# George Sykes

George Sykes is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Grafton 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Grafton 14
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1d64c012-42cd-433e-9e51-d449279fe57e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1d64c012-42cd-433e-9e51-d449279fe57e (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

Sykes has served since 2022.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 0 donors and 1,163 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 98.2% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 99.6% (95.3%). 6 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 0 bills: 0 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 8.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 570: relative to Real ID compliant New Hampshire driver's licenses. (in committee, 2024-10-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB570/
- HB 570: relative to Real ID compliant New Hampshire driver's licenses. (passed one chamber, 2023-11-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB570/
- HB 375: relative to the licensure of nonresident aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire. (in committee, 2024-10-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB375/
- HB 375: relative to the licensure of nonresident aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire. (passed one chamber, 2023-11-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB375/
- HB 374: relative to the application process for driver's licenses and the privacy of motor vehicle records. (passed one chamber, 2023-02-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB374/
- HB 201: relative to changing the penalties for driving without a license. (passed both chambers, 2023-05-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB201/
- HB 1666: relative to the application process for driver's licenses and the privacy of motor vehicle records. (passed one chamber, 2022-03-31) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1666/
- HB 1463: relative to drivers' licenses issued in accordance with the Real ID Act of 2005. (in committee, 2022-03-31) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1463/
- HB 1100: relative to changing the penalties for driving without a license. (in committee, 2022-02-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1100/
- HB 1093: relative to the licensure of nonresident aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire. (passed one chamber, 2022-03-31) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1093/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=377176
- X: https://x.com/GeorgeSykesNH

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1d64c012-42cd-433e-9e51-d449279fe57e