# David Paige

David Paige is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Carroll 1.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Carroll 1
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/09308be5-c800-42a8-b0bf-afbc877ab976

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/09308be5-c800-42a8-b0bf-afbc877ab976 (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

100% of Paige’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

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

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

| Label | Paige | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.35 (standard error 0.02), from 34 donors and 587 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.2% (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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · Veto Override · HB 1336 relative to regulated conditional deposits. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1336/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 26.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1467: relative to the New Hampshire seal of civic excellence and engagement program. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1467/
- HB 1195: relative to municipal zoning requirements for child day care providers. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1195/
- HB 596: relative to reporting requirements for entities that collect meals and rooms taxes. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB596/
- HB 544: relative to an optional local public safety assessment on certain room occupancies. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB544/
- HB 1311: relative to school district collection development and reconsideration policies. (passed both chambers, 2024-05-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1311/
- HB 1087: establishing a commission to study information literacy and media literacy instruction in public schools. (in committee, 2024-10-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1087/
- HB 1034: relative to enabling municipalities to adopt a homestead property tax exemption. (in committee, 2024-10-31) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1034/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,550 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2025-07-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/DavidMPaige/status/1951048119879344365

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409144
- Campaign site: https://www.davidfornh.com/
- X: https://x.com/DavidMPaige
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidForNH/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-paige-134958234

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/09308be5-c800-42a8-b0bf-afbc877ab976