New Hampshire House of Representatives

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 chamber consists of 400 members representing 203 legislative districts across the state, created from divisions of the state's counties. On average, each legislator represents about 3,300 residents, the smallest state legislative population-to-representative ratio in the country.<!-- see also https://ballotpedia.org/Population_represented_by_state_legislators -->

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).

Districts vary in number of seats based on their populations, with the least-populous districts electing only one member and the most populous electing ten, not counting floterial seats.

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. 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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!colspan=4|Party <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div>

!rowspan=3|Total

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!Democratic

!Ind

!Lib

!Republican

!Vacant

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|End of 2010 session

| | 216

|colspan=2|0

|174

! 390

|10

|-

|colspan=7|

|-

!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin session 2011

| 102

| colspan=2 rowspan=2|0

|| 298

! 400

| 0

|-

!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|End of 2012 session

| 104

| | 290

! 394

| 6

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|colspan=7|

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin session 2013

|| 219

|colspan=2 rowspan=2|0

|179

!398

|2

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|End of 2014 session

|| 213

| 173

!386

|14

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|colspan=7|

|-

!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin session 2015

|160

|rowspan=2|1

|0

||239

!400

|0

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|End of 2016 session

|156

|1

||230

!388

|12

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|colspan=7|

|-

!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin session 2017

|173

|rowspan=2|0

|0

||226

!399

|1

|-

!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|End of 2018 session

|167

|3

||211

! 381

| 19

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|colspan=7|

|-

!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin 2019 session

|| 233

|colspan=2 rowspan=2|0

|167

! 400

| 0

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|End of 2020 session

| rowspan=1|230

|157

!387

|13

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|colspan=7|

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin 2021 session

|187

| colspan="2" |0

||213

!400

|0

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! nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |End of 2022 session

|178

|1

|0

||202

!381

|19

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|colspan=7|

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin 2023 session

|197

|colspan=2| 0

||201

!398

|2

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! nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |End of 2024 session

|191

|1

|0

||197

!389

|11

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|colspan=7|

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin 2025 session

|rowspan=4|177

|rowspan=2|1

| rowspan=18 |0

|| 221

!399

|1

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|March 10, 2025

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! rowspan=2| 398

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|April 11, 2025

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!397

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|June 24, 2025

|178

!398

|2

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|July 21, 2025

|rowspan=6|177

!397

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! rowspan=2| 396

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|October 16, 2025

| rowspan=11 |1

|| 218

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|October 31, 2025

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! 395

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|November 4, 2025

|| 218

! 396

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|November 12, 2025

| rowspan="2"| 217

! 395

| 5

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|January 30, 2025

| 176

! rowspan=2|394

| rowspan=2|6

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|February 4, 2026

| rowspan="3" | 177

|| 216

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|February 14, 2026

|| 215

! 393

|7

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| rowspan=2| 214

! 392

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!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|April 27, 2026

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|| 215

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! 392

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! Latest voting share

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Leadership

The current leadership of the house is as follows:

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! Position !! Representative !! Town !! Party

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|Speaker of the House|| |Sherman Packard

|Londonderry || rowspan="18" | Rep

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|Majority Leader

|Jason Osborne

|Auburn

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|Deputy Speaker

| Steven D. Smith

|Charlestown

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|Speaker Pro Tempore

|Jim Kofalt

|Wilton

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|rowspan=1|Majority Senior Advisor

|Jim Kofalt

|Wilton

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|Deputy Majority Leader

| |Joseph Sweeney

|Salem

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|Majority Whip

|Mike Drago

|Raymond

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|Majority Floor Leader

| |Keith Ammon

|New Boston

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|Deputy Majority Floor Leader

| |Juliet Harvey-Bolia

|Tilton

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| rowspan="3" |Assistant Majority Leader

|Brian Labrie

|Bedford

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|Jeanine Notter

|Merrimack

|-

|Lex Berezhny

|Grafton

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|rowspan=1|Deputy Majority Whip

|Claudine Burnham

|Milton

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|rowspan=5|Assistant Majority Whip

|Larry Gagne

|Manchester

|-

|Lisa Freeman

|Tilton

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|Tom Mannion

|Pelham

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|Tanya Donnelly

|Salem

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|Steven Bogert

|Laconia

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|Minority Leader|| Alexis Simpson|| Exeter || rowspan="10" |Dem

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|Deputy Minority Leader||Laura Telerski

|Nashua

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|Minority Caucus Chair||Matthew Wilhelm

|Manchester

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|Minority Leader Pro Tempore||Karen Ebel

|New London

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|Minority Floor Leader||

Lucy Weber

|Walpole

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|Deputy Minority Floor Leader||

Nicholas Germana

|Keene

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|rowspan=2|Senior Minority Advisor

|Mary Jane Wallner

|Concord

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|Brian Sullivan

|Grantham

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|rowspan=2|Minority Advisor

|Dave Luneau

|Hopkinton

|-

|Jaci Grote

|Rye

|}

Committees

The current committee leadership in the New Hampshire House of Representatives is listed below.

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.

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! Committee

! Chair

! Vice Chair

! Clerk

! Ranking Member

! Deputy Ranking Member

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! Children and Family Law

| Mark Pearson (R)

| Debra DeSimone (R)

| Jodi Nelson (R)

| Peter Petrigno (D)

|Gaby Grossman (D)

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! Commerce and Consumer Affairs

| John B. Hunt (R)

| John Potucek (R)

|Lisa Post (R)

|Anita Burroughs (D)

|Carry Spier (D)

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! Criminal Justice and Public Safety

| Terry Roy (R)

| Jennifer Rhodes (R)

|Alissandra Murray (D)

| Linda Harriott-Gathright (D)

| David Meuse (D)

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! Education Funding

| Rick Ladd (R)

| Walter Spilsbury (R)

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|David Luneau (D)

|Hope Damon (D)

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!Education Policy and Administration

|Glenn Cordelli (R)

|Kristin Noble (R)

|Margaret Drye (R)

|Patricia Cornell (D)

|Muriel Hall (D)

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! Election Law

| Ross Berry (R)

| James Qualey (R)

| Claudine Burnham (R)

| Connie Lane (D)

|Russell Muirhead (D)

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! Environment and Agriculture

| Judy Aron (R)

| Jim Creighton (R)

|Seth King (R)

|Peter Bixby (D)

|Nick Germana (D)

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! Executive Departments and Administration

| Carol McGuire (R)

| Erica Layon (R)

| John Sytek (R)

| Jaci Grote (D)

|Heath Howard (D)

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! Finance

| Kenneth Weyler (R)

| Dan McGuire (R)

|Gerald Griffin (R)

| Mary Jane Wallner (D)

|Karen Ebel (D)

|-

! Finance – Division I

| Dan McGuire (R)

| Jose Cambrils (R)

| Peter Leishman (D)

|Karen Ebel (D)

|

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! Finance – Division II

| Keith Erf (R)

| Daniel Popovici-Muller (R)

|

|Kate Murray (D)

|

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! Finance – Division III

| Jess Edwards (R)

| Maureen Mooney (R)

| Rich Nalevanko (R)

|Laura Telerski (D)

|

|-

! Fish and Game and Marine Resources

| James Spillane (R)

| Mike Ouellet (R)

|Sayra DeVito (R)

|Cathryn Harvey (D)

|Loren Foxx (D)

|-

! Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

| Wayne MacDonald (R)

| Lisa Mazur (R)

|David Nagel (R)

|Lucy Weber (D)

|Jessica Lamontagne (D)

|-

!Housing

|Joe Alexander (R)

|Brian Cole (R)

|Sherri Reinfurt (R)

|David Paige (D)

|Ellen Read (D)

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! Judiciary

| Robert Lynn (R)

| Dennis Mannion (R)

| Katy Peternel (R)

|Margorie Smith (D)

|Paul Berch (D)

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! Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

| James Creighton (R)

| Lino Avellani (R)

| Steven Kesselring (R)

|Brian Sullivan (D)

|Timothy Soucy (D)

|-

! Legislative Administration

| Gregory Hill (R)

| Vanessa Sheehan (R)

|Shane Sirois (R)

| Janet Wall (D)

| Stephanie Payeur (D)

|-

! Municipal and County Government

| Diane Pauer (R)

| John MacDonald (R)

|Marie Louise Bjelobrk (R)

|Laurel Stavis (D)

|Jim Maggiore (D)

|-

! Public Works and Highways

| David Milz (R)

| Charles Melvin (R)

|Bill Boyd (R)

|John Cloutier (D)

|Michael Edgar (D)

|-

! Resources, Recreation and Development

| Robert Harb (R)

| Arnold Davis (R)

|Ron Dunn (R)

|Allison Knab (D)

|Heather Baldwin (D)

|-

! Rules

| Sherman Packard (R)

| Steve Shurtleff (D)

| Paul Smith (House Clerk)

|Alexis Simpson (D)

|

|-

! Science, Technology and Energy

| Michael Vose (R)

| Douglas Thomas (R)

|JD Bernardy (R)

|Kat Mcghee (D)

| Tom Cormen (D)

|-

! State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

| Michael Moffett (R)

|Skip Rollins (R)

|Jennifer Mandelbaum (D)

|Christine Seibert (D)

|Christal Lloyd (D)

|-

! Transportation

| Thomas Walsh (R)

| Ted Gorski (R)

|Karel Crawford (R)

|George Sykers (D)

|Dan Veilleux (D)

|-

! Ways and Means

| John Janigian (R)

| Jordan Ulery (R)

|Bill Ohm (R)

|Susan Almy (D)

|Dennis Malloy (D)

|}

List of members (2024–2026)

{|class="wikitable sortable"

!County

!District

!Name

!Party

!Areas

!Start

|-

|rowspan=18 |Belknap

|1

|

| |Rep

|Center Harbor, New Hampton

|2020

|-

|rowspan=2 |2

|

| |Rep

|rowspan=2 |Meredith

|2022

|-

|Vacant

|

|rowspan=4 |Gilford, Gilmanton, Laconia (Ward 2)

|2026

|-

|

| |Rep

|2024

|-

|

| |Rep

|2022

|-

|

| |Dem

|2022

|-

|rowspan=3 |7

|

| |Rep

|rowspan=3 |Alton, Barnstead

|2016

|-

|

| |Rep

|2020

|-

|

| |Rep

|2014

|-

|rowspan=2 |8

|

| |Rep

|rowspan=2 |Belmont, Sanbornton, Tilton

|2024

|-

|

| |Rep

|2020

|-

|rowspan=15 |Carroll

|rowspan=3 |1

|

| |Dem

|rowspan=3 |Conway

|2012

|-

|

| |Dem

|2022

|-

|

| |Dem

|2018

|-

|rowspan=2 |2

|

| |Dem

|rowspan=2 |Albany, Bartlett, Chatham, Hale's Location, Hart's Location, Jackson, Sandwich

|2018

|-

|

| |Dem

|2020

|-

|rowspan=2 |3

|

| |Rep

|rowspan=2 |Madison, Moultonborough, Tamworth

|2024

|-

|

| |Rep

|2012

|-

|rowspan=2 |4

|

| |Rep

|rowspan=2 |Brookfield, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Wakefield

|2014

|-

|

| |Rep

|2022

|-

|5

|

| |Rep

|Ossipee

|2020

|-

|rowspan=2 |6

|

| |Rep

|rowspan=2 |Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro

|2018

|-

|

| |Rep

|2022

|-

|7

|

| |Dem

|Ossipee, Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro

|2026

|-

|rowspan=2 |8

|

| |Rep

|rowspan=2 |Brookfield, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Madison, Moultonborough, Tamworth, Wakefield

|2024

|-

|

| |Rep

|2024

|-

|rowspan=22 |Cheshire

|1

|Vacant

|2024

|-

|rowspan=123 |Hillsborough

|rowspan=4 |1

|

| |Rep

|rowspan=4 |Pelham

|2024

|-

|

| |Rep

|2022

|-

|Vacant