# Lily Foss

Lily Foss is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Hillsborough 41.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Hillsborough 41
- Serving since: 2024-12-04
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5d2f52fe-3001-4a7f-a33e-3fa580c1dc70

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5d2f52fe-3001-4a7f-a33e-3fa580c1dc70 (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 Foss’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

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

30 classified statements: 30 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Foss | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 3.3% | 10.4% | 553 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 20.0% | 39.2% | 632 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.7% | 2.9% | 84 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 3.3% | 14.4% | 612 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Housing and Community Development 50% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 33% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Labor and Employment 17% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.47 (standard error 0.05), from 26 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.0% (95.3%). 17 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 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 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, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 4.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1316: restricting the collection and disclosure of autism-related data by state agencies. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1316/
- HB 1112: relative to snow removal responsibilities in lease agreements. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1112/
- HB 1038: establishing a committee to study raising awareness of the law providing immunity from liability in certain cases involving drug overdoses. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1038/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,570 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 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.

- 2025-12-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LilyforNH/status/2000042669825720457
- 2025-12-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/LilyforNH/status/2000042861027545275
- 2025-08-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/LilyforNH/status/1956418148560998675
- 2025-07-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/LilyforNH/status/1947683264748990686
- 2025-06-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/LilyforNH/status/1933561693042287086
- 2025-05-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/LilyforNH/status/1920169271390277971
- 2025-04-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/LilyforNH/status/1910140870352945431
- 2025-03-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/LilyforNH/status/1905742440679751703
- 2025-03-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/LilyforNH/status/1905077237247807929
- 2025-03-27 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/LilyforNH/status/1905078633842016655

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=409231
- Campaign site: https://www.lilyfornh.com/
- X: https://x.com/LilyforNH
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560871898864
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilyfornh/?hl=en

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5d2f52fe-3001-4a7f-a33e-3fa580c1dc70
