# Stephanie Payeur

Stephanie Payeur is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 8.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 8
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8184319b-a3eb-4538-a78a-5e5cd439e2a3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8184319b-a3eb-4538-a78a-5e5cd439e2a3 (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

Payeur missed 33% of 557 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the New Hampshire House (average 89%).

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

4 classified statements: 4 posts 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 | Payeur | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 50.0% | 10.4% | 3 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 75.0% | 39.2% | 24 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 67% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Economics and Public Finance 33% (State House Democrats 11%); Education 33% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 33% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.03), from 0 donors and 432 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 67% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.5% (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 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 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 1.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 462: establishing a cause of action for unwarranted video imaging of residential premises. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB462/

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-09-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/srpayeur/status/2099160172249612519
- 2025-04-11 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/srpayeur/status/1910503184004497437
- 2025-04-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/srpayeur/status/1910438202013606228
- 2025-02-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/srpayeur/status/1885740260354658747

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409148
- X: https://x.com/srpayeur
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.payeur.566
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephanie.r.payeur/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-payeur-mba-mt-ascp-3639847/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8184319b-a3eb-4538-a78a-5e5cd439e2a3