# Buzz Scherr Buzz Scherr is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 26. - Party: Democrat - Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 26 - Serving since: 2024-12-04 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/214295d3-da3e-45cb-89bc-80de2be1a071 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/214295d3-da3e-45cb-89bc-80de2be1a071 (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 Scherr sits at −0.35 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 87% of State House Democrats. ## What Scherr 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 Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Scherr | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.35 (standard error 0.03), from 0 donors and 277 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 557 roll calls. Attendance 93.3% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.4% (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 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 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 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 18. 77.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 19 of 128). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1809: establishing a medical psilocybin advisory board to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the use of psilocybin for therapeutic purposes. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1809/ - HB 1570: relative to governmental budget authority for agreements for law enforcement agencies to participate in federal immigration enforcement. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1570/ - HB 1173: relative to post-secondary education opportunities for inmates. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1173/ - HB 1216: relative to informed consent for law enforcement searches of houses or other property. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1216/ - HB 1283: relative to the use of face recognition technology. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1283/ - HB 1236: relative to the use of body-worn cameras in county departments of corrections. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1236/ - HB 1077: including domestic violence prevention as a wellness subject to be taught to pupils. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1077/ - HB 1059: relative to the use of number plate scanning devices. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1059/ - HB 611: relative to repayment regarding appointed counsel for indigent criminal defendants. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB611/ ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2025-05-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/BuzzScherr/status/1922075590590407150 ## Links - Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=409292 - Campaign site: https://nhhousedems.org/candidate/albert-buzz-scherr/ - X: https://x.com/BuzzScherr - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/albert.scherr.3 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buzzscherrf1/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/214295d3-da3e-45cb-89bc-80de2be1a071