# Charlie Melvin

Charlie Melvin is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 20
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/66ba1045-a0e7-4602-b228-e68dea8be29e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/66ba1045-a0e7-4602-b228-e68dea8be29e (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

Melvin sits at +0.10 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 88% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.10 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,185 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 96.9% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 94.1% (95.3%). 37 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 0 bills: 0 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 2.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 98: relative to applications for the low and moderate income homeowners property tax relief program. (in committee, 2023-02-02) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB98/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408915
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CharlieStClairforRep/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlie-melvin-b3292682/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/66ba1045-a0e7-4602-b228-e68dea8be29e