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
Bruce Theriault is a Hampton trustee of the trust funds and retired Honeywell corporate trainer who served on the Derry Town Council and as an East Derry fire commissioner. He opposes sales and income taxes and supports Education Freedom Accounts.
Republican
Ken Sheffert of Hampton is a business owner with a University of New Hampshire degree who served in the New Hampshire House from 2010 to 2012. He supports more school choice and pledged to oppose a sales or income tax.
Democratic
Molly McCoy is a Hampton business owner who serves on the SAU 90 School Board and is a Hampton Historical Society trustee. She focuses on affordable housing, funding public schools, and access to health care.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 for
Democratic
Nate Riggs is a Hampton master barber, small business owner, and first lieutenant in the New Hampshire Army National Guard. He focuses on funding public schools, benefits for veterans and Guard members, and tax fairness for working people.
Republican · Incumbent
Nicholas Bridle of Hampton is a fire and EMS communications specialist who has served in the New Hampshire House since 2024 and once sat on the Hampton budget committee. He focuses on limiting state spending, local control, and public safety.
Democratic
Rebecca LaPierre is a Hampton immigration attorney who directs a nonprofit immigration legal services program and teaches justice studies. She focuses on civil rights, access to health and mental health care, and reproductive rights.
Records: Immigration 1 for
Republican
Richard Wickson Jr. of Hampton has owned Rick Wickson Aviation and Construction, based in Derry, since 1970.
Democratic
Ward Galanis is a retired engineer and IT executive who serves on the Hampton Planning Board and the Seacoast Drinking Water Commission. He wants to keep state costs off local property taxes and have the state fully fund public schools.
Records: Housing Affordability 2 for, Environment and Public Health 1 for, Public Infrastructure 1 for
Sources: gencourt.state.nh.us · sos.nh.gov