# Sharon Carson

Sharon Carson is a Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2008-12-03
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/00964fc0-dd57-44c3-87bf-b6d5bbc34560

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00964fc0-dd57-44c3-87bf-b6d5bbc34560 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

56% of the 9 bills Carson sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the New Hampshire Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.02), from 101 donors and 961 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

208 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (New Hampshire Senate 98.4%). Party unity 98.8% (98.4%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 535 defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB535/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 475 relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB475/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1422 relative to the time to petition for a new trial. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1422/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 468 relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB468/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Conference Committee Report · HB 1300 establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central office… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1300/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 430 relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB430/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 223 relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB223/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 574 establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB574/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Ought to Pass w/Amendment · HB 1793 prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1793/

## Legislation (NH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 63. 55.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire Senate 78.9%; rank 23 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 659: relative to education financing. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB659/
- SB 661: relative to pooled risk management programs. (passed both chambers, 2026-08-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB661/
- SB 631: authorizing the sale of toll credits to fund a newly established noise barrier construction fund for the design and construction of noise barrier projects. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB631/
- SB 609: relative to improving screening for and treatment of blood clots, or venous thromboembolism, and establishing a statewide venous thromboembolism registry. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB609/
- SB 570: relative to legislative ethics. (passed one chamber, 2026-09-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB570/
- SB 488: enabling the governor to declare a state of emergency due to the failure of the legislature to pass a budget or continuing resolution to fund the New… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB488/
- SB 297: relative to pooled risk management programs. (passed both chambers, 2025-06-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/SB297/
- SB 142: establishing the department of children's services and juvenile justice. (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB142/
- SB 142: establishing the department of children's services and juvenile justice. (in committee, 2025-10-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/SB142/
- SB 583: relative to including active duty military status on drivers licenses. (passed one chamber, 2024-04-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/SB583/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $176.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Campaign site: https://sencarson.com/
- X: https://x.com/SharonCarsonNH
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharon.carson.58

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00964fc0-dd57-44c3-87bf-b6d5bbc34560