Janet Stevens

Filed a public records request with Berlin police about their review of the 2025 Berlin murder-suicide. After police denied it, she asked the Attorney General's office to step in.

May 27, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted against a design contract of nearly $36 million with DLR Group for the new men's state prison in Concord. She had seconded a motion to delay it in March. The contract failed when three councilors, including her, would not move it forward.

April 15, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motion to approve a $600,000 no-bid contract with FieldWare LLC to collect court-ordered restitution and send payments to crime victims for the Department of Corrections. The council approved it.

April 15, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted on October 15, 2025 against delaying $3 million in state grants to child advocacy centers, which help child abuse victims. After the council tabled them over her no vote, she voted to approve them at a special meeting on October 18, 2025.

October 18, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Led the Executive Council on August 27, 2025 to approve $10 million in room and board money for group homes serving people with developmental disabilities and brain injuries. The money covers costs Medicaid does not pay.

August 27, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motion to approve a $265,055 federally funded study of access to women's health care, especially care after childbirth, and options for expanding coverage. It failed 3-2, with Councilors Kenney, Stephen, and Wheeler voting no.

May 21, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against a $2.1 million, 10-year lease of Taser stun weapons from Axon Enterprise for the Department of Corrections. The lease failed, with four councilors voting no.

May 7, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded and voted for a $6,389 yearly raise for Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez, bringing her salary to $128,912. It passed with only Councilor Wheeler voting no. In 2024 she had voted against a raise for Sanchez.

April 9, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against adding $471,387 to an architecture firm's contract for designing the replacement Youth Development Center, bringing it to about $2.1 million. It passed over her no vote.

September 25, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against a yearly pay step raise for Cassandra Sanchez, director of the state Office of the Child Advocate, from $113,886 to $120,120. The raise passed over her no vote.

April 10, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Was the only councilor to vote for a $642,170 grant to Gateways Community Services to build a new group home in Milford for people with developmental disabilities. The other four councilors voted it down.

October 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motion to approve a $6.8 million federal grant to Seven Hills for repairs and upgrades to the Crotched Mountain School campus in Greenfield. It passed 3-2 after she voted against tabling it.

August 2, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against a $1 million retroactive agreement with consulting firm McKinsey & Company, paid with federal pandemic relief money, to design a state business support website. It passed 3-2, with Councilors Stevens and Wheeler voting no.

January 18, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motion to accept $100 million in federal pandemic relief money for the InvestNH housing program. It passed with only Councilor Wheeler voting no.

May 4, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded and voted for accepting $30 million in federal emergency rental assistance money for the New Hampshire Emergency Rental Assistance Program. It passed with only Councilor Wheeler voting no.

February 16, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to accept $22.5 million in federal CDC money for the state vaccination program after the council attached a non-binding resolution. The roll call passed with four yes votes and Councilor Gatsas voting present.

November 10, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motion to raise the base hourly pay by 35% for psychiatric social workers, psychological associates, and mental health counselor jobs to help hire and keep staff. It passed with only Councilor Wheeler voting no.

October 27, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against accepting about $27 million in federal CDC money for the state vaccination program, including $22.5 million for immunization work and 12 new positions. Both requests failed 4-1.

October 13, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to accept $10.1 million in federal charter school grant money, the first part of a $46 million grant to start and expand charter schools. It passed with only Councilor Warmington voting no.

January 7, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motion to approve a $600,000 no-bid contract with FieldWare LLC to collect court-ordered restitution and send payments to crime victims for the Department of Corrections. The council approved it.

April 15, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Wrote to Attorney General John Formella asking for immediate action on the Department of Corrections' failure to pay out restitution to crime victims on time. The department handled about 13,000 cases with only four collections officers.

March 4, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Told the council on July 30, 2025, after a Berlin murder-suicide, that courts and police were not doing enough for domestic violence victims. She said a court domestic violence committee met only once in two years and left a $150,000 federal grant unspent.

July 30, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Made the motion to approve a $265,055 federally funded study of access to women's health care, especially care after childbirth, and options for expanding coverage. It failed 3-2, with Councilors Kenney, Stephen, and Wheeler voting no.

May 21, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against family-planning contracts with Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Equality Health Center, and Lovering Health Center, which failed 4-1. She voted for extending similar contracts with four community health centers.

November 29, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Seconded and voted for $682,074 in federally funded sex education contracts for teens, covering abstinence and birth control. The contracts failed 3-2, with Councilors Kenney, Gatsas, and Wheeler voting no.

November 22, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against family-planning contracts with Equality Health Center, Lovering Health Center, and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, worth about $1.07 million combined. All three failed 4-1.

July 27, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against family-planning contracts for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Equality Health Center, and Lovering Health Center, which failed. In the same $2.06 million package, she voted for contracts with Amoskeag Health, Coos County Family Health, and Lamprey Health Care, which passed.

December 22, 2021Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against state family-planning contract changes for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Equality Health Center, and Lovering Health Center. The council rejected them 4-1. She also voted against a reproductive health contract with a Concord community action agency.

September 15, 2021Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against a plan for the state Business Finance Authority to issue up to $100 million in taxable bonds so a CleanSpark trust could buy Bitcoin. It failed 3-2, with Councilors Liot Hill, Stevens, and Wheeler voting no.

July 8, 2026

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Publicly raised concerns that Exeter Hospital and Beth Israel Lahey Health had invested very little of a required $165 million to update hospital beds under their 2023 merger terms.

May 7, 2026

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Wrote to Attorney General John Formella raising concerns about Catholic Medical Center ending outpatient mental health services in Manchester. About 700 patients had not been told in advance.

March 9, 2026

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Voted to confirm Daniel Will as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, replacing Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi. The Executive Council confirmed him with only Councilor Wheeler voting no.

February 11, 2026

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Urged District 3 residents to email the transportation commissioner and the governor to keep local road and bridge projects in the state's draft Ten-Year Transportation Plan.

November 24, 2025

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Received the first Joseph T. Freeman Humanitarian Award from the Kimi Nichols Center for her work for adults with physical and intellectual disabilities.

November 20, 2025

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Called for a federal national security review of Chinese beverage company Nongfu Spring's $67 million purchase of an industrial building in Nashua. She cited concerns raised in a state Justice Department memo.

October 8, 2025

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Voted to confirm John Formella for another term as state Attorney General and Bryan Gould as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Councilor Liot Hill recused herself on Formella and voted no on Gould.

September 17, 2025

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Made the motion to extend a Dartmouth College contract that helped the state health department carry out Medicaid priorities and seek federal rural health money. It failed 3-2, with Councilors Kenney, Stephen, and Wheeler voting no.

August 27, 2025

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Voted against confirming William Hart Jr. as Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. He was confirmed, with Councilor Stevens as the only recorded no vote.

August 27, 2025

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Made the motion to table a contract of up to $26 million with Cardinal Health for state pharmaceutical supplies. The council voted to delay it.

July 30, 2025

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Voted to confirm Caitlin Davis as state Education Commissioner, succeeding Frank Edelblut. The Executive Council confirmed her.

July 30, 2025

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Abstained on accepting $5 million in federal pandemic relief money to help build the new youth development center that replaces the Sununu Youth Services Center. The other councilors approved it.

October 30, 2024

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Raised alarm at a September 25, 2024 council meeting about Exeter Hospital and Beth Israel Lahey Health abruptly cutting medical programs in her district. The Attorney General then said the hospital agreed to pause some cuts for six months.

September 25, 2024

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Criticized a Kansas City vendor at an August 7, 2024 council meeting for falling short on a $3.5 million state child care business project. The vendor aimed to help over 600 providers, but only 55 took part.

August 7, 2024

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Moved to delay, then voted against, selling about 30 acres of Allen State Forest in Concord to private buyers for $132,000. The sale passed 3-2, with Councilors Stevens and Wheeler voting no.

July 10, 2024

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Abstained on a $2.3 million no-bid contract with Khan Academy to give participating schools online learning tools, paid with federal money. It passed with Councilor Warmington voting no.

June 12, 2024

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Voted to approve a contract through June 2029 with the Children's Scholarship Fund to keep running the Education Freedom Account school choice program. It passed with only Councilor Warmington voting no.

May 15, 2024

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Recused herself from the vote on the state's purchase of the Granite Place south building in Concord for up to $21 million. The rest of the council approved the purchase.

April 10, 2024

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Voted to confirm Melissa Countway as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The Executive Council confirmed her with only Councilor Warmington voting no.

December 20, 2023

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Pressed the three Medicaid managed care companies at a November 8, 2023 council meeting to meet the state law on blood lead tests for young children. Only 39% of two-year-olds on Medicaid were tested in 2022.

November 8, 2023

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Voted to confirm David Bettencourt as state Insurance Commissioner. The Executive Council confirmed him with only Councilor Warmington voting no.

September 20, 2023

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Voted for a contract of up to $69.4 million with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to run a Medicare Advantage health plan for retired state workers. It passed with only Councilor Gatsas voting no.

July 19, 2023

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Seconded and voted to sell the former Lakes Region Facility state property in Laconia to Legacy at Laconia LLC for $21.5 million. It passed 3-2, with Councilors Gatsas and Wheeler voting no.

December 21, 2022

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Seconded and voted to confirm Lori Weaver as acting Health and Human Services Commissioner. In November 2022 she had voted against two motions to delay the confirmation.

December 7, 2022

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Abstained when the Executive Council voted to reappoint Shawn Jasper as Commissioner of Agriculture, Markets and Food. He was confirmed with Councilor Kenney voting no.

December 7, 2022

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Voted to accept a neutral fact finder's report in a contract dispute between the state employees' union and the Liquor Commission's retail workers, which passed. In January through March 2022 she had voted against tabling the union fact finder reports.

March 23, 2022

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Voted to approve the first state contract with the Children's Scholarship Fund to run the new Education Freedom Account school choice program for lower-income families. It passed with only Councilor Warmington voting no.

August 4, 2021

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Voted to confirm John Formella as state Attorney General. The Executive Council confirmed him with only Councilor Warmington voting no.

March 24, 2021

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Voted to confirm Frank Edelblut for a second term as state Education Commissioner. The Executive Council confirmed him 4-1, with only Councilor Warmington voting no.

February 17, 2021

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Voted to confirm Gordon MacDonald as Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The Executive Council confirmed him 4-1, with only Councilor Warmington voting no.

January 22, 2021

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Was reappointed by the governor and confirmed by the Executive Council as a public member of the state Board of Mental Health Practice, for a term through October 2022.

January 8, 2020

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