Michelle Stith
Democratic · NH · Windham Select Board member; Windham Zoning Board of Adjustment vice chair
Michelle Stith serves on Windham's Select Board and Zoning Board and previously worked as a chemist. She supports public school funding and reproductive freedom.
Where Michelle Stith stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Mixed record
Housing Affordability (2 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
As chair of the Nesmith Library trustees, voted with the full board 7-0 to close the library to the public at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The board also adopted a pandemic policy and doubled monthly digital checkouts per card holder from 4 to 8.
March 16, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nesmithlibrary.org
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Made the motion to hire Greater Derry Community Health for three months, at $3,333 a month, to run the town's general assistance program for residents in need. It passed 4-0.
August 24, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: windhamnh.gov
Made the motion to widen the town facilities study to include a cost estimate for an all-new town building, spending up to $3,000. She said the public needed a complete plan to compare. It passed 3-2.
May 11, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: windhamnh.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support · 1 oppose
Seconded and voted for a Select Board letter asking Windham's state representatives to oppose House Bill 1588. The bill allowed apartments in commercial zones and overrode recent town zoning rules. The letter passed 4-1.
June 1, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: windhamnh.gov
As zoning board chair, voted against denying a plan to turn the historic West House on Range Road into two apartments. The site is in a commercial district. The board denied the plan 3-1.
February 11, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: windhamnh.gov
As zoning board chair, voted against denying a request to convert a 58-room motel on Rockingham Road into studio apartments. She said small apartments were badly needed in town. The board denied the request 3-2.
July 22, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: windhamnh.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Made the motion to hire Greater Derry Community Health for three months, at $3,333 a month, to run the town's general assistance program for residents in need. It passed 4-0.
August 24, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: windhamnh.gov
Track record — General
General · 15 records
Made the motion to hire the law firm NH Brown Law to research legal issues over low water levels in Canobie Lake. It passed 4-0.
August 24, 2026
Source: windhamnh.gov
Voted 5-0 with the zoning board to reaffirm its denial of the 350-unit Arena Square apartment plan after the state Housing Appeals Board reversed the denial and sent it back. The board said the project's size and traffic did not fit the Gateway district.
July 28, 2026
Source: windhamnh.gov
Abstained on a full property-tax exemption for Catholic Diocese land in Windham, which failed 2-2. She then seconded a partial exemption that left out 6 acres of unused woods, which passed 4-1.
June 15, 2026
Source: windhamnh.gov
Seconded and voted for a Select Board letter to the governor supporting House Bill 1491 on public risk pools such as HealthTrust, which insures the town. It passed 3-2.
June 1, 2026
Source: windhamnh.gov
Made the motion to rename Windham's Board of Selectmen the Windham Select Board, saying the new name was more inclusive. It passed 5-0.
May 11, 2026
Source: windhamnh.gov
Made the motions to deny two variances for a developer to replace or build larger homes on two small Cross Street lots of about 10,000 and 8,700 square feet. The board found the homes too large for the neighborhood. Both denials passed 5-0.
April 21, 2026
Source: windhamnh.gov
Won a three-year seat on the Windham Board of Selectmen, finishing first of four candidates with 1,711 votes.
March 10, 2026
Source: cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com
As zoning board chair, voted to deny a variance for a 350-unit apartment development at Range Road and Indian Rock Road in the Gateway Commercial District. Ten percent of the units were planned as workforce housing. The denial passed 5-0.
April 22, 2025
Source: windhamnh.gov
Lost the race for state representative in Rockingham District 35 (Londonderry and Windham) to Julius Soti, 11,005 votes to 13,479.
November 5, 2024
Source: sos.nh.gov
As zoning board chair, voted to deny a request to build 72 two-bedroom rental apartments in three buildings in a Windham commercial district, where apartments are not allowed. The denial passed 5-0.
May 28, 2024
Source: windhamnh.gov
As zoning board chair, voted to grant neighbors' appeal of a building permit for a new home at 20 First Street. The board found the septic system had moved from the approved plan and a nearby stream had not been mapped. The appeal passed 3-2.
January 9, 2024
Source: windhamnh.gov
Elected chair of the Windham Zoning Board of Adjustment by a 5-0 vote.
April 11, 2023
Source: windhamnh.gov
As zoning board chair, voted to deny a variance for a 77,900-square-foot building to assemble prefabricated parts in Windham's Gateway Commercial District. She noted that this kind of use was not allowed there. The denial passed 4-1.
April 11, 2023
Source: windhamnh.gov
Voted against a zoning variance to build a new home on a 10,032-square-foot West Shore Road lot near the shoreline, where 50,000 square feet is required. She said it was not in the public interest. The variance passed 3-2.
October 26, 2021
Source: windhamnh.gov
Elected chair of the Nesmith Library Board of Trustees in Windham when the board chose its new officers.
March 25, 2019
Source: nesmithlibrary.org
Past race Michelle Stith ran in:
- State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District Rockingham 35; New Hampshire