# Anita Burroughs

Anita Burroughs is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Carroll 2.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Carroll 2
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a028512b-5d61-4d23-9e28-dec7038577d6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a028512b-5d61-4d23-9e28-dec7038577d6 (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

The policy areas Burroughs talks about and legislates on agree at 0.15 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## What Burroughs says (NH 2025–26 session)

57 classified statements: 57 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Burroughs | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.0% | 2.5% | 89 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 7.0% | 10.4% | 413 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 36.8% | 39.2% | 428 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.5% | 2.9% | 220 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 1.8% | 14.4% | 652 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 3.5% | 1.0% | 59 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 43% (State House Democrats 15%); Taxation 29% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Economics and Public Finance 9.5% (State House Democrats 11%); Education 9.5% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 4.8% (State House Democrats 8.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.35 (standard error 0.01), from 51 donors and 1,167 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 93.9% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.5% (95.3%). 15 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 not voting · 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 19.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 44: concerning the protection of public lands. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HR44/
- HB 580: relative to retaliatory defamation in domestic violence and sexual violence cases. (in committee, 2025-11-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB580/
- HB 1460: relative to the sale of county property. (in committee, 2024-03-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1460/
- HB 1125: relative to requiring public notice and comment at all county commissioner and delegation meetings. (became law, 2024-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1125/
- HB 373: relative to billing for ambulance services. (in committee, 2023-11-17) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB373/
- HB 373: relative to billing for ambulance services. (in committee, 2024-01-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB373/
- HB 265: relative to municipal property tax relief for installation of fire suppression systems. (in committee, 2023-03-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB265/
- HB 482: relative to the use of campaign contributions for personal use expenditures. (in committee, 2022-01-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB482/
- HB 482: relative to the use of campaign contributions for personal use expenditures. (in committee, 2021-11-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB482/
- HB 395: relative to consideration of home-share income and exempting rentals of shared facilities from requirements under the real estate practice act. (in committee, 2021-04-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB395/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,423 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 72% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/nhrepburroughs/status/2114048110095933454
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/nhrepburroughs/status/2113782224520937792
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/nhrepburroughs/status/2113019430250979531
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/nhrepburroughs/status/2112238098830565389
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/nhrepburroughs/status/2110517817217073364
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/nhrepburroughs/status/2110117708876681357
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/nhrepburroughs/status/2110118339745923166
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/nhrepburroughs/status/2109029108906897671
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/nhrepburroughs/status/2108600641442468292
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/nhrepburroughs/status/2108705697307525166

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408822
- Campaign site: https://anitafornh.com/
- X: https://x.com/nhrepburroughs
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateRepBurroughs/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anitaburroughsnh/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digginginnh/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@anitaburroughs6920
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DiggingInNHPodcast-rf2hv
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DiggingINwithAnitaBurrou-eg3kx
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitadburroughs

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a028512b-5d61-4d23-9e28-dec7038577d6