# Dick Ames

Dick Ames is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Cheshire 13.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Cheshire 13
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/47c165c7-ecd9-4b88-b9f7-2e58e8e290d4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/47c165c7-ecd9-4b88-b9f7-2e58e8e290d4 (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

Ames has served since 2022.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.45 (standard error 0.02), from 90 donors and 1,197 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 99.2% (95.3%). 7 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 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 9. 28.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 98 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1787: modifying the statewide education property tax. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1787/
- HB 1799: relative to required state funding for providing an opportunity for an adequate education. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1799/
- HB 1409: modifying the deposit of revenues collected from video lottery terminals. (in committee, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1409/
- HB 734: relative to the state education property tax and the low- and moderate-income homeowners property tax relief program. (in committee, 2025-11-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB734/
- HB 734: relative to the state education property tax and the low- and moderate-income homeowners property tax relief program. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB734/
- HB 531: setting annual limits on the amount of charitable gaming revenue which may be distributed to one charitable organization. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB531/
- HB 328: establishing a charitable gaming oversight commission. (became law, 2025-08-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB328/
- HB 569: relative to the state education property tax and the low and moderate income homeowners property tax relief program. (in committee, 2024-10-31) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB569/
- HB 569: relative to the state education property tax and the low and moderate income homeowners property tax relief program. (in committee, 2023-11-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB569/
- HB 220: establishing a committee to study the regulatory structure of charitable gaming. (in committee, 2023-10-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB220/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,763 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 88% 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=377061
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richard.ames.902

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/47c165c7-ecd9-4b88-b9f7-2e58e8e290d4