# Matthew Pitaro

Matthew Pitaro is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 11.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 11
- Serving since: 2020-12-02
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/08622297-087a-4e0e-97ad-abd8e81a89d8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/08622297-087a-4e0e-97ad-abd8e81a89d8 (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

Pitaro sits at +0.10 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 87% of State House Republicans.

## What Pitaro says (NH 2025–26 session)

2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Pitaro | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.10 (standard error 0.01), from 3 donors and 581 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 97.3% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 95.7% (95.3%). 26 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 yea · 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 1.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 351: requiring landlords to give tenants of at-will tenancies at least 60-days notice to evict. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB351/
- HB 259: relative to increasing the number of handicap license plates and placards the department of motor vehicles may issue to individuals. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB259/

## Campaign money (2020 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,575 (State House Republicans median $1,350). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-06-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/MatthewPitaro/status/2067056289549635835
- 2026-06-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/MatthewPitaro/status/2067057318399815718

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=409028
- Campaign site: https://www.matthewpitaro.com/
- X: https://x.com/MatthewPitaro
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PitaroforNH/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matthew_pitaro/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/08622297-087a-4e0e-97ad-abd8e81a89d8