# Linda McGrath

Linda McGrath is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 40.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 40
- Serving since: 2024-12-04
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4b68fc91-27b5-4065-af3d-b541877116f5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b68fc91-27b5-4065-af3d-b541877116f5 (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

McGrath reported $3,000 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.02), from 12 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.0% (95.3%). 21 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 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 yea · 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 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 36. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 90 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1671: relative to prohibiting state Medicaid payments to facilities that discriminate against employees, students, or trainees for exercising lawful medical or… (in committee, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1671/
- HB 1382: relative to proof of citizenship for overseas voters voting under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1382/
- HB 1449: limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools, with certain exceptions. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1449/
- HB 1342: restricting access to certain information relative to voters subject to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1342/
- HB 1117: relative to the right of licensed health care providers to freely communicate with patients, colleagues, and the public about medical information, emerging… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1117/
- HB 1284: requiring the inclusion of a voter's year of birth on the voter checklist. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1284/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,000 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?pid=11421
- Campaign site: https://seacoastrising.com/linda/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lrmcgrath

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b68fc91-27b5-4065-af3d-b541877116f5