# Wayne Burton

Wayne Burton is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Strafford 10.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Strafford 10
- Serving since: 2014-12-03
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4c3783ee-340d-4891-abf6-c4dfa6a030e3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4c3783ee-340d-4891-abf6-c4dfa6a030e3 (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

Burton sits at −0.41 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 80% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.04), from 0 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.4% (95.3%). 13 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 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 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 3 bills: 3 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 4.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1781: relative to child support obligations during postsecondary education. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1781/
- HB 1791: directing the department of education to establish a grant program at the post-secondary educational level for individuals with developmental disabilities,… (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1791/
- HB 1525: relative to zoning restrictions concerning dwelling unit occupancy. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1525/

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=373142
- Campaign site: https://straffordcountydemocraticcommittee.org/candidates/wayne-burton/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Wayne-Burton/1013836438

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4c3783ee-340d-4891-abf6-c4dfa6a030e3