You elected them to New Hampshire’s Citizen Legislature to represent you. When they don’t show up, you’re not being represented, are you? And with the razor-thin majority, every vote matters, so, as promised, we are releasing our first NH House Republican Attendance Report.
This week’s update offers a year-to-date percentage of how many votes they did not miss (you can do the math to determine the percentage they did miss). This is an important metric, and while it does not include voice votes, Roll Call votes are typically critical votes on issues important to Republicans.
We’re not telling you what to do with this information or that, in some cases, a “republican” Rep. missing a vote isn’t good for Republican priorities, just that they’ve missed a percentage of roll call votes, you should know this, and can pursue that with them if that’s how you roll (including a thank you to reps who always find a way to be there when it matters).
The House roster is available here if you are unsure who represents you (unlikely in this audience, but possible).
The Numbers
There are currently 201 Republican Reps in this survey, of whom 112 had perfect attendance. An additional 57 had attendance better than 90% – 32 had attendance worse than 90%.
Note 1 – This is their attendance percentage for all roll call votes, including procedural motions and quorum calls. It does not include attendance for non-roll call votes.
Note 2 – No exceptions are made in these numbers for illness, family emergency, any emergency, or any other absence excused or not. They missed the vote, period. You decide what that means to you.
The numbers below represent how often they were present for Roll Call Votes Year to Date (Jan 1 to Feb 29th). Linda Gould, for example, scored 35.2%, so she missed 64.8% of all roll call votes.
Future installments will list NH Republican Reps by the number of actual roll-call votes they missed in the previous week.
Below are the 32 Republicans with attendance worse than 90% since the beginning of the session.
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0.0%
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Sanborn, Laurie (R, Bedford)
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35.2%
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Gould, Linda (R, Bedford)
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35.2%
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Piemonte, Tony (R, Sandown)
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44.3%
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Cole, Brian (R, Manchester)
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46.6%
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O’Hara, Travis (R, Belmont)
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52.3%
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Varney, Peter (R, Alton)
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58.0%
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Milz, David (R, Derry)
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58.0%
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Trottier, Douglas (R, Belmont)
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64.8%
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Khan, Aboul (R, Seabrook)
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68.2%
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Lundgren, David (R, Londonderry)
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70.5%
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Kenny, Catherine (R, Hudson)
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72.7%
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Vandecasteele, Susan (R, Salem)
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75.0%
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Mason, James (R, Franklin)
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79.5%
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Bordes, Mike (R, Laconia)
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79.5%
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Crawford, Karel (R, Moultonborough)
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80.7%
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Dolan, Tom (R, Londonderry)
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80.7%
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Foote, Charles (R, Derry)
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80.7%
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Prudhomme-O’Brien, Katherine (R, Derry)
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81.8%
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Beaudoin, Richard (R, Gilford)
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81.8%
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Nutting, Zachary (R, Winchester)
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81.8%
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Smart, Lisa (R, Meredith)
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81.8%
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Testerman, Dave (R, Franklin)
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84.1%
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Thackston, Dick (R, Troy)
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85.2%
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Tenczar, Jeffrey (R, Pelham)
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86.4%
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Guthrie, Joseph (R, Hampstead)
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87.5%
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Doucette, Fred (R, Salem)
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87.5%
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Infantine, William (R, Manchester)
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88.6%
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Bickford, David (R, New Durham)
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88.6%
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Polozov, Yury (R, Hooksett)
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88.6%
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Renzullo, Andrew (R, Hudson)
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88.6%
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Verville, Kevin (R, Deerfield)
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89.8%
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Peternel, Katy (R, Wolfeboro)
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