# Denise Ricciardi

Denise Ricciardi is a Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2020-12-02
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8dc59c94-caba-41b2-a6ba-6bca0f595118

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8dc59c94-caba-41b2-a6ba-6bca0f595118 (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

Ricciardi voted against the majority of New Hampshire Senate Republicans 10 times; party unity 93.4%, the lowest of 24 in the New Hampshire Senate (average 98.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.02), from 281 donors and 628 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

208 roll calls. Attendance 89% (New Hampshire Senate 98.4%). Party unity 93.4% (98.4%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 535 defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB535/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 475 relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB475/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1422 relative to the time to petition for a new trial. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1422/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 468 relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB468/
- 2026-06-04 · voted not voting · Conference Committee Report · HB 1300 establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central office… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1300/
- 2026-05-21 · voted not voting · Concur · SB 430 relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB430/
- 2026-05-21 · voted not voting · Concur · SB 223 relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB223/
- 2026-05-21 · voted not voting · Concur · SB 574 establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB574/
- 2026-05-14 · voted not voting · Ought to Pass w/Amendment · HB 1793 prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1793/

## Legislation (NH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 55. 85.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire Senate 78.9%; rank 8 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 665: relative to pharmacy benefits managers, managed care laws, notice of drug pricing options and pharmacy benefit manager business practices. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB665/
- SB 614: establishing multiple-caregiver self-insured risk coverage arrangements for nonprofit and for-profit providers and servicers. (became law, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB614/
- SB 618: relative to the penalties for repeat speeding offenders. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB618/
- SB 635: establishing a health reimbursement arrangement tax credit program and making an appropriation for improvements in the department of revenue administration's… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB635/
- SB 610: allowing the insurance commissioner to approve innovative short or long-term care policies. (became law, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB610/
- SB 559: reducing the minimum allowable speed limit on locally controlled roads. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB559/
- SB 526: establishing a New Hampshire-Greece trade council. (became law, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB526/
- SB 560: modernizing the New Hampshire coordinate system. (became law, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB560/
- SB 460: prohibiting tier III criminal offenders from being present in designated child safety zones absent a legitimate purpose. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB460/
- SB 443: relative to wastewater engineering. (became law, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB443/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $133.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 76% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/webpages/district09.aspx
- Campaign site: https://www.facebook.com/denisefornh/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ricciardidenise/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8dc59c94-caba-41b2-a6ba-6bca0f595118