# Eileen Kelly

Eileen Kelly is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 8.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 8
- Serving since: 2024-12-04
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/956f70c5-6a5c-455f-b17d-c25f04b25db1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/956f70c5-6a5c-455f-b17d-c25f04b25db1 (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

100% of Kelly’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.54 (standard error 0.07), from 5 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 99.6% (95.3%). 6 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 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 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 5.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1296: relative to the conditions for, and procedures for the adoption of, the elderly tax exemption. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1296/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,800 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=409249
- Campaign site: https://nhhousedems.org/candidate/eileen-kelly/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562013860187
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eileen-kelly-7651a75/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/956f70c5-6a5c-455f-b17d-c25f04b25db1