The New Hampshire Democrat Party and your local “elected” party members have been scaremongering voters about radical libertarian free-staters and CACR32 – a bill to peaceably secede from the United States. And it would have died a quicker death if 153 NH Democrats had not supported it.
The bill came out of committee with a 21-0 bipartisan vote to kill it. The Republican majority Legislature was prepared to take that recommendation and table it (which would kill it), but 153 Democrats voted to keep it alive.
Republicans wanted to immediately dump the bill onto the consent calendar, effectively killing it. But they couldn’t, because Democrats objected.
On Thursday, in session back in Representative’s Hall for the first time since the COVID pandemic struck, Republicans voted nearly unanimously to table the bill, essentially killing it (again) without a debate.
153 Democrats and only 17 Republicans are why it wasn’t relegated to the consent calendar to die despite NH Democrats appearing to be triggered over its very existence.
Political Theater
Local Dems in your district that crying wolf about “Free Staters” and crazy Republican secession talk may be the reason why CACR32 didn’t die an early death. But if we’re going to be taking shots or making political hay based on CACR32 and who “supported” it, we should be as fair about that as we can.
Here are the names of the 153 Democrats who voted to save CACR32. If they bring it up to attack Republicans, feel free to share this with them in return.
| Rep | Party | County |
| Abbott, Michael | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Abel, Richard | Democrat | Grafton |
| Adjutant, Joshua | Democrat | Grafton |
| Alicea, Caroletta | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Almy, Susan | Democrat | Grafton |
| Altschiller, Debra | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Ames, Richard | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Baroody, Benjamin | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Bartlett, Christy | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Beaulieu, Jane | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Bergeron, Paul | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Bixby, Peter | Democrat | Strafford |
| Booras, Efstathia | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Bouchard, Donald | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Bouldin, Amanda | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Bouldin, Andrew | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Bradley, Amy | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Burroughs, Anita | Democrat | Carroll |
| Cahill, Michael | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Cannon, Gerri | Democrat | Strafford |
| Caplan, Tony | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Chase, Wendy | Democrat | Strafford |
| Cloutier, John | Democrat | Sullivan |
| Conley, Casey | Democrat | Strafford |
| Connors, Erika | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Cornell, Patricia | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| DiLorenzo, Charlotte | Democrat | Rockingham |
| DiSilvestro, Linda | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Dutzy, Sherry | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Eaton, Daniel | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Ebel, Karen | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Edgar, Michael | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Ellison, Arthur | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Espitia, Manny | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Fargo, Kristina | Democrat | Strafford |
| Faulkner, Barry | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Fellows, Sallie | Democrat | Grafton |
| Fenton, Donovan | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Fox, Dru | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Freitas, Mary | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Frost, Sherry | Democrat | Strafford |
| Gallager, Eric | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Gilman, Julie | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Goley, Jeffrey | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Gomarlo, Jennie | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Gottling, Suzanne | Democrat | Sullivan |
| Grassie, Chuck | Democrat | Strafford |
| Griffith, Willis | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Grossman, Gaby | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Grote, Jaci | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Hakken-Phillips, Mary | Democrat | Grafton |
| Hall, Muriel | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Hamblet, Joan | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Hamer, Heidi | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Harriott-Gathright, Linda | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Harvey, Cathryn | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Heath, Mary | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Herbert, Christopher | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Horrigan, Timothy | Democrat | Strafford |
| Jack, Martin | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Kelley, Eamon | Democrat | Coos |
| King, Mark | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Klee, Patricia | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Klein-Knight, Nicole | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Knirk, Jerry | Democrat | Carroll |
| Labranche, Tony | Independent | Hillsborough |
| Laflamme, Larry | Democrat | Coos |
| Lane, Connie | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Langley, Diane | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Laughton, Stacie-Marie | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Leishman, Peter | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Levesque, Cassandra | Democrat | Strafford |
| Long, Patrick | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Loughman, Tom | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Luneau, David | Democrat | Merrimack |
| MacKay, James | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Malloy, Dennis | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Maneval, Andrew | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Mangipudi, Latha | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Mann, John | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Marsh, William | Democrat | Carroll |
| McAleer, Chris | Democrat | Carroll |
| McGhee, Kat | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| McWilliams, Rebecca | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Merchant, Gary | Democrat | Sullivan |
| Meuse, David | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Muirhead, Russell | Democrat | Grafton |
| Mullen, Sue | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Murphy, James | Democrat | Grafton |
| Murray, Kate | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Murray, Megan | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Newman, Ray | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Newman, Sue | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Nordgren, Sharon | Democrat | Grafton |
| Nutter-Upham, Frances | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Nutting-Wong, Allison | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| O’Brien, Michael | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| O’Hearne, Andrew | Democrat | Sullivan |
| Oxaal, Ariel | Democrat | Strafford |
| Paige, Mark | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Parshall, Lucius | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Pedersen, Michael | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Petrigno, Peter | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Pimentel, Roderick | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Porter, Marjorie | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Query, Joshua | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Read, Ellen | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Rich, Cecilia | Democrat | Strafford |
| Richards, Beth | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Rogers, Katherine | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Rombeau, Catherine | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Rung, Rosemarie | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Salloway, Jeffrey | Democrat | Strafford |
| Schamberg, Thomas | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Schapiro, Joe | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Schmidt, Janice | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Schuett, Dianne | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Schultz, Kristina | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Shurtleff, Steve | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Simpson, Alexis | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Smith, Marjorie | Democrat | Strafford |
| Smith, Suzanne | Democrat | Grafton |
| Smith, Timothy | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Snow, Kendall | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Sofikitis, Catherine | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Somssich, Peter | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Soucy, Timothy | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Stavis, Laurel | Democrat | Grafton |
| Stevens, Deb | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Sullivan, Brian | Democrat | Sullivan |
| Sykes, George | Democrat | Grafton |
| Tanner, Linda | Democrat | Sullivan |
| Telerski, Laura | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Toll, Amanda Elizabeth | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Toomey, Dan | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Treleaven, Susan | Democrat | Strafford |
| Tucker, Edith | Democrat | Coos |
| Vail, Suzanne | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Van Houten, Constance | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Vann, Ivy | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Veilleux, Daniel | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Von Plinsky, Sparky | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Wall, Janet | Democrat | Strafford |
| Wallner, Mary Jane | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Ward, Gerald | Democrat | Rockingham |
| Wazir, Safiya | Democrat | Merrimack |
| Weber, Lucy | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Welkowitz, Lawrence | Democrat | Cheshire |
| Weston, Joyce | Democrat | Grafton |
| Wilhelm, Matthew | Democrat | Hillsborough |
| Woodcock, Stephen | Democrat | Carroll |
| Woods, Gary | Democrat | Merrimack |
