# Paul Berch

Paul Berch is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House for district Cheshire 6.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Cheshire 6
- Serving since: 2012-12-05
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f96a072d-9add-44b0-8028-0ec057f31f52

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f96a072d-9add-44b0-8028-0ec057f31f52 (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

38% of Berch’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Hampshire, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.38 (standard error 0.02), from 11 donors and 652 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 90.4% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 97.4% (95.3%). 15 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · Veto Override · HB 1336 relative to regulated conditional deposits. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1336/
- 2026-08-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 0 bills: 0 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 20.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 632: banning a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a juvenile convicted of homicide. (in committee, 2021-11-15) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB632/
- HB 632: banning a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a juvenile convicted of homicide. (in committee, 2022-01-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB632/
- HB 188: relative to appointment of counsel in juvenile court proceedings. (in committee, 2021-02-24) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB188/
- HB 111: establishing a cause of action against the state to protect individual rights. (passed one chamber, 2021-04-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB111/
- HB 82: relative to amending a conservation easement between the state and a landowner. (in committee, 2021-11-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB82/
- HB 82: relative to amending a conservation easement between the state and a landowner. (in committee, 2022-01-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2022/HB82/
- HB 83: prohibiting non-disparagement clauses in settlement agreements involving a governmental unit. (passed both chambers, 2021-04-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2021/HB83/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,925 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 38% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?member=377068
- Campaign site: https://nhhousedems.org/candidate/paul-berch/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulBerchforNH

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f96a072d-9add-44b0-8028-0ec057f31f52