# James Thibault

James Thibault is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 25.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 25
- Serving since: 2024-12-04
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/15de6eda-2f2d-4807-9ff1-e770c60ca46c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/15de6eda-2f2d-4807-9ff1-e770c60ca46c (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

Thibault reported $2,374 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

1,545 classified statements: 1,545 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 | Thibault | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.1% | 2.9% | 298 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 11.5% | 9.3% | 244 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 31.7% | 31.9% | 375 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.1% | 1.8% | 388 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 7.5% | 12.7% | 465 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.4% | 269 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 43% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 22% (State House Republicans 18%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Crime and Law Enforcement 8.2% (State House Republicans 11%); Economics and Public Finance 7.1% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.03), from 5 donors and 289 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 95.5% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.5% (95.3%). 19 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · 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 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 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 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 51. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 108 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1692: relative to the legislative youth advisory council. (in committee, 2026-09-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1692/
- HB 1573: permitting excused absences for student participation in certain activities and mandating the state board of education to grant school reassignment requests… (passed both chambers, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1573/
- HB 1453: relative to student school board members. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1453/
- HB 1345: requiring schools to establish rules related to the display of flags and designate students at each school to serve as the school's color guard. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1345/
- HB 252: creating a state holiday to honor Daniel Webster's birthday. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB252/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,374 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/James4NH/status/2114527309273133297
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/James4NH/status/2114581903219064990
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/James4NH/status/2114767929824661930
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/James4NH/status/2113699265365299711
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/James4NH/status/2112162567674290235
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/James4NH/status/2107631224273432739
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/James4NH/status/2106842457887629662
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/James4NH/status/2103642417521901590
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/James4NH/status/2103642758439166131
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/James4NH/status/2103644152382832852

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=409303
- Campaign site: https://james4nh.com/
- X: https://x.com/James4NH
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james4nh/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james4nh/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james4nh/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/15de6eda-2f2d-4807-9ff1-e770c60ca46c