# Dan McGuire

Dan McGuire is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Merrimack 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Merrimack 14
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f67d5fcc-0dac-4bf0-b1ab-b63f73162d0b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f67d5fcc-0dac-4bf0-b1ab-b63f73162d0b (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

18% of the 11 bills McGuire sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the New Hampshire House.

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

46 classified statements: 46 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 | McGuire | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.2% | 2.9% | 284 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 15.2% | 9.3% | 172 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 30.4% | 31.9% | 402 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.2% | 12.7% | 662 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 36% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 29% (State House Republicans 15%); Energy 14% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 14% (State House Republicans 8.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 591 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 95.8% (95.3%). 34 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 43. 18.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 113 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1804: consolidating school administrative units, making chief school administrator jobs an elected position, and defining education roles. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1804/
- HB 1624: relative to the elimination of certain special funds. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1624/
- HB 1644: permitting towns to unilaterally withdraw from a cooperative school district. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1644/
- HB 1474: relative to the formula of distribution of revenue from the meals and rooms tax. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1474/
- HB 765: consolidating school administrative units and making school superintendents jobs an elected position. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB765/
- HB 650: removing references to repealed funds and relative to state park and robotics education funds. (became law, 2025-08-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB650/
- HB 615: relative to drug forfeiture proceedings. (in committee, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB615/
- HB 581: establishing a state retirement plan group for new state employee members of the retirement system. (in committee, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB581/
- HB 449: requiring water districts to provide a water filtration system to residential customers in certain cases. (in committee, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB449/
- HB 375: allowing municipalities to designate sections of state and local highways for all terrain vehicles. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB375/

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/DanEpsom/status/2108024157279572360
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DanEpsom/status/2108025740159553694
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DanEpsom/status/2108026871786995764
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/DanEpsom/status/2108028408026300688
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/DanEpsom/status/2108030311023915510
- 2026-09-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/DanEpsom/status/2098877662735262046
- 2026-08-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DanEpsom/status/2093710618448502837
- 2026-06-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/DanEpsom/status/2071507815441875204
- 2026-05-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/DanEpsom/status/2060149160368578952
- 2026-05-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DanEpsom/status/2053294446129578471

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=376984
- Campaign site: https://www.mcguire4house.com/
- X: https://x.com/DanEpsom

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f67d5fcc-0dac-4bf0-b1ab-b63f73162d0b
