# Connie Lane

Connie Lane is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 16
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8171a035-7cc1-4a7f-b086-9bdb800782da

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8171a035-7cc1-4a7f-b086-9bdb800782da (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

Lane reported $180 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 8 donors and 1,162 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 100% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 99.0% (95.3%). 9 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 21. 37.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 83 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1695: preventing any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1695/
- HB 1487: creating an independent commission to propose redistricting maps for the legislature to consider. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1487/
- HB 1081: requiring political committees to certify with the secretary of state whether they have, or anticipate having, less than $1,000 in receipts or expenditures in… (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1081/
- HB 385: reestablishing voter identification exceptions. (in committee, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB385/
- HB 364: relative to ballots delivered to elder care facilities. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB364/
- HB 363: establishing redistricting criteria. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB363/
- CACR 5: relating to absentee ballots. Providing that no excuse shall be needed by the voter to receive an absentee ballot. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/CACR5/
- HB 141: relative to campaign disclosures for limited liability companies. (in committee, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB141/
- HB 1426: relative to establishing an advisory redistricting commission. (passed one chamber, 2024-02-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1426/
- HB 1091: relative to the financing of political campaigns. (became law, 2024-08-27) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1091/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $180 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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=408890
- Campaign site: https://www.connielane4staterep.com/
- X: https://x.com/ConnieLane4NH
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/connie.lane.79230
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connie-lane-86663033

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8171a035-7cc1-4a7f-b086-9bdb800782da
