# James Gray

James Gray is a Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire Senate, district 6
- Serving since: 2016-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e6443187-eb51-42eb-8bd7-349ed0ba9641

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e6443187-eb51-42eb-8bd7-349ed0ba9641 (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

93% of the 15 bills Gray sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the New Hampshire Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.03), from 46 donors and 972 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 65% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

208 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire Senate 98.4%). Party unity 100% (98.4%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 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 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 33. 93.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire Senate 78.9%; rank 3 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 660: relative to photo identification cards issued solely for the purpose of voting. (became law, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB660/
- SB 600: requiring the governor to submit and present a quarterly fiscal year budget report about the general and education trust funds to the general court fiscal… (became law, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB600/
- SB 451: amending the title of the position of senior deputy secretary of state. (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB451/
- SB 401: relative to removing an obsolete annual reporting requirement by municipal overseers of public welfare to the department of health and human services and… (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB401/
- SB 404: relative to economic revitalization zone tax credits. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB404/
- SB 405: relative to amounts reported by political committees. (became law, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB405/
- SB 407: making an appropriation for each full-time student eligible for the in-state tuition rate enrolled in the university system of New Hampshire. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB407/
- SB 213: relative to electioneering by public employees and relative to absentee voting. (passed both chambers, 2025-10-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/SB213/
- SB 218: relative to absentee ballots. (became law, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/SB218/
- SB 178: relative to the department of health and human services laboratory services for testing of water supplies. (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/SB178/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $29.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/webpages/district06.aspx
- Campaign site: http://www.jpgraynh.com/
- X: https://x.com/Gray4NHSenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.gray.566790
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jamesgray7454

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e6443187-eb51-42eb-8bd7-349ed0ba9641