State Representative
What does this office do?
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates:
Republican
Anthony Henry is a 2026 Pinkerton Academy graduate and incoming Saint Anselm College student who serves as an alternate on the Derry Zoning Board. He supports Education Freedom Accounts and opposes an income tax.
Republican
Brandon Bach is a Derry parent of five who owns Atelier Creative, a marketing and design agency. Bach says parents, not government, should choose between public school and homeschooling for their children.
Republican
Brian Chirichiello of Derry served in the New Hampshire House from 2010 to 2020, on the Derry Town Council for 18 years, and as a Rockingham County commissioner for four years. He supports Education Freedom Accounts and opposes abortion.
Republican · Incumbent
Charles Foote of Derry has served in the New Hampshire House since 2022 and represents District 2 on the Derry Town Council. He has voted to expand Education Freedom Accounts and for a constitutional ban on an income tax.
Republican · Incumbent
David Love of Derry is a self-employed carpenter who has served in the New Hampshire House since 2018 and is a former vice president of NH Right to Life. He supports Education Freedom Accounts and opposes legal abortion.
Democratic
David Provencher is a Derry Public Library trustee, gardener, and math tutor with a computer science degree. He opposes sending state money to private schools while public schools are underfunded, and he opposes abortion bans.
Republican · Incumbent
Erica Layon of Derry is an economist with an MIT degree who traded options and advised medical device investors before joining the New Hampshire House in 2020. She helped develop Education Freedom Accounts and opposes an income tax.
Democratic
As of October 2026, we found no public information about Haley Carreau's job, background, or goals.
Democratic
As of October 2026, we found no public information about Hollie Hesse's job, background, or goals.
Democratic
Jamie Carreau is a Derry Cooperative School Board member, home health care worker, and special education parent. She wants academic standards and income limits for private school vouchers and opposes an income tax.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 3 against, Public Infrastructure 2 for, Public Education Quality 1 for
Democratic
Jim Marshall is a retired software engineer from Derry with a degree in business management. His priorities are fully funding schools, lowering property taxes by ending cost shifts to towns, and raising wages.
Republican · Incumbent
Jodi Nelson of Derry has served in the New Hampshire House since 2022 and has worked in health care, private equity, and food and entertainment start-ups. She opposes sales and income taxes and has voted to expand Education Freedom Accounts.
Republican · Incumbent
John Potucek of Derry is a retired teacher and engineer who has served in the New Hampshire House since 2018, after an earlier term from 2014 to 2016. He supports Education Freedom Accounts and opposes an income tax.
Democratic
Kristine Trow is a fourth-generation Derry native and certified dental assistant of over 25 years who is junior vice president of Derry VFW Post 1617. She wants state money to strengthen public schools and ease local property taxes.
Democratic
Matt Glavin is a Derry union ironworker and business agent for Ironworkers Local 7 in New Hampshire and Vermont. His priorities are fully funding public schools, lowering property taxes, and expanding affordable housing.
Republican
Michael Appleton of Derry served as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2019 to 2024. He says he will vote against any new taxes, work to cut property taxes, and defend gun rights.
Democratic
As of October 2026, we found no public information about Paula Mahon d'Entremont's job, background, or goals.
Republican · Incumbent
Richard Tripp of Derry is a U.S. Navy veteran and BAE Systems employee who has served in the New Hampshire House since 2020, after a term from 2016 to 2018. He has served on the Derry Town Council and sits on the town zoning board.
Democratic
As of October 2026, we found no public information about Thomas Bosia's job, background, or goals.
Democratic
As of October 2026, we found no public information about Thomas C. Wood's job, background, or goals.
Sources: gencourt.state.nh.us · sos.nh.gov