# Erica de Vries

Erica de Vries is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 29.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 29
- Serving since: 2024-12-04
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cd3ca080-a00e-4ad2-a5c4-897d8939c32b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cd3ca080-a00e-4ad2-a5c4-897d8939c32b (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

100% of Vries’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

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

20 classified statements: 20 posts 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 | Vries | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 15.0% | 2.5% | 22 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 15.0% | 10.4% | 206 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 35.0% | 39.2% | 460 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 43% (State House Democrats 11%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 29% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Education 29% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 29% (State House Democrats 15%); Commerce 14% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.57 (standard error 0.06), from 34 donors and 265 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 89% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 98.4% (95.3%). 16 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · Veto Override · HB 1336 relative to regulated conditional deposits. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1336/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · Veto Override · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 10.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1764: establishing community workforce housing targets, special assessment provisions, and a revolving loan fund for workforce housing development. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1764/
- HB 487: relative to providing employees with advance notice of the work schedule. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB487/
- HB 464: prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots. (became law, 2025-08-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB464/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,250 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-05-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/deVries4NH/status/2052581452789784886
- 2026-05-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/deVries4NH/status/2052589479173427611
- 2025-11-13 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/deVries4NH/status/1988926501153304678
- 2025-06-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/deVries4NH/status/1938006723970929070
- 2025-06-21 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/deVries4NH/status/1936280526953840886
- 2025-06-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/deVries4NH/status/1931839188833558988
- 2025-06-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/deVries4NH/status/1930940160264241302
- 2025-06-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/deVries4NH/status/1930940459314036902
- 2025-06-06 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/deVries4NH/status/1930940621495140359
- 2025-06-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/deVries4NH/status/1930940725849358353

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=409219
- Campaign site: https://www.devries4nh.com/
- X: https://x.com/deVries4NH
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deVries4NH
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/devries4nh/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cd3ca080-a00e-4ad2-a5c4-897d8939c32b