# Terry Spahr

Terry Spahr is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Grafton 12.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Grafton 12
- Serving since: 2024-12-04
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3427853b-656d-4c4e-9857-acb92e08187d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3427853b-656d-4c4e-9857-acb92e08187d (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

Spahr sits at −0.26 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 94% of State House Democrats.

## What Spahr says (NH 2025–26 session)

33 classified statements: 33 posts 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 | Spahr | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.1% | 2.5% | 114 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 12.1% | 10.4% | 261 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 42.4% | 39.2% | 342 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 12.1% | 14.4% | 379 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 50% (State House Democrats 11%); Environmental Protection 29% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Health 21% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 14% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.26 (standard error 0.02), from 2 donors and 278 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 92.1% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 91.9% (95.3%). 41 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 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 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 5.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1090: relative to meals and rooms taxes. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1090/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,435 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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.

- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/terryspahrrocks/status/2073406475742191802
- 2026-06-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/terryspahrrocks/status/2071730431179825207
- 2026-06-28 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/terryspahrrocks/status/2071028304090374359
- 2026-06-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/terryspahrrocks/status/2069042724423258468
- 2026-06-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/terryspahrrocks/status/2065222549936718191
- 2026-06-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/terryspahrrocks/status/2064723218112315802
- 2026-05-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/terryspahrrocks/status/2061085287124504768
- 2026-05-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/terryspahrrocks/status/2060692712622571816
- 2026-05-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/terryspahrrocks/status/2059998123565752502
- 2026-05-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/terryspahrrocks/status/2059658386317172825

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?pid=11184
- Campaign site: https://nhhousedems.org/candidate/terry-spahr/
- X: https://x.com/terryspahrrocks
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terry.spahr.5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3427853b-656d-4c4e-9857-acb92e08187d