# Jess Edwards Jess Edwards is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 31. - Party: Republican - Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 31 - Serving since: 2022-12-07 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/3787c84d-f615-4e9d-bac8-42f86ea308db Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3787c84d-f615-4e9d-bac8-42f86ea308db (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 62% of Edwards’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.09 (standard error 0.01), from 39 donors and 1,130 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 557 roll calls. Attendance 89% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 96.5% (95.3%). 21 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-08-19 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 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 yea · 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 37. 62.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 39 of 128). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 645: relative to data collection and reporting requirements of the prescription drug affordability board. (in committee, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB645/ - HB 570: repealing the prescription drug affordability board. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB570/ - HB 570: repealing the prescription drug affordability board. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB570/ - HB 455: relative to reports by the department of health and human services regarding Medicaid enhancement for children and pregnant women. (became law, 2025-05-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB455/ - HB 208: relative to certification requirements for school nurses. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB208/ - HB 208: relative to certification requirements for school nurses. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-25) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB208/ - HB 116: relative to reporting requirements for public academies. (in committee, 2025-02-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB116/ - HB 166: establishing a committee to review Internet service providers' infrastructure transition plan from copper to fiber. (in committee, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB166/ - HB 74: defining the term citizen for the purposes of the right to know law and including preliminary drafts circulated to a quorum of a majority of a public body as… (in committee, 2025-11-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB74/ - HB 74: defining the term citizen for the purposes of the right to know law and including preliminary drafts circulated to a quorum of a majority of a public body as… (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB74/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $5,381 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 62% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408392 - X: https://x.com/NHRepEdwards - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessedwardsrock4 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessecedwardsjr/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3787c84d-f615-4e9d-bac8-42f86ea308db