# Matthew Hicks

Matthew Hicks is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 24.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 24
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3e70b6de-08a4-4ee5-a1c5-482f9394c475

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3e70b6de-08a4-4ee5-a1c5-482f9394c475 (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

Hicks sits at −0.31 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 91% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.31 (standard error 0.02), from 8 donors and 464 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 91% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 69% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 95.3% (95.3%). 18 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 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 5.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1548: requiring the department of education to collect and publish data regarding the costs associated with providing special education services to students of… (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1548/
- HB 1161: removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1161/
- HB 1449: relative to prohibiting the board of tax and land appeals from ordering retroactive re-appraisals outside of the years in question or relying on the… (in committee, 2024-03-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1449/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,351 (State House Democrats median $1,450). 100% 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=409108
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matthew-hicks-phd-9a1bb222/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3e70b6de-08a4-4ee5-a1c5-482f9394c475