# Thomas Walsh

Thomas Walsh is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 10
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e325954b-c90e-4b1e-aadb-3f5cc7ec1671

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e325954b-c90e-4b1e-aadb-3f5cc7ec1671 (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

Walsh sits at +0.16 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 80% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.16 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,076 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 84% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.6% (95.3%). 21 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 nay · 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 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 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 11. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 62 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1703: relative to establishing a registration fee for bicycles and electric bicycles using state or municipally funded bike paths, trails, or roadways. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1703/
- HB 1466: relative to obtaining a certificate of title for certain trailers. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1466/
- HB 1410: creating a new classification for electric vehicles. (in committee, 2026-10-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1410/
- HB 1362: relative to motor vehicle equipment specifications. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1362/
- HB 454: requiring that retailers of fuel blends with 15% ethanol also offer fuel blends with 10% or lower ethanol content. (in committee, 2025-11-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB454/
- HB 453: prohibiting municipalities from banning use of grounds maintenance and snow and ice removal equipment with internal combustion engines. (in committee, 2025-11-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB453/
- HB 452: relative to the issuance of drivers' licenses for aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire. (passed one chamber, 2025-10-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB452/
- HB 461: relative to department of safety and department of motor vehicle training and testing materials. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB461/
- HB 1456: relative to the appointment and removal of the members of the board of tax and land appeals and the housing appeals board. (became law, 2024-07-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1456/
- HB 1122: relative to lights on motor vehicles. (became law, 2024-07-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1122/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=377187

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e325954b-c90e-4b1e-aadb-3f5cc7ec1671