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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:

Democratic · Incumbent

Daniel LeClerc of Amherst is a union carpenter who has served in the New Hampshire House since 2022 and on the Amherst and Manchester planning boards. He opposes Education Freedom Accounts and a first-trimester abortion ban.

Democratic · Incumbent

Dan Veilleux is an Amherst accountant with a public administration master's degree who has served in the New Hampshire House since 2020 and on the Souhegan Cooperative School Board. He opposes Education Freedom Accounts and wants public money spent on public schools.

Republican

Diane Layton of Amherst is a commodities broker and financial planner with a degree from Drew University. She has served on the Amherst Ways and Means Committee.

Republican

Jason Hennessey is an Amherst computer researcher with a PhD from South Dakota State University. He has served on the Nashua Regional Planning Commission and on Amherst's communications infrastructure and school ways and means committees.

Republican

Russ Hodgkins is a retired Air Force officer and commercial pilot from Amherst who has served on the town's Ways and Means Committee. He supports raising the income limit for Education Freedom Accounts and opposes a first-trimester abortion ban.

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Democratic · Incumbent

Stephanie Grund of Amherst has served in the New Hampshire House since 2024 and served on the Amherst Ways and Means Committee. She is a past president of the Amherst Women's Club and voted against bills allowing separation by biological sex.

Sources: gencourt.state.nh.us · sos.nh.gov