# Jonah Wheeler

Jonah Wheeler 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/87b1ae9f-d7ad-4fc2-b96c-a03c1926c4b1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/87b1ae9f-d7ad-4fc2-b96c-a03c1926c4b1 (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

Wheeler voted against the majority of New Hampshire House Democrats 125 times; party unity 76%, in the bottom 5% of the New Hampshire House (average 95.3%).

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

200 classified statements: 200 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 | Wheeler | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.0% | 2.5% | 322 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 8.0% | 10.4% | 374 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 18.5% | 39.2% | 646 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.5% | 2.9% | 131 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 4.0% | 14.4% | 589 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 1.5% | 1.0% | 162 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 43% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 16% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Law 11% (State House Democrats 2.1%); Taxation 11% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Housing and Community Development 8.1% (State House Democrats 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.18 (standard error 0.01), from 10 donors and 559 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 91.0% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 76% (95.3%). 125 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 55. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 32 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1580: relative to the taxation of non-primary residences. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1580/
- HB 1397: relative to the notice to abutters for the intent to cut. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1397/
- CACR 19: relative to the personal possession of cannabis. Providing that adults 21 years of age or older shall have the right to possess a modest amount of cannabis… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/CACR19/
- CACR 22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/CACR22/
- HB 196: relative to annulling certain cannabis possession offenses. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB196/
- HB 184: establishing a committee to study changing school start times. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB184/
- HB 1583: relative to the per pupil cost of an opportunity for an adequate education. (passed one chamber, 2024-05-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1583/
- HB 1539: relative to annulling, resentencing, or discontinuing prosecution of certain cannabis offenses. (passed one chamber, 2024-05-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1539/
- HB 1289: establishing a commission to study the replacement of the peaker plant in Bow with a clean energy baseload generator and storage. (in committee, 2024-02-01) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1289/
- HB 1169: creating a private cause of action for discrimination based on hairstyles relative to a person's ethnicity. (became law, 2024-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1169/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,954 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 37% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonahowheeler/status/2113796717477069276
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonahowheeler/status/2113432654049853834
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonahowheeler/status/2113433963234566415
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonahowheeler/status/2113434053471056104
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonahowheeler/status/2113434108332314842
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonahowheeler/status/2113434150082678825
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonahowheeler/status/2113434196517818637
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonahowheeler/status/2113434256735142268
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonahowheeler/status/2113434316952768717
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jonahowheeler/status/2113434771825025387

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409186
- Campaign site: https://www.jonahwheeler.com/
- X: https://x.com/jonahowheeler
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/State-Representative-Jonah-Orion-Wheeler-100083510830076/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Jonah-Wheeler-100008918659428/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonahorionwheeler/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonah-orion-wheeler-7b137a2b2/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/87b1ae9f-d7ad-4fc2-b96c-a03c1926c4b1