# Melissa Litchfield

Melissa Litchfield is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Rockingham 32.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Rockingham 32
- Serving since: 2020-12-02
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ee439da0-f552-4df7-80d4-cd6b19ecd5df

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ee439da0-f552-4df7-80d4-cd6b19ecd5df (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

Litchfield reported $2,500 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

6 classified statements: 6 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 | Litchfield | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 16.7% | 31.9% | 624 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 16.7% | 12.7% | 249 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 100% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 100% (State House Republicans 10%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.02), from 42 donors and 557 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 94.2% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 94.2% (95.3%). 37 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 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 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 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 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 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 48. 44.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 73 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1829: modifying the definition of persistently dangerous schools. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1829/
- HB 1778: relative to prohibiting the use of personal identity ideology in public school instruction and policies. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1778/
- HB 1669: establishing a teacher bill of rights. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1669/
- HB 1635: modifying the requirements of suicide prevention education policies in schools. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1635/
- HB 1623: requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1623/
- HB 1589: establishing the digital choice act. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1589/
- HB 1618: prohibiting solar radiation modification, weather modification, and other polluting atmospheric interventions. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1618/
- HB 1650: relative to an age-appropriate design code. (in committee, 2026-08-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1650/
- HB 1460: prohibiting the sale of a child's personal data. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1460/
- HB 1401: amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1401/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,500 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-04-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/LitchfieldforNH/status/2049157987533570324
- 2025-12-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/LitchfieldforNH/status/1996447274369720693
- 2025-11-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/LitchfieldforNH/status/1989723377234325632
- 2025-06-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/LitchfieldforNH/status/1931152667755295055
- 2025-03-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LitchfieldforNH/status/1905437810917589401
- 2025-03-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/LitchfieldforNH/status/1905679284229878057

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=409040
- Campaign site: https://www.melissalitchfield.com/
- X: https://x.com/LitchfieldforNH
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissalitchfieldforamerica/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissalitchfieldforamerica/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ee439da0-f552-4df7-80d4-cd6b19ecd5df