# Brian Seaworth

Brian Seaworth is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 12
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b12abcbf-fbbe-4464-854e-6960b024e62a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b12abcbf-fbbe-4464-854e-6960b024e62a (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

Seaworth sits at +0.13 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 84% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.13 (standard error 0.01), from 3 donors and 1,142 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 16% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 91.9% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 96.5% (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 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 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 0 bills: 0 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 8.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1201: relative to payment of wages for deceased employees. (became law, 2024-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1201/
- HB 615: reducing the penalty for certain first offense drug possession charges. (passed both chambers, 2021-05-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB615/
- HB 301: relative to the compensation appeals board. (became law, 2021-04-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB301/
- HB 332: relative to deadlines for consideration of developments of regional impact by planning boards. (became law, 2021-06-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB332/
- HB 261: relative to apprenticeship programs in trade and industry. (became law, 2021-05-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB261/
- HB 303: relative to required pay. (became law, 2021-05-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB303/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,110 (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 68% 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=377023
- Campaign site: https://brianseaworth.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepBrianSeaworth/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-seaworth-5761b0/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b12abcbf-fbbe-4464-854e-6960b024e62a