# Doug Thomas

Doug Thomas is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 16
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5db11498-80a8-4136-9c50-2c7f1a2f6826

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5db11498-80a8-4136-9c50-2c7f1a2f6826 (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

47% of Thomas’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.11 (standard error 0.01), from 12 donors and 1,167 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 96.8% (95.3%). 19 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 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 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 16.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 4: relative to rejecting all offshore wind energy projects in the waters off the coast of New Hampshire and the Gulf of Maine. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HCR4/
- HB 189: relative to the department of energy's 10-year state energy strategy and removing references to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board. (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB189/
- HB 251: relative to the cost of compliance with disclosure of electric renewable portfolio standards. (passed both chambers, 2023-06-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB251/
- HB 211: relative to a report by the department of energy on the effectiveness of the system benefits charge. (became law, 2023-08-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB211/
- HB 1270: repealing the legislative oversight committee to monitor the transformation of delivery of electric services. (became law, 2022-06-08) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1270/
- HB 1005: relative to the creation of a New Hampshire low-grade timber and wood emerging market commission. (became law, 2022-05-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1005/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,785 (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 47% 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=377267
- Campaign site: https://dougthomasnhrep.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doug.thomasnh/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-thomas-77648617

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5db11498-80a8-4136-9c50-2c7f1a2f6826
