# Bill Bolton

Bill Bolton is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Grafton 8.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Grafton 8
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6d4386a3-50ff-437f-bf9e-50faea1fd774

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6d4386a3-50ff-437f-bf9e-50faea1fd774 (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

100% of Bolton’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the top quarter of State House Democrats.

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

1 classified statements: 1 post 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 | Bolton | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 100.0% | 39.2% | 2 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 100.0% | 2.9% | 1 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 100% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Commerce 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 252 donors and 571 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 91.2% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.4% (95.3%). 14 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, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 7.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1293: taxing certain properties owned by charitable or non-profit organizations. (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1293/
- HB 621: allowing the birth mother to opt out of sharing certain information from the birth worksheet with state agencies. (in committee, 2025-11-18) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB621/
- HB 625: relative to enabling municipalities to levy payments against non-profits at a percentage of their assessed property values. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB625/
- HB 1689: relative to the use of personal identifying information by state agencies. (in committee, 2024-10-31) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1689/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,146 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 100% 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.

- 2026-07-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/BillBoltonNH/status/2082437432222310738

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409070
- X: https://x.com/BillBoltonNH
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Bill-Bolton-for-NH-Representative-100082585010056/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/william.r.bolton/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billboltonnh/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-bolton-8bb24711/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6d4386a3-50ff-437f-bf9e-50faea1fd774