# Peter Leishman Peter Leishman is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Hillsborough 33. - Party: Democrat - Seat: New Hampshire House, district Hillsborough 33 - Serving since: 2022-12-07 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/86708f42-531f-4e57-a6b1-f5b11ff9389c Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86708f42-531f-4e57-a6b1-f5b11ff9389c (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 Leishman voted against the majority of New Hampshire House Democrats 71 times; party unity 87%, in the bottom tenth of the New Hampshire House (average 95.3%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.27 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,055 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 557 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 87% (95.3%). 71 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 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 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 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 12. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 79 of 128). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1560: relative to annual motor vehicle inspection standards and reinstatement. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1560/ - HB 1492: relative to the regulation and appeal of motor vehicle towing from public highways and relative to the removal of abandoned vehicles by law enforcement. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1492/ - HB 629: funding the operation maintenance and repair of state dams. (in committee, 2025-10-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB629/ - HB 629: raising the cost of a boat decal fee and allocating the funds collected by such fees to the dam maintenance fund. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB629/ - HB 384: prohibiting bullying in schools. (in committee, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB384/ - HB 79: establishing a commission to study the privatization of the liquor commission. (in committee, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB79/ - HB 1702: relative to oversight of liquor commission funding and repealing the liquor commission fund. (in committee, 2024-10-31) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1702/ - HB 1647: relative to the calculation of group II retirement benefits in the retirement system. (became law, 2024-07-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1647/ - HB 1346: relative to food service at a bed and breakfast. (in committee, 2024-03-28) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1346/ - HB 146: relative to the closure of state liquor stores. (in committee, 2023-02-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB146/ ## Links - Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=376139 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peter.leishman.79 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-leishman-a0504219/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86708f42-531f-4e57-a6b1-f5b11ff9389c