# Laura Telerski

Laura Telerski is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Hillsborough 11.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Hillsborough 11
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ac414b7c-45dc-48b6-9530-eaa8e80b124f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ac414b7c-45dc-48b6-9530-eaa8e80b124f (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

57% of Telerski’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

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

197 classified statements: 197 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 | Telerski | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.5% | 2.5% | 370 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 24.4% | 10.4% | 69 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 45.7% | 39.2% | 290 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.5% | 2.9% | 218 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 11.2% | 14.4% | 399 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 1.0% | 1.0% | 206 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 32% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 26% (State House Democrats 11%); Education 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Housing and Community Development 14% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Government Operations and Politics 12% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.48 (standard error 0.03), from 57 donors and 1,187 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 97.4% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.9% (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 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 yea · 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 40. 37.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 83 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1794: directing the department of health and human services to identify the impact of Medicaid changes on New Hampshire residents' access to health care. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1794/
- HB 1760: repealing the directive that the department of health and human services seek a waiver to establish pharmacy copayment and premium requirements under the… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1760/
- HB 1500: establishing a commission to study and propose procedures in the event of a state government shutdown. (in committee, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1500/
- HB 1653: relative to emergency medical care provided at freestanding hospital emergency facilities. (in committee, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1653/
- HB 1390: designating the apple cider doughnut the official doughnut of the state of New Hampshire. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1390/
- HB 646: requiring school districts to establish an online application for participation in the free and reduced price meal program. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB646/
- HB 583: relative to state participation in the Medicaid direct certification program for free and reduced price school meals. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB583/
- HB 477: establishing a commission to study safety and security procedures in the New Hampshire state house. (in committee, 2025-11-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB477/
- HB 455: relative to creating a new state cause of action and special findings for abused, neglected, and abandoned children seeking special immigrant juvenile status… (in committee, 2023-11-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB455/
- HB 455: relative to creating a new state cause of action and special findings for abused, neglected, and abandoned children seeking special immigrant juvenile status… (in committee, 2024-01-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB455/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $48.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 57% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/LauraTelerski/status/2114763593891926337
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/LauraTelerski/status/2111502424812732692
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/LauraTelerski/status/2110922229068476843
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LauraTelerski/status/2111076741007782337
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/LauraTelerski/status/2110414248958431706
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LauraTelerski/status/2110442129969344655
- 2026-10-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LauraTelerski/status/2106445422549971211
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LauraTelerski/status/2102763599626174512
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LauraTelerski/status/2096997232020955137
- 2026-08-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/LauraTelerski/status/2091853250496544981

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408878
- Campaign site: https://www.lauratelerski.com/
- X: https://x.com/LauraTelerski
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LauraTelerskiNH/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ltelerski/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lauratelerski1930

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ac414b7c-45dc-48b6-9530-eaa8e80b124f