# Michael Edgar Michael Edgar is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 29. - Party: Democrat - Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 29 - Serving since: 2022-12-07 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/0f78413a-b328-4856-ab48-21a5d4d614c0 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0f78413a-b328-4856-ab48-21a5d4d614c0 (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 Edgar sits at −0.34 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 89% of State House Democrats. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.34 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,167 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 557 roll calls. Attendance 96.4% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 96.9% (95.3%). 20 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 nay · 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 14. Recent sponsored bills: - HB 658: raising the cap on certain reimbursements from the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund. (became law, 2025-08-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB658/ - HB 197: relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers. (in committee, 2025-11-17) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB197/ - HB 1279: relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers. (passed one chamber, 2024-04-18) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1279/ - HB 502: relative to voter affidavit ballots. (passed one chamber, 2023-02-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB502/ - HB 50: relative to an appropriation for the unfunded accrued liability of the New Hampshire retirement system. (passed one chamber, 2023-10-27) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB50/ - HB 1456: relative to the Hampton marine memorial. (became law, 2022-05-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1456/ - HB 1160: allowing municipalities to collect an occupancy fee from operators of local room rentals. (passed one chamber, 2020-06-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2020/HB1160/ ## Links - Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=377778 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeEdgarNH/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0f78413a-b328-4856-ab48-21a5d4d614c0