# Gary Woods

Gary Woods is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 30.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 30
- Serving since: 2018-12-05
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5d98b66b-f4d1-4776-953f-67dc348fdd12

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5d98b66b-f4d1-4776-953f-67dc348fdd12 (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

Woods sits at −0.43 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 77% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.43 (standard error 0.03), from 0 donors and 714 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 77% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 99.0% (95.3%). 10 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 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 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 0 bills: 0 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 7.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 131: relative to reporting of health care associated infections. (became law, 2021-06-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB131/
- HB 1246: relative to reporting of health care associated infections, establishing a COVID-19 nursing home and long-term care fund, relative to an independent COVID-19… (passed both chambers, 2020-09-17) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2020/HB1246/

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=408895
- Campaign site: https://www.gwoods4nhrep.org/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5d98b66b-f4d1-4776-953f-67dc348fdd12