# Steve Kesselring

Steve Kesselring is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Hillsborough 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Hillsborough 18
- Serving since: 2024-12-04
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f773bff0-d2b7-4fa5-8f82-c8b519b8556b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f773bff0-d2b7-4fa5-8f82-c8b519b8556b (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

42% of Kesselring’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

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

77 classified statements: 77 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 | Kesselring | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.6% | 2.9% | 266 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 16.9% | 9.3% | 137 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 35.1% | 31.9% | 328 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 11.7% | 12.7% | 355 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 30% (State House Republicans 10%); Education 19% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (State House Republicans 18%); Labor and Employment 11% (State House Republicans 2.5%); Crime and Law Enforcement 7.4% (State House Republicans 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.16 (standard error 0.03), from 9 donors and 295 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.2% (95.3%). 19 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 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 3 bills: 3 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 12.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1734: establishing a committee to study the feasibility of establishing experimental treatment centers in New Hampshire and the oversight thereof. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1734/
- HB 1572: relative to licensure as a master licensed alcohol and drug counselor. (in committee, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1572/
- HB 1426: requiring the department of environmental services to employ certified personnel in each program area. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1426/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,900 (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 42% 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.

- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/KesselringSteve/status/2104589326093009211
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/KesselringSteve/status/2100030835403493499
- 2026-09-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KesselringSteve/status/2097316085288562932
- 2026-09-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/KesselringSteve/status/2097316280193765469
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/KesselringSteve/status/2097005713541173369
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KesselringSteve/status/2097011287578341813
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/KesselringSteve/status/2097021111938506802
- 2026-08-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/KesselringSteve/status/2092947445487387084
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/KesselringSteve/status/2092219407279812775
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KesselringSteve/status/2087048628003102856

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=409251
- Campaign site: https://stevenkesselring.com/
- X: https://x.com/KesselringSteve
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Steven-Kesselring-for-NH-State-Rep-61561188126546/?mibextid=LQQJ4d
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenkesselring/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCxSM3wh31TKm8IHI5zo-Xg?app=desktop
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-kesselring-25a361126/?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f773bff0-d2b7-4fa5-8f82-c8b519b8556b