# Paul Dargie

Paul Dargie is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Hillsborough 43.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Hillsborough 43
- Serving since: 2018-12-05
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b2021972-0991-4a95-a897-b7e992eac8dd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b2021972-0991-4a95-a897-b7e992eac8dd (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

Dargie reported $750 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

1 classified statements: 1 post 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 | Dargie | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.47 (standard error 0.06), from 1 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.4% (95.3%). 11 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 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 3 bills: 3 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 7.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1429: relative to the of hand-counting ballots at large polling places. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1429/
- HB 1274: relative to dog licenses. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1274/
- HB 1260: relative to marriage registration forms and delayed certificates of marriage. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1260/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $750 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-03-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/pauldargie/status/2038041440001946028

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=408957
- Campaign site: https://nhhousedems.org/candidate/paul-dargie/
- X: https://x.com/pauldargie
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulDargie4StateRep/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b2021972-0991-4a95-a897-b7e992eac8dd