Chris Cogswell
Democratic · NH · Claremont City Council member, at large
Chris Cogswell is a Claremont city councilor and a chemical and environmental engineer with a PhD from Northeastern University. He opposes the Education Freedom Account program and a broad-based income tax.
Where Chris Cogswell stands, based on their records
Supports
Labor Rights (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Public Education Quality (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 support
Voted for new three-year contracts that raised pay for Claremont firefighters and city Teamsters union workers; both failed for lack of a two-thirds majority.
May 13, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: vnews.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Voted with a 5-4 majority to raise city grants to local social service agencies from $54,000 to $64,000, then voted for the $20.53 million city budget.
June 24, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vnews.com
Voted for new three-year contracts that raised pay for Claremont firefighters and city Teamsters union workers; both failed for lack of a two-thirds majority.
May 13, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vnews.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Voted with a 5-4 majority to raise city grants to local social service agencies from $54,000 to $64,000, then voted for the $20.53 million city budget.
June 24, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: vnews.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Spoke at a Claremont school district hearing on its cash shortfall, saying administrators failed taxpayers and urging that they be held accountable, including possible legal action.
September 3, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: vnews.com
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Was endorsed by the New Hampshire AFL-CIO, the state labor federation, for the 2026 Sullivan District 6 House race.
September 5, 2026
Source: nhaflcio.org
Won an at-large seat on the Claremont City Council on November 4, 2025, with 997 votes.
November 4, 2025
Source: vnews.com
Was endorsed by the nonpartisan local group Claremont CARES for an at-large Claremont City Council seat in the 2025 city election.
October 23, 2025
Source: vnews.com
Was named one of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' 35 Under 35 honorees in October 2023, for his work as an Elsevier consultant on carbon capture and sustainability.
October 19, 2023
Source: aiche.org
Resigned as research director of the Mutual UFO Network, a UFO research group, in April 2018 over the group's handling of a board member who had made racist statements.
April 29, 2018
Source: newsweek.com
Past race Chris Cogswell ran in:
- State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District Sullivan 06; New Hampshire