# Mike Drago

Mike Drago is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 4.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 4
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/07c09a56-23ba-4c8b-90bd-5668f22c5103

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/07c09a56-23ba-4c8b-90bd-5668f22c5103 (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

83% of the 6 bills Drago sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the New Hampshire House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.03), from 21 donors and 585 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 96.4% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 99.3% (95.3%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 2026 relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB2026/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1358 establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1358/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1610 allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1610/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1336 relative to regulated conditional deposits. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1336/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1726 relative to the sale of surplus state-owned land and establishing a commission to study the sale of state-owned property. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1726/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1102 increasing the research and development tax credit cap and relative to state park fees for state residents. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1102/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · Veto Override · SB 468 relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB468/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1097 requiring legislative approval of the amendment or permanent removal of historical markers. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1097/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 232 relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB232/

## Legislation (NH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 24. 83.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 11 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1763: establishing a committee to study siting and maintenance rules regarding certain intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) and acquired brain disorder… (passed both chambers, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1763/
- HB 1688: expanding the circumstances where the restraint is permitted in schools and treatment facilities and modifying the definition of seclusion. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1688/
- HB 1286: relative to the practice of dentistry and when radiographic examinations are required. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1286/
- HB 1256: removing the authority of the state librarian to award scholarships to students attending graduate library schools. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1256/
- HB 677: relative to the possession and use of epinephrine at recreation camps, schools, and institutions of higher education. (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB677/
- HB 273: relative to a parent's access to their minor child's library records. (became law, 2025-08-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB273/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,921 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409090
- Campaign site: https://raymondrepublicans.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ0Bv9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0elBSc0pLeGNabzZmUVI4AR784-rWBFHi-xJIARS4orjLBJVansRmWxbI1fBUrTh3n-0lML36DbyItln-8Q_aem_MTAFXsLlJMr0YWyjZ8MIZw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-drago-13427913b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/07c09a56-23ba-4c8b-90bd-5668f22c5103