%
Alexis Simpson D 17%
Denise Smith R 83%
Jonathan H. Smith R 83%
Marjorie Smith D 17%
Steven Smith R 75%
Suzanne Smith D 17%
Timothy J. Smith D 0%
Kendall A. Snow D 17%
Catherine Sofikitis D N/A
Paul Somero R 83%
Peter F. Somssich D 17%
Julius F. Soti R 83%
Timothy A. Soucy D 20%
Thomas Southworth D 25%
Judith Spang D 40%
James Spillane R 80%
Walter Spilsbury R 83%
Walter A. Stapleton R 100%
Laurel Stavis D 17%
Deb Stevens D 17%
Brian M. Sullivan D 17%
Joe Sweeney R 83%
George Sykes D 17%
Michael Sylvia R 83%
John Sytek R 83%
Linda Tanner D 17%
Lindsay Tausch R 67%
Laura Damphousse Telerski D 17%
Paul A. Terry R 83%
Dave Testerman R 83%
Robert L. Theberge R 80%
Douglas Thomas R 80%
Dennis J. Thompson R 50%
Amanda Elizabeth Toll D 17%
Dan Toomey D 17%
Peter E. Torosian R 83%
Susan Treleaven D 20%
Richard P. Tripp R 83%
Douglas R. Trottier R 100%
Chris True R 83%
Edith Tucker D 17%
Paul Tudor R 75%
Leonard Turcotte R 83%
Jordan G. Ulery R 83%
Karen C. Umberger R 80%
Suzanne Mercier Vail D 20%
Connie Van Houten D 17%
Susan J. Vandecasteele R 75%
Ivy Vann D 17%
Peter Varney R 80%
Daniel T. Veilleux D 33%
Kevin Verville R 80%
Kenneth S. Vincent D 17%
Sparky von Plinsky D 25%
Michael Vose R 83%
Janet G. Wall D 17%
Scott Wallace R 67%
Mary Jane Wallner D 17%
Thomas C. Walsh R 83%
Mary Beth Walz D 20%
Gerald Ward D 17%
Mark Warden R 83%
Safiya Wazir D 20%
Lucy McVitty Weber D 17%
David A. Welch R 67%
Lawrence Welkowitz D 17%
Natalie J. Wells R 83%
Joyce Weston D 17%
Kenneth Weyler R 83%
Nick White R 83%
Matthew B. Wilhelm D 17%
Dan Wolf R 67%
Stephen L. Woodcock D 17%
Gary L. Woods D 17%
Kurt Wuelper R 83%
Michael Yakubovich R 83%
Josh Yokela R 83%

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat18.9%
Republican79.3%
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