# Louise Andrus Louise Andrus is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 5. - Party: Republican - Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 5 - Serving since: 2020-12-02 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/4f84e968-9226-470f-bde4-4163efc19593 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4f84e968-9226-470f-bde4-4163efc19593 (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 Andrus voted against the majority of New Hampshire House Republicans 69 times; party unity 87%, in the bottom tenth of the New Hampshire House (average 95.3%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.06 (standard error 0.01), from 1 donors and 848 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.6% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 557 roll calls. Attendance 88% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 87% (95.3%). 69 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 nay · 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 not voting · 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 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 15. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 108 of 128). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1496: repealing the cap on residential parking spaces. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1496/ - HB 1386: enabling citizens in a municipality to vote to require that a financial audit of the local school district take place. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1386/ - HB 590: relative to cooperative school district school board elections. (in committee, 2025-11-18) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB590/ - HB 554: clarifying the placement of advertising signs on state-owned property. (passed both chambers, 2025-06-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB554/ - HB 114: removing fees and charges for governmental records under the right-to-know law and reinstating potential liability for disclosure of information exempt from… (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB114/ - HB 1205: relative to women's school sports. (became law, 2024-07-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1205/ - HB 1136: relative to requiring a reconciliation of votes cast and undervotes with the total of ballots cast. (in committee, 2024-03-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1136/ ## Campaign money (2020 cycle) Itemized receipts $100 (State House Republicans median $1,350). 100% 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=409020 - Campaign site: https://www.louiseandrus.com/ - X: https://x.com/LALICEAND - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/louiseandrusnh/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/louise.andrus.3/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Louise-Laa-Andrus/pfbid0wNufB15L6MNQorU8zj3aFoiG5yUCTHLNwWmrMWiqZ1QCQCSKRuSW16eJkvXLyfQ1l/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-andrus-9256015b/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4f84e968-9226-470f-bde4-4163efc19593