# Hope Damon Hope Damon is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Sullivan 8. - Party: Democrat - Seat: New Hampshire House, district Sullivan 8 - Serving since: 2022-12-07 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/a1852031-32a0-4f94-95b8-57ddcc5ab576 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a1852031-32a0-4f94-95b8-57ddcc5ab576 (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 76% of Damon’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.05), from 92 donors and 599 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 557 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 99.4% (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 yea · 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 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 58. 30.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 94 of 128). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1823: requiring every school, school district, and school administrative unit to produce independent audits and financial reports to be posted publicly and sent to… (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1823/ - HB 1824: relative to school district financial distress. (in committee, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1824/ - HB 1514: requiring the department of education and the department of revenue administration to send school monitoring and financial reports to relevant school and… (passed both chambers, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1514/ - HB 1518: permitting remote participation at county delegation meetings. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1518/ - HB 1403: relative to credentials for the position of school business administrator. (in committee, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1403/ - HB 1402: relative to credentials for the position of superintendent of schools. (in committee, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1402/ - HB 1399: making an appropriation to the Claremont school district for costs associated with a building renovation project from the revenue stabilization reserve account. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1399/ - HB 1280: establishing a commission to study public school open enrollment. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1280/ - HB 1212: establishing a commission to review draft rules related to minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards developed by the… (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1212/ - HB 1100: establishing an exception to the prohibition against interception and disclosure of telecommunication or oral communications. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1100/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $22.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 76% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?pid=10910 - Campaign site: https://www.hopefornh.com/about - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HopeforNH8/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a1852031-32a0-4f94-95b8-57ddcc5ab576