# Jim Summers

Jim Summers is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 20
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/14936ed1-5203-4f3e-be18-4243f1fff521

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/14936ed1-5203-4f3e-be18-4243f1fff521 (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

Summers missed 37% of 557 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the New Hampshire House (average 89%).

## What Summers 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 Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Summers | 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 +0.15 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 412 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 63% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.7% (95.3%). 7 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · Veto Override · HB 1336 relative to regulated conditional deposits. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1336/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · Veto Override · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 7.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 690: directing the department of energy to investigate the state's withdrawal from ISO-New England and other strategy decisions that impact ratepayers in relation… (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB690/
- HB 1551: relative to distinguishing between C corporations and S corporations for purposes of calculating business profits taxes. (in committee, 2024-02-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1551/
- HB 1232: prohibiting state or local governments from using central bank digital currency. (in committee, 2024-10-31) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1232/

## Recent statements

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

- 2025-02-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/Bamaslmr/status/1895048208675414349

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409179
- X: https://x.com/Bamaslmr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-james-jim-summers-5221392/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/14936ed1-5203-4f3e-be18-4243f1fff521