# Carol McGuire

Carol McGuire is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 27.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 27
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ae3d6133-98b5-444e-b95e-2edc2f5302dc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ae3d6133-98b5-444e-b95e-2edc2f5302dc (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

McGuire sits at +0.16 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 81% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.16 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,180 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 96.8% (95.3%). 25 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 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 yea · 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 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 30. 54.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 54 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1159: relative to updating the state building code. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1159/
- HB 1030: relative to licensed practical nurse scope of practice. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1030/
- HB 1052: relative to qualifications for licensure as a LADC, or licensed alcohol and drug counselor. (in committee, 2026-10-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1052/
- HB 525: transferring administration of the program for the deaf and hard of hearing and the board of licensure of interpreters for the deaf, deafblind, and hard of… (in committee, 2025-11-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB525/
- HB 525: transferring administration of the program for the deaf and hard of hearing and the board of licensure of interpreters for the deaf, deafblind, and hard of… (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB525/
- HB 216: relative to workers' compensation and creditable service towards retirement. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB216/
- HB 214: relative to the regulation of recreational therapists and respiratory care practitioners and relative to delaying the effective dates of various new… (became law, 2025-06-25) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB214/
- HB 244: updating and recodifying the municipal enforcement of the building and fire code. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB244/
- HB 244: updating and recodifying the municipal enforcement of the building and fire code. (in committee, 2025-11-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB244/
- HB 134: relative to the state building code. (became law, 2025-06-25) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB134/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=376841
- Campaign site: https://www.mcguire4house.com/
- X: https://x.com/mcguire4House

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ae3d6133-98b5-444e-b95e-2edc2f5302dc