# Patricia Cornell Patricia Cornell is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Hillsborough 22. - Party: Democrat - Seat: New Hampshire House, district Hillsborough 22 - Serving since: 2022-12-07 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/e657ef2c-bfc3-4a08-99fe-4456be3bfe2a Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e657ef2c-bfc3-4a08-99fe-4456be3bfe2a (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 The policy areas Cornell talks about and legislates on agree at 0.36 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats. ## What Cornell says (NH 2025–26 session) 197 classified statements: 197 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Cornell | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 3.5% | 2.5% | 186 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 7.1% | 10.4% | 408 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 11.7% | 39.2% | 698 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 0.5% | 2.9% | 570 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 1.5% | 14.4% | 665 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.0% | 256 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 23% (State House Democrats 11%); Education 23% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Taxation 14% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Crime and Law Enforcement 9.1% (State House Democrats 8.0%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 3 donors and 1,122 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 557 roll calls. Attendance 90% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 99.7% (95.3%). 2 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 35. Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1593: relative to nondiscrimination due to disability. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1593/ - HB 446: relative to participation in the education freedom accounts program by students with disabilities. (became law, 2023-07-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB446/ - HB 1531: repealing certain statutory commissions relating to children. (became law, 2022-06-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1531/ - HB 1376: relative to participation in the education freedom accounts program by students with disabilities. (passed one chamber, 2022-03-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1376/ - HB 1114: relative to education service providers under the education freedom account program. (in committee, 2022-03-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1114/ - HB 1115: relative to record of educational attainment under the educational freedom account program. (in committee, 2022-03-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB1115/ - HB 96: establishing the office of school counseling and psychology, establishing the position of school counselor coordinator, and making an appropriation therefor. (in committee, 2021-02-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB96/ ## Campaign money (2024 cycle) Itemized receipts $950 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 100% 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. - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/pcornell52/status/2114824696357081203 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/pcornell52/status/2114157590158659799 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/pcornell52/status/2114344676501393766 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/pcornell52/status/2113389526693687385 - 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/pcornell52/status/2109766146752688221 - 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/pcornell52/status/2102800132219568343 - 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/pcornell52/status/2102381445503443142 - 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/pcornell52/status/2100594856233931149 - 2026-09-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/pcornell52/status/2099939576596865339 - 2026-09-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/pcornell52/status/2099488105514307699 ## Links - Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=377289 - X: https://x.com/pcornell52 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Elect-Patricia-Cornell-Ward-11-State-Representative-100058119007488/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricia-cornell-77a2a416/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e657ef2c-bfc3-4a08-99fe-4456be3bfe2a