# Will Darby

Will Darby is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Hillsborough 11.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Hillsborough 11
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4c6a4d79-307b-4e5f-9d63-ba4f60a6892c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4c6a4d79-307b-4e5f-9d63-ba4f60a6892c (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

Darby sits at −0.28 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.28 (standard error 0.01), from 7 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 94.3% (95.3%). 39 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 nay · 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 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 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, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 26. 80.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 16 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1810: relative to a road salt fee to support certified winter road maintenance practices. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1810/
- HB 1655: establishing a funding source for maintaining state owned dams. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1655/
- HB 582: relative to safety requirements for operation of personal water crafts. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB582/
- HB 397: establishing a multi-agency task force chaired by the department of safety. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB397/
- HB 404: relative to information on the hike safe card. (became law, 2025-07-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB404/
- HB 1301: relative to wake surfing on public bodies of water. (in committee, 2024-10-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1301/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,762 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 99% 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=409086
- Campaign site: https://willdarby4nashua.com/
- X: https://x.com/willdarbynashua
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wbdarby
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willdarby4nashua/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willdarby/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4c6a4d79-307b-4e5f-9d63-ba4f60a6892c