# Jodi Newell

Jodi Newell is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Cheshire 4.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Cheshire 4
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/97c57bb8-58d9-43b2-9ccb-5c926022f89f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97c57bb8-58d9-43b2-9ccb-5c926022f89f (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

27% of Newell’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.03), from 5 donors and 591 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 99.4% (95.3%). 9 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 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 43. 80.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 16 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1091: relative to unauthorized camping on private property. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1091/
- HB 604: relative to a loan forgiveness program for low-income homeowners to build new accessory dwelling units or renovate existing structures into accessory dwelling… (in committee, 2025-11-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB604/
- HB 250: enabling local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs. (became law, 2025-08-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB250/
- HB 226: relative to the use of drug checking equipment. (passed both chambers, 2025-11-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB226/
- HB 140: establishing a voluntary "blue envelope" program for drivers with autism spectrum disorders and trauma and stressor-related disorders. (became law, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB140/
- HB 1694: relative to establishing a committee to study a New Hampshire public bank. (in committee, 2024-03-28) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1694/
- HR 26: urging Congress to adopt a constitutional amendment to distinguish between corporate and individual rights. (passed one chamber, 2024-03-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HR26/
- HB 505: relative to comprehensive mental health education in schools. (in committee, 2023-11-17) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB505/
- HB 505: relative to comprehensive mental health education in schools. (in committee, 2024-10-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB505/
- HB 392: relative to constitutional convention procedures for delegates. (passed one chamber, 2023-05-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB392/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,842 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 27% 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=409139
- X: https://x.com/Jodiknewell21
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JodiKNewell/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jodikat/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jknewell/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodi-newell-1582b53a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97c57bb8-58d9-43b2-9ccb-5c926022f89f