# Kris Schultz

Kris Schultz is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 29.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 29
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8698b473-ea4e-4126-8766-a2b5b5878702

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8698b473-ea4e-4126-8766-a2b5b5878702 (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

Schultz sits at −0.36 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 86% of State House Democrats.

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

82 classified statements: 82 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 | Schultz | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.3% | 2.5% | 84 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 7.3% | 10.4% | 403 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 15.8% | 39.2% | 666 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.9% | 2.9% | 147 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 3.7% | 14.4% | 597 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 2.4% | 1.0% | 92 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Labor and Employment 54% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State House Democrats 11%); Education 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Taxation 15% (State House Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.36 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 1,042 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 84% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.4% (95.3%). 18 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 nay · 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 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 11.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 770: relative to establishing a program to earn tuition credits for state of New Hampshire higher education institutions through community service. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB770/
- HB 589: defining and prohibiting wanton animal waste and prohibiting certain wildlife hunting contests. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB589/
- HB 481: relative to moving the state primary date. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB481/
- HB 442: relative to prohibiting payment of subminimum wages. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB442/
- HB 1534: relative to establishing a program to earn tuition credits for state of New Hampshire higher education institutions through community service. (in committee, 2024-10-31) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1534/
- HR 29: declaring an economic justice bill of rights. (in committee, 2024-03-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HR29/
- HB 57: relative to the state minimum hourly rate. (passed one chamber, 2023-02-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB57/
- HB 135: relative to requisites for a criminal search warrant. (became law, 2024-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB135/
- HB 45: establishing a committee to study student loan forgiveness in New Hampshire. (passed one chamber, 2023-02-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB45/
- HB 111: establishing a committee to study electrical vehicle charging for residential renters. (became law, 2023-06-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB111/

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/KrisSchultzNH/status/2104841677949038611
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/KrisSchultzNH/status/2098054068874641638
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/KrisSchultzNH/status/2098054872729796687
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/KrisSchultzNH/status/2098118118077768179
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/KrisSchultzNH/status/2098128857396113455
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/KrisSchultzNH/status/2098129832378773598
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/KrisSchultzNH/status/2098131003155882233
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KrisSchultzNH/status/2098131684864459131
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/KrisSchultzNH/status/2097757623990792409
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/KrisSchultzNH/status/2097084049571320225

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408808
- Campaign site: https://www.schultzforconcord.com/
- X: https://x.com/KrisSchultzNH
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SchultzForConcord/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kris.schultz
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@krisschultz9679/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisschultz/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kris-schultz-6152a54/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8698b473-ea4e-4126-8766-a2b5b5878702