# Tony Caplan Tony Caplan is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 8. - Party: Democrat - Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 8 - Serving since: 2022-12-07 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/960dc748-e7c7-4859-ab1d-b07f9bb7b269 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/960dc748-e7c7-4859-ab1d-b07f9bb7b269 (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 Caplan reported $2,000 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.33 (standard error 0.01), from 11 donors and 810 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 557 roll calls. Attendance 90.3% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 96.7% (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 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 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, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 26. Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1741: relative to the enrollment and use of distributed energy resource aggregations by electric utilities. (in committee, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1741/ - HB 1141: relative to permitting and fee authority for mining and prospecting. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1141/ - HB 1024: prohibiting investments by the New Hampshire retirement system in businesses owned by a sitting president or their family. (in committee, 2026-10-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1024/ - HB 674: relative to non-wire alternatives, time-of-use tariffs, and multi-year rate settings. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB674/ - HB 106: establishing a commission to determine the monetary costs of climate damage to the state of New Hampshire and the best means of recouping such costs. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB106/ - HB 1268: relative to prohibiting the issuance of large groundwater withdrawal permits for the commercial sale of bottled or bulk water. (in committee, 2024-03-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1268/ - HB 1423: requiring the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources to identify all old growth and mature forests on public land in the state of… (passed one chamber, 2024-02-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1423/ - HB 1376: relative to prohibiting certain packaging from carrying the recycling logo. (in committee, 2024-03-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1376/ - HB 1431: relative to utility requirements for integrated distribution planning. (became law, 2024-07-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1431/ - HB 1207: relative to single-use disposable plastic foodware accessories. (in committee, 2024-10-31) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1207/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $2,000 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409023 - X: https://x.com/TonyNh - X: https://x.com/AnthonyCaplan1 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.caplan1 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caplananthony/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-caplan-09b1a27/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/960dc748-e7c7-4859-ab1d-b07f9bb7b269