# Claudine Burnham

Claudine Burnham is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Strafford 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Strafford 2
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bfecb4c6-509b-4c23-9c69-0e21483c44d3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfecb4c6-509b-4c23-9c69-0e21483c44d3 (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

Burnham sits at +0.17 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 79% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 588 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 96.9% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.7% (95.3%). 11 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · 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 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 38. 30.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 96 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1462: relative to election law complaints. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1462/
- HB 1304: requiring guide examinations to be administered by conservation officers. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1304/
- HB 1306: relative to the counting of absentee ballots. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1306/
- HB 709: allowing parents or guardians to admit their children into any school district where they pay any property or school district taxes. (in committee, 2025-11-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB709/
- HB 574: requiring background checks of the private companies and their contractors who program and maintain New Hampshire voting machines. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB574/
- HB 579: requiring applicants for a fish and game guide license to take and pass a standardized test provided by the fish and game department before receiving their… (in committee, 2025-02-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB579/
- HB 474: requiring a second witness at the counting of write-in votes. (became law, 2025-06-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB474/
- HB 317: preventing a supervisor of the checklist from verifying a person's identity without identification, even if they personally know that person. (in committee, 2025-11-17) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB317/
- HB 270: requiring the preservation of electronic ballot counting device external storage devices. (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB270/
- HB 160: relative to the contents of the pre-election certificate. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB160/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409075
- X: https://x.com/cBurn156
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudine-burnham-5a1607287/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfecb4c6-509b-4c23-9c69-0e21483c44d3