# John Stone

John Stone is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Strafford 12.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Strafford 12
- Serving since: 2024-12-04
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/78fa874f-3651-424e-a8c7-094b2d89de95

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/78fa874f-3651-424e-a8c7-094b2d89de95 (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

Stone missed 35% of 557 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the New Hampshire House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.40 (standard error 0.05), from 0 donors and 195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 65% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.8% (95.3%). 5 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · Veto Override · HB 1336 relative to regulated conditional deposits. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1336/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · Veto Override · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · Veto Override · HB 232 relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB232/

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=409299
- Campaign site: https://straffordcountydemocraticcommittee.org/candidates/john-stone/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/78fa874f-3651-424e-a8c7-094b2d89de95