# David Meuse

David Meuse is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 37.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 37
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4b449f0f-2024-4e18-bbbd-7f0bbcfa8cac

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b449f0f-2024-4e18-bbbd-7f0bbcfa8cac (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

20% of Meuse’s statements contain a personal attack, 7.7 times the State House Democrat average of 2.5%.

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

1,454 classified statements: 1,454 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 | Meuse | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 19.5% | 2.5% | 10 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 32.5% | 10.4% | 28 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 47.1% | 39.2% | 266 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.2% | 2.9% | 489 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 1.3% | 14.4% | 669 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 7.1% | 1.0% | 21 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 22% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State House Democrats 11%); Health 14% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.54 (standard error 0.03), from 3 donors and 1,178 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 94.2% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.9% (95.3%). 10 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 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 28. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 79 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1609: limiting the use of state, county, and municipal funds and property for construction and operation of certain immigrant detention facilities. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1609/
- HB 1349: relative to exemptions from multi-family zoning requirements for small or low-density communities. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1349/
- HB 1084: relative to the relinquishment of deadly weapons by those subject to a domestic violence protective order. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1084/
- HB 1049: relative to storage requirements for firearms. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1049/
- HB 638: allowing an older prisoner serving a sentence of life without parole to be eligible for parole upon meeting certain criteria. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB638/
- HB 57: relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters. (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB57/
- HB 56: requiring a background check and mandatory waiting period during certain firearm transfers. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB56/
- HB 1613: establishing a trust fund for money from soil and water environmental contamination court settlements. (became law, 2024-08-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1613/
- HB 1319: relative to prohibiting the nonconsensual dissemination of synthetic sexual images. (became law, 2024-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1319/
- HB 1195: relative to allowing school districts to approve different apportionment methods for school administrative unit costs. (became law, 2024-08-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1195/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $890 (State House Democrats median $1,450). 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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JdmMeuse/status/2113603466601873781
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/JdmMeuse/status/2113694224222982383
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/JdmMeuse/status/2113059953539977262
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JdmMeuse/status/2112954263894700325
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/JdmMeuse/status/2112611669054534001
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JdmMeuse/status/2112622206257713578
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JdmMeuse/status/2112136281140719718
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JdmMeuse/status/2111429546524459329
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/JdmMeuse/status/2111067972093518253
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/JdmMeuse/status/2111067980935069922

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408924
- Campaign site: https://www.davidmeuse4nh.com/
- X: https://x.com/JdmMeuse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meuse4nh/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidmeuse/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davidmeuse6967
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-meuse-0078b79

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b449f0f-2024-4e18-bbbd-7f0bbcfa8cac