# Jodi Nelson Jodi Nelson is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 13. - Party: Republican - Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 13 - Serving since: 2022-12-07 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/1f649bd8-815d-47b9-aca3-6e11ef2da422 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1f649bd8-815d-47b9-aca3-6e11ef2da422 (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 Nelson voted against the majority of New Hampshire House Republicans 49 times; party unity 89%, in the bottom tenth of the New Hampshire House (average 95.3%). ## What Nelson says (NH 2025–26 session) 276 classified statements: 276 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 | Nelson | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 7.2% | 2.9% | 90 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 1.8% | 9.3% | 603 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 8.3% | 31.9% | 717 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 1.5% | 1.8% | 330 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 1.1% | 12.7% | 705 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Health 26% (State House Republicans 10%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Republicans 11%); Families 17% (State House Republicans 3.6%); Education 13% (State House Republicans 15%); Armed Forces and National Security 8.7% (State House Republicans 4.9%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.01), from 59 donors and 698 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.6% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 557 roll calls. Attendance 78% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 89% (95.3%). 49 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 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 nay · 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 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 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 40. Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1039: relative to the contents of parenting plans. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1039/ - HB 775: directing the department of health and human services to issue a request for proposals for supervised visitation centers. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB775/ - HB 486: relative to grandparents' visitation rights. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB486/ - HB 473: criminalizing multiple forms of exposing children to controlled substances and allowing law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening… (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB473/ - HB 1088: enabling schools to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors. (became law, 2024-05-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1088/ - HB 1080: relative to the legislative youth advisory council. (became law, 2024-07-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1080/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $2,750 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 83% 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. - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/nutmeadow/status/2113765462458638372 - 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/nutmeadow/status/2110175142458315263 - 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/nutmeadow/status/2106577392957259980 - 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/nutmeadow/status/2104726381502361697 - 2026-09-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/nutmeadow/status/2103608327301144770 - 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/nutmeadow/status/2098232903230456123 - 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/nutmeadow/status/2098236151974756683 - 2026-08-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/nutmeadow/status/2094032405346570339 - 2026-08-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/nutmeadow/status/2094060359258648911 - 2026-08-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/nutmeadow/status/2093772429999157412 ## Links - Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409059 - Campaign site: https://www.jodiforderry.org/ - X: https://x.com/nutmeadow - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jodiforderry Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1f649bd8-815d-47b9-aca3-6e11ef2da422