# Joe Sweeney

Joe Sweeney is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 25.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 25
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/568a287b-89c6-44b7-a8e6-a5188ef7f9bc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/568a287b-89c6-44b7-a8e6-a5188ef7f9bc (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

66% of Sweeney’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

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

1,812 classified statements: 1,812 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Sweeney | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.1% | 2.9% | 189 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 8.0% | 9.3% | 339 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 30.1% | 31.9% | 408 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 1.8% | 360 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 7.3% | 12.7% | 472 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 2.0% | 1.4% | 195 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 23% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (State House Republicans 18%); Immigration 18% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Housing and Community Development 13% (State House Republicans 3.4%); Economics and Public Finance 12% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.13 (standard error 0.01), from 29 donors and 851 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 16% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.1% (95.3%). 20 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 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 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 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 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 41. 36.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 85 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1776: requiring higher educational institutions to report the reception of foreign grants, donations, and contracts to the department of education and the general… (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1776/
- HB 1730: enhancing the level of offense for certain sexual offenses. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1730/
- HB 1736: repealing the authority of the public utilities commission to approve alternative forms of regulation for utilities. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1736/
- HB 1748: establishing the New Hampshire energy efficiency and resource development authority. (in committee, 2026-09-02) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1748/
- HB 1667: establishing the first-in-the-nation security task force to coordinate planning for presidential campaign events. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1667/
- HB 1646: creating an off-site infrastructure improvement tax credit for the value of qualified off-site infrastructure improvements constructed or funded by business… (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1646/
- HB 1583: permitting municipalities to establish special assessment districts for infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1583/
- HB 1652: relative to expedited permitting and third-party inspections for residential and minor home improvements. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1652/
- HB 1588: relative to the regulation of accessory parking for vehicles by local legislative bodies and multifamily housing within commercial districts by… (passed both chambers, 2026-07-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1588/
- HR 41: instructing the house of representatives to investigate whether grounds exist to impeach Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HR41/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 66% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/JoeSweeneyNH/status/2114517302553235868
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoeSweeneyNH/status/2114696646093394012
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoeSweeneyNH/status/2114703600798584882
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JoeSweeneyNH/status/2114748894143746110
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JoeSweeneyNH/status/2114794189602873504
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JoeSweeneyNH/status/2114341213163917406
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JoeSweeneyNH/status/2114356310556959036
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoeSweeneyNH/status/2114384487610188070
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JoeSweeneyNH/status/2114386510812238305
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JoeSweeneyNH/status/2114431805566660820

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=377174
- Campaign site: https://www.joesweeneynh.com/
- X: https://x.com/JoeSweeneyNH
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoeSweeneyNH/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joesweeneynh/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Cqrg-oDwO2MpCOvpsmuXw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesweeneynh/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/568a287b-89c6-44b7-a8e6-a5188ef7f9bc