# Nicholas Bridle

Nicholas Bridle is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 29
- Serving since: 2024-12-04
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/276d3407-ff3e-4e21-966d-696cfde5faa8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/276d3407-ff3e-4e21-966d-696cfde5faa8 (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

Bridle voted against the majority of New Hampshire House Republicans 189 times; party unity 61%, in the bottom 5% of the New Hampshire House (average 95.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.07 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 272 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 3.5% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 91.0% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 61% (95.3%). 189 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 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 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 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 11.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1833: creating a special license for non-resident vessel operators participating in tuna tournaments. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1833/
- HB 1768: relative to gifts and donations received by the division of parks and recreation. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1768/
- HB 1751: relative to a start park public safety parking surcharge. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1751/
- HB 1594: establishing a weight-based tiered registration fee schedule for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1594/

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=409212
- Campaign site: https://www.bridlefornhstaterep.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bridlefornhstaterep
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridlefornhstaterep/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NickyNacho/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasbridle/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/276d3407-ff3e-4e21-966d-696cfde5faa8