# Jim Qualey

Jim Qualey is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Cheshire 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Cheshire 18
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8ee6ee68-5ccb-4871-b815-6ed27c68c3ae

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8ee6ee68-5ccb-4871-b815-6ed27c68c3ae (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

33% of Qualey’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.02), from 17 donors and 899 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.0% (95.3%). 30 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 0 bills: 0 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 5.

Recent sponsored bills:

- CACR 16: relating to local governance. Providing that local construction projects seeking amendments, waivers, or variances be subject to certain local approval,… (in committee, 2024-03-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/CACR16/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,050 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 33% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408977
- Campaign site: https://www.jimqualeyfornh.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-qualey-9780938/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-qualey-232a0142/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8ee6ee68-5ccb-4871-b815-6ed27c68c3ae