# Kelley Potenza

Kelley Potenza is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Strafford 19.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Strafford 19
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b9b6f587-2395-497d-8f04-dfaae1b3d7f4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b9b6f587-2395-497d-8f04-dfaae1b3d7f4 (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

13% of Potenza’s statements contain a personal attack, 4.5 times the State House Republican average of 2.9%.

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

683 classified statements: 683 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Potenza | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 12.9% | 2.9% | 32 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 13.0% | 9.3% | 201 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 23.1% | 31.9% | 507 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 1.8% | 427 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 1.6% | 12.7% | 685 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.5% | 1.4% | 245 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 24% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 20% (State House Republicans 10%); Education 10% (State House Republicans 15%); Economics and Public Finance 8.9% (State House Republicans 12%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 8.2% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 573 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 97.4% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 94.6% (95.3%). 32 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 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 56. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 79 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1719: removing Hepatitis B from the list of diseases for which immunization is required under state law. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1719/
- HB 1683: relative to the modification of administrative rules by the joint legislative committee on administrative rules. (in committee, 2026-10-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1683/
- HB 1584: directing the department of health and human services to provide notice of medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements and relative to… (passed both chambers, 2026-07-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1584/
- HB 1591: relative to the release of escrowed funds by the judicial branch. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1591/
- HB 1478: requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1478/
- HB 1380: requiring the assessment of real property and land be based on replacement or cost-based value. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1380/
- HB 1128: restricting the use of weather modification technologies to declared emergencies. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1128/
- HB 1309: relative to town meeting warrants. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1309/
- HR 35: urging the prohibition of the intentional release of polluting emissions, including cloud seeding and weather modification, to preserve the atmosphere of New… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HR35/
- HB 764: prohibiting the intentional release of polluting emissions, including cloud seeding, weather modification, excessive electromagnetic radio frequency, and… (in committee, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB764/

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/KelleyPotenza/status/2114331282347786470
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KelleyPotenza/status/2111909881326231954
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/KelleyPotenza/status/2111265622504230959
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/KelleyPotenza/status/2110915616152420690
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/KelleyPotenza/status/2111072126841278841
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/KelleyPotenza/status/2110848519003054290
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/KelleyPotenza/status/2110850308876148830
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/KelleyPotenza/status/2110852337719783731
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KelleyPotenza/status/2110857612191555754
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/KelleyPotenza/status/2110879364287988038

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409156
- X: https://x.com/KelleyPotenza
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelley-potenza/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b9b6f587-2395-497d-8f04-dfaae1b3d7f4