Wolfeboro State Rep's Racist, Sexist Social Media History Draws GOP Fire

By Michael Graham, NH Journal

When Democrat Bobbi Boudman flipped the New Hampshire House seat previously held by conservative Republican Glenn Cordelli in March, it made national headlines.

The Guardian called her upset victory a potential harbinger of a Democratic wave, while the Washington Examiner highlighted it as evidence of Democratic momentum heading into the midterms.

But Boudman’s decision to run for state Senate is bringing new scrutiny to a series of offensive and sometimes shocking social media posts she made before seeking public office. The posts contain racially charged and sexist language, particularly targeting white people and Black men, as well as repeated profanity.

The posts appeared under the name “Bert Horn” and the handle @603Bert. Boudman’s legal first name is Roberta, and Horne is her maiden name.

“I’m so ashamed to be identified as a ‘white woman,’” Boudman wrote in one post. In the same post, she referred to a woman seeking a pardon related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as a “seeyountea,” a phonetic spelling of a vulgar term for female genitalia.

Other posts described White men as “patriarchal oppressors” and criticized Black men as misogynists.

“Racism sucks, but let’s talk about misogyny,” Boudman posted in January 2021. “Where were the Black men in 2016? Oh yeah, they didn’t ‘show up.’”

In October 2020, as the presidential election approached, Boudman posted, “Let’s get it 2gther & override the (white) male vote & stop lumping my (white) a** with vile white men.”

In another post, she complained about the racial makeup of Wolfeboro, where she has lived since 2008.

“I’m still not acclimated to all the white people — and I’m white,” Boudman wrote. “Small town life is challenging.”

Boudman was not shy about using profanity, either, at one point calling a man a “mother f***ing pig bastard.”

The conservative website GraniteGrok first reported on the posts and linked the account to Boudman through photographs that appeared on both the account and her public Facebook page.

The account was deleted before Boudman’s first campaign for public office, but screenshots of the posts remain online.

Boudman lost House races to Cordelli in 2022 and 2024, receiving about 43 percent of the vote each time. After Cordelli resigned, Boudman defeated first-time GOP candidate Dale Fincher 2,207-2,042 in the March special election — a dramatic swing in a district she had lost by nearly 14 points less than two years earlier.

Less than three months after taking office, Boudman announced she would forgo a campaign for a full House term and instead challenge Republican state Sen. Mark McConkey in Senate District 3.

McConkey served nine terms in the House before winning the Senate seat left open by former Senate President Jeb Bradley’s retirement in 2024. McConkey defeated Democrat Bill Marsh 57-43 percent that year.

Bradley says Boudman now has questions to answer.

“Representative Boudman needs to honestly explain why she would tweet extraordinarily disparaging comments about White women and men,” Bradley said. “She should also explain her belittling tweets about the town she lives in and hopes to represent in the New Hampshire Senate.

“Voters should not only look at her disqualifying tweets but also her voting record supporting higher taxes, opposing allowing voters to establish tax caps, making election fraud more likely and allowing biological males in women’s private spaces like locker rooms and bathrooms.”

Boudman has never publicly acknowledged that the social media posts are hers. However, she did not deny authorship in response to multiple requests for comment from NHJournal. Also, Boudman has a degree in women and gender studies, a discipline where these ideas are often heard.

With polls showing President Donald Trump’s approval rating among Granite Staters below 40 percent and widespread dissatisfaction over the economy, the November midterms could provide favorable terrain for Democrats. Boudman’s House victory has fueled Democratic hopes that she can repeat the feat in a Senate district Republicans have held for years.

Senate President Sharon Carson says Boudman does not belong in the chamber.

“These were not isolated or careless remarks,” Carson said. “They were repeated attacks on people based on their race and sex. Those types of remarks are extremely troubling and should preclude anyone seeking the public’s trust.

“Representative Boudman owes the public an explanation, and New Hampshire Democrats must make clear whether they believe this kind of hateful rhetoric has any place in their party.”

This story was originally published by the NH Journal, an online news publication dedicated to providing fair, unbiased reporting on, and analysis of, political news of interest to New Hampshire. For more stories from the NH Journal, visit NHJournal.com.