# Bill Gannon

Bill Gannon is a Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate for district 23.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire Senate, district 23
- Serving since: 2020-12-02
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d3c437bd-532d-458b-961f-4f6dccec1e4b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d3c437bd-532d-458b-961f-4f6dccec1e4b (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

64% of Gannon’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

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

26 classified statements: 26 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Gannon | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 42.3% | 37.3% | 154 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.7% | 2.3% | 18 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 42.3% | 15.4% | 11 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 36% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Education 18% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Law 18% (State Senate Republicans 3.7%); Transportation and Public Works 18% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Economics and Public Finance 9.1% (State Senate Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.03), from 12 donors and 655 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

208 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire Senate 98.4%). Party unity 98.8% (98.4%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 535 defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB535/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 475 relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB475/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1422 relative to the time to petition for a new trial. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1422/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 468 relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB468/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Conference Committee Report · HB 1300 establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central office… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1300/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 430 relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB430/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 223 relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB223/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 574 establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB574/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Ought to Pass w/Amendment · HB 1793 prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1793/

## Legislation (NH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 188. 76.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire Senate 78.9%; rank 17 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 620: relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated. (became law, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB620/
- SB 624: restricting access to certain hemp-derived products and establishing the offenses of criminal adulteration and distribution of adulterated controlled… (became law, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB624/
- SB 617: relative to the regulation and appeal of motor vehicle towing from public highways and relative to the removal of abandoned vehicles by law enforcement. (became law, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB617/
- SB 626: restricting right-to-know requests to persons domiciled or maintaining a permanent residence in New Hampshire and requiring proof of domicile or residency to… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB626/
- SB 568: relative to the department of safety's procedures for the processing of employee candidate background checks. (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB568/
- SB 466: relative to the possession of a firearm without a serial number. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB466/
- SB 467: relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses and establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug… (passed one chamber, 2026-10-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB467/
- SB 465: classifying xylazine as a schedule III controlled drug. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB465/
- SB 459: exempting classification of individuals based on biological sex from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice in certain limited circumstances. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB459/
- SB 411: relative to the procedure concerning search warrant inventories. (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB411/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $39.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 64% 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.

- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorgannon/status/2103527225320779897
- 2026-09-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorgannon/status/2098845434156384674
- 2026-09-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorgannon/status/2097276382556443011
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senatorgannon/status/2092350488075194372
- 2026-08-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorgannon/status/2085750307334640058
- 2026-07-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/senatorgannon/status/2076745622493843704
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorgannon/status/2073493727705022549
- 2026-06-04 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/senatorgannon/status/2062571362137342138
- 2026-04-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/senatorgannon/status/2044788401405034740
- 2026-03-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/senatorgannon/status/2031509991711019074

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/webpages/district23.aspx
- Campaign site: https://www.williamgannon.net/
- X: https://x.com/senatorgannon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorgannon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/William-Gannon-100006740895925/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-gannon-bb924646/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d3c437bd-532d-458b-961f-4f6dccec1e4b