# Tim Lang

Tim Lang is a Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5330ad05-ce69-47c0-9093-6286233c7a7d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5330ad05-ce69-47c0-9093-6286233c7a7d (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

79% of Lang’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

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

199 classified statements: 199 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Lang | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.0% | 2.3% | 99 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 12.1% | 9.5% | 106 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 46.7% | 37.3% | 111 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.0% | 2.3% | 70 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 19.6% | 15.4% | 118 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 32% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Economics and Public Finance 29% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Taxation 13% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%); Government Operations and Politics 8.7% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Health 6.5% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.04), from 56 donors and 372 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

208 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire Senate 98.4%). Party unity 99.4% (98.4%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 535 defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB535/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 475 relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB475/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1422 relative to the time to petition for a new trial. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1422/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 468 relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB468/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Conference Committee Report · HB 1300 establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central office… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1300/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 430 relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB430/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 223 relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB223/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 574 establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB574/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Ought to Pass w/Amendment · HB 1793 prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1793/

## Legislation (NH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 39 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 174. 84.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire Senate 78.9%; rank 9 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 653: enabling counties to change the dates of their biennial budgets and relative to the adopting of a municipal budget committee and electing members thereof. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB653/
- SB 652: changing the maximum award of tax credits for overpayment of due taxes. (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB652/
- SB 583: directing the department of education to create an education funding transparency data and reporting system. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB583/
- CACR 12: the adoption of tax laws. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/CACR12/
- SB 527: relative to written notice provided by state agencies to municipalities regarding pending applications. (became law, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB527/
- SB 542: limiting the game dates available to charities at gaming facilities. (passed one chamber, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB542/
- SB 433: establishing the seizure safe schools act. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB433/
- SB 434: relative to regulation of public school materials. (passed both chambers, 2026-08-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB434/
- SB 427: relative to the joint committee on employee classification. (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB427/
- SB 486: relative to the administrative procedure act. (became law, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB486/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $68.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 79% 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.

- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tlangsr/status/2108252248568451095
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tlangsr/status/2102476114094350696
- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/tlangsr/status/2101765697479028769
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/tlangsr/status/2099632093030432944
- 2026-09-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tlangsr/status/2099221216116592706
- 2026-09-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/tlangsr/status/2098857582739992657
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tlangsr/status/2094609092253798758
- 2026-07-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tlangsr/status/2081930390072095097
- 2026-07-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/tlangsr/status/2075787567895814546
- 2026-07-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tlangsr/status/2074868169546809446

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/webpages/district02.aspx
- Campaign site: https://www.votetimlang.com/
- X: https://x.com/tlangsr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votetimlang/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tlangsr/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tlangsr/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5330ad05-ce69-47c0-9093-6286233c7a7d