# Jim Creighton

Jim Creighton is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Hillsborough 30.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Hillsborough 30
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e6b59654-1e8f-4f6b-b01f-7d69bb76ffec

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e6b59654-1e8f-4f6b-b01f-7d69bb76ffec (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

55% of Creighton’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.09 (standard error 0.01), from 65 donors and 856 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 87% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 95.7% (95.3%). 23 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 33. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 21 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1753: establishing the New Hampshire first for veterans program and authority. (in committee, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1753/
- HB 1101: relative to the membership and governance of the state veterans council. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1101/
- HB 1152: designating the funds account for donations and bequests received by the department of military affairs and veterans services to be non-lapsing funds. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1152/
- HB 1025: relative to the designation of the chief financial officer as a civilian employee within the department of military affairs and veterans services. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1025/
- HB 447: relative to property tax exemptions for disabled veterans. (in committee, 2025-02-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB447/
- HB 225: relative to the employment of military spouses in the event of involuntary deployment of service member. (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB225/
- HB 122: relative to payment of claims arising out of actions or activities of the New Hampshire national guard. (became law, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB122/
- HB 120: relative to transferring statutory authority from the department of education to the department of military affairs and veterans services regarding… (became law, 2025-05-30) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB120/
- HB 1304: relative to vessel registration and boat fee decals. (became law, 2024-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2024/HB1304/
- HB 137: relative to boating safety equipment rules and vessel numbering rules, and establishing a committee to study boat registrations fees. (became law, 2023-07-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2023/HB137/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $67.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 55% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=409017
- Campaign site: https://creighton4nh.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NHdistrict38/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.creighton.75/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creighton4nh/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james.creighton/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jimcreighton4nh412
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-creighton-8585611a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e6b59654-1e8f-4f6b-b01f-7d69bb76ffec