Politics & Government
Filing Period for State Offices Begins June 1
Want to serve as a State Representative? Here's your chance.

It isn't a very well-paying job. In fact, it barely pays anything at all ($100 per year plus tolls and mileage).
But it is a very important job.
Do you want NH to suffer two more years like these last two years? Do you want a legislature that passes bad bills and kills good bills?
Find out what's happening in Bedfordfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Do you want a NH House that passes the largest welfare expansion ever - and kills any work requirement?
The current House leadership has the worst record ever. Look at their voting records:
Find out what's happening in Bedfordfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Leadership voted 38% of the time with Democrats against Republicans.
- They voted pro-liberty just 54% of the time
- Their HRA score was a dismal 64%. That is in the bottom quarter of all Republicans.
Two of the leaders actually voted MORE with Democrats than with Republicans.
We can replace these badly-voting leaders with good liberty-minded conservatives - but we need your help.
The filing period for State Reps begins in less than a month (June 1-10, see Secretary of State website for details).
We need good candidates. Consider running for State Rep. If you can't run yourself, please help us recruit those who might.
The following is a list of Reps in leadership positions and how often they voted with Democrats.
Scores are listed from worst to best... starting with David Kidder who only voted with Republicans around 41% of the time.
Kidder, David (R, New London) voted 58.9% with Democrats
Gargasz, Carolyn (R, Hollis) voted 51.4% with Democrats
Christie, Andrew (R, Hampton Falls) voted 48.1% with Democrats
Kotowski, Frank (R, Hooksett) voted 44.3% with Democrats
Hess, David (R, Hooksett) voted 43.5% with Democrats
Wolf, Terry (R, Bedford) voted 43.3% with Democrats
Christensen, Chris (R, Merrimack) voted 43% with Democrats
Tholl, John (R, Whitefield) voted 43% with Democrats
Haefner, Robert (R, Hudson) voted 40.8% with Democrats
Hinch, Richard (R, Merrimack) voted 39.5% with Democrats
Rowe, Robert (R, Amherst) voted 39.2% with Democrats
Hagan, Joseph (R, Chester) voted 39.1% with Democrats
Sterling, Franklin (R, Jaffrey) voted 38.9% with Democrats
Sytek, John (R, Salem) voted 38.6% with Democrats
Flanagan, Jack (R, Brookline) voted 38.6% with Democrats
Chandler, Gene (R, Bartlett) voted 38.5% with Democrats
Hoelzel, Kathleen (R, Raymond) voted 38.5% with Democrats
Infantine, William (R, Manchester) voted 38.3% with Democrats
Gray, James (R, Rochester) voted 37.7% with Democrats
Ladd, Rick (R, Haverhill) voted 37.2% with Democrats
McConkey, Mark (R, Freedom) voted 37.1% with Democrats
Richardson, Herbert (R, Lancaster) voted 36.4% with Democrats
Schmidt, Stephen (R, Wolfeboro) voted 36.3% with Democrats
Smith, Steven (R, Charlestown) voted 36.1% with Democrats
Kurk, Neal (R, Weare) voted 35.6% with Democrats
Barry, Richard (R, Merrimack) voted 35.3% with Democrats
Belanger, James (R, Hollis) voted 33.9% with Democrats
Major, Norman (R, Plaistow) voted 32.4% with Democrats
Ferrante, Beverly (R, Derry) voted 32.2% with Democrats
McCarthy, Peggy (R, Nashua) voted 31.5% with Democrats
McKinney, Betsy (R, Londonderry) voted 30.8% with Democrats
Abrami, Patrick (R, Stratham) voted 30.8% with Democrats
Packard, Sherman (R, Londonderry) voted 29.9% with Democrats
Balcom, John (R, Merrimack) voted 29.7% with Democrats
O'Connor, John (R, Derry) voted 29.3% with Democrats
LeBrun, Donald (R, Nashua) voted 28.6% with Democrats
Webb, James (R, Derry) voted 28.4% with Democrats
DeSimone, Debra (R, Atkinson) voted 28.3% with Democrats
Danielson, David (R, Bedford) voted 28.1% with Democrats
Introne, Robert (R, Londonderry) voted 27.5% with Democrats
Welch, David (R, Kingston) voted 27.1% with Democrats
Walsh, Thomas (R, Hooksett) voted 25.8% with Democrats
Hunt, John (R, Rindge) voted 23.6% with Democrats
Rouillard, Claire (R, Goffstown) voted 21.5% with Democrats
Ober, Lynne (R, Hudson) voted 18.9% with Democrats
Biggie, Barbara (R, Milford) voted 16.3% with Democrats
Straight, Phillip (R, Merrimack) voted 15.7% with Democrats
Ober, Russell (R, Hudson) voted 15.6% with Democrats
Mullen, John (R, Middleton) voted 15.4% with Democrats