# Tara Reardon Tara Reardon is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate for district 15. - Party: Democrat - Seat: New Hampshire Senate, district 15 - Serving since: 2024-12-04 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/db4dc6cd-8c68-487f-a1e3-dd80995ba786 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/db4dc6cd-8c68-487f-a1e3-dd80995ba786 (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 68% of the 19 bills Reardon sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the New Hampshire Senate. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.07), from 55 donors and 187 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 208 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire Senate 98.4%). Party unity 100% (98.4%). 0 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 68. 68.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire Senate 78.9%; rank 20 of 24). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 632: relative to a certain highway sign in Concord. (passed one chamber, 2026-10-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB632/ - SB 648: requiring age verification by commercial entities to allow access to pornographic material. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB648/ - SB 563: relative to direct shippers of wine. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB563/ - SB 645: relative to income eligibility for the New Hampshire child care scholarship program and reallocating certain revenue to fund the program. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB645/ - SB 571: relative to the requirements to be issued a certificate as a certified public accountant. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB571/ - SB 572: relative to New Hampshire hospital real estate. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB572/ - CACR 11: relating to sheriffs. Providing that there shall be no age limitation for a person to hold the office of county sheriff. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/CACR11/ - SB 521: relative to unauthorized camping on private property. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB521/ - SB 457: relative to the licensing of physicians who graduated from medical schools outside of the United States or Canada. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB457/ - SB 519: relative to the use of unmanned aerial systems. (passed one chamber, 2026-10-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB519/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $37.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/senate/members/webpages/district15.aspx - Campaign site: https://www.tarareardon.com/ - X: https://x.com/hontgr - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tara.reardon.7 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hontgr/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-reardon-90a024120/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/db4dc6cd-8c68-487f-a1e3-dd80995ba786