# Tom Cormen

Tom Cormen is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Grafton 15.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Grafton 15
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/25d71e57-9def-4149-8257-2bfb3c5e5415

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/25d71e57-9def-4149-8257-2bfb3c5e5415 (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

Cormen sits at −0.38 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 84% of State House Democrats.

## What Cormen 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 | Cormen | 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 −0.38 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 591 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 97.3% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.3% (95.3%). 15 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 nay · 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 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 21. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 90 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1535: relative to clarifying eligible renewable energy classes under the renewable portfolio standard. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1535/
- HB 1534: relative to utility default service. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1534/
- HB 1506: creating an exception to the restricted uses of artificial intelligence by state agencies. (in committee, 2026-10-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1506/
- HB 1485: relative to eligibility and fees for late refund requests of road tolls. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1485/
- HB 761: relative to customer energy storage. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB761/
- HB 759: relative to community energy generators. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB759/
- HB 760: relative to utility default service. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB760/
- HB 654: relative to allowing small customer-generators the ability to participate in group-net metering. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB654/
- HB 630: preventing the dissemination of deepfake materials of political candidates before an election. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB630/
- HB 535: relative to defining the role of the public utilities commission. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB535/

## Recent statements

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

- 2025-01-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/thcormen/status/1881387102656684303

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409084
- Campaign site: https://cormenfornh.com/
- X: https://x.com/thcormen
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThomasCormen

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/25d71e57-9def-4149-8257-2bfb3c5e5415