# Russ Muirhead

Russ Muirhead is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Grafton 12.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Grafton 12
- Serving since: 2020-12-02
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/33c30ffc-2203-48fc-9161-e14946abce23

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/33c30ffc-2203-48fc-9161-e14946abce23 (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

17% of the 6 bills Muirhead sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the New Hampshire House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.37 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 803 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 85% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 74% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.7% (95.3%). 6 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · Veto Override · HB 1336 relative to regulated conditional deposits. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1336/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · Veto Override · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 14. 16.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 116 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1838: establishing a voter-owned elections fund and commission and raising vehicle registration fees. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1838/
- HB 1277: relative to proof of identification on absentee ballot applications. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1277/
- HB 1201: requiring certain political committees to disclose the identity of their donors. (in committee, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1201/
- HB 1083: requiring the disclosure of the source of certain political donations in state elections. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1083/
- HB 714: creating a single primary ballot. (in committee, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB714/
- HB 175: relative to defined coordinated expenditures. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB175/
- HB 324: relative to campaign contributions and expenditures and making an appropriation therefor. (passed one chamber, 2023-02-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB324/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408991
- Campaign site: https://www.russmuirhead.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/russell.muirhead/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-muirhead-292b491a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/33c30ffc-2203-48fc-9161-e14946abce23