# Peter Mehegan

Peter Mehegan is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 12
- Serving since: 2024-12-04
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e2026731-25f3-42b3-bd92-f6b3fc101f01

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e2026731-25f3-42b3-bd92-f6b3fc101f01 (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

15% of Mehegan’s statements contain a personal attack, 5.2 times the State House Republican average of 2.9%.

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

6,379 classified statements: 6,379 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 | Mehegan | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 15.0% | 2.9% | 20 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 2.1% | 9.3% | 588 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 5.0% | 31.9% | 743 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.2% | 1.8% | 539 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.1% | 12.7% | 735 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 3.3% | 1.4% | 116 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 21% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Crime and Law Enforcement 18% (State House Republicans 11%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 13% (State House Republicans 10%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.0% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.13 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 16% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 95.6% (95.3%). 30 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 nay · 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 0 bills: 0 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 3.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/tbeachhead/status/2114511314337054975
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/tbeachhead/status/2114512018216779840
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/tbeachhead/status/2114512780065980650
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/tbeachhead/status/2114680332461170886
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/tbeachhead/status/2114682720291058115
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/tbeachhead/status/2114705144420225147
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/tbeachhead/status/2114705481444778259
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/tbeachhead/status/2114745532954595774
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/tbeachhead/status/2114745786218971572
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/tbeachhead/status/2114750496997306372

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=409267
- X: https://x.com/tbeachhead
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tbeachhead
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petermehegan/
- Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@PeterMehegan

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e2026731-25f3-42b3-bd92-f6b3fc101f01