Dan Feltes
Dan Feltes (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire State Senate, representing District 15. He assumed office on December 3, 2014. He left office on December 1, 2020.
Feltes (Democratic Party) ran for election for Governor of New Hampshire. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Feltes began serving as state Senate majority leader in 2018.
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Feltes was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Finance Committee, Vice chair
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Vice chair
- Senate Ways and Means Committee, Chair
- Rules and Enrolled Bills Committee (decommissioned), Vice chair
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Energy and Natural Resources |
| • Finance |
| • Ways and Means |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Feltes served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Energy and Natural Resources |
| • Transportation |
| • Ways and Means |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2020
See also: New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2020
New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2020 (September 8 Republican primary)
New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2020 (September 8 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for Governor of New Hampshire
Incumbent Chris Sununu defeated Dan Feltes and Darryl Perry in the general election for Governor of New Hampshire on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Sununu (R) | 65.1 | 516,609 |
 | Dan Feltes (D) | 33.4 | 264,639 | |
 | Darryl Perry (L)  | 1.4 | 11,329 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 683 | ||
| Total votes: 793,260 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of New Hampshire
Dan Feltes defeated Andru Volinsky in the Democratic primary for Governor of New Hampshire on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Feltes | 52.3 | 72,318 |
 | Andru Volinsky | 47.4 | 65,455 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 446 | ||
| Total votes: 138,219 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of New Hampshire
Incumbent Chris Sununu defeated Karen Testerman and Nobody in the Republican primary for Governor of New Hampshire on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Sununu | 89.8 | 130,703 |
 | Karen Testerman | 9.3 | 13,589 | |
 | Nobody | 0.9 | 1,239 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 95 | ||
| Total votes: 145,626 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 15
Incumbent Dan Feltes defeated Pamela Ean in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 15 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Feltes (D) | 66.2 | 15,929 |
| Pamela Ean (R) | 33.8 | 8,119 | ||
| Total votes: 24,048 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 15
Incumbent Dan Feltes advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 15 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Feltes | 100.0 | 6,856 |
| Total votes: 6,856 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 15
Pamela Ean advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 15 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Pamela Ean | 100.0 | 2,771 | |
| Total votes: 2,771 | |||
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2016
Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 10, 2016.
Incumbent Dan Feltes defeated Jeff Newman in the New Hampshire State Senate District 15 general election.[1][2]
| New Hampshire State Senate, District 15 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Dan Feltes Incumbent |
61.80% | 17,658 | |
| Republican | Jeff Newman | 38.20% | 10,913 | |
| Total Votes | 28,571 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Dan Feltes ran unopposed in the New Hampshire State Senate District 15 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| New Hampshire State Senate, District 15 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Dan Feltes Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 13, 2014. Dan Feltes defeated Kass Ardinger in the Democratic primary, while Lydia Dube Harman was unopposed in the Republican primary. Feltes and Harman faced off in the general election.[5] Feltes defeated Harman in the general election, and was elected to the seat.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Dan Feltes |
65.1% | 13,352 | |
| Republican | Lydia Dube Harman | 34.9% | 7,154 | |
| Total Votes | 20,506 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Dan Feltes |
70% | 3,271 |
| Kass Ardinger | 30% | 1,400 |
| Total Votes | 4,671 | |
Campaign themes
2020
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2014
Feltes' campaign website highlighted the following issues:[7]
Child Care
- Excerpt: "Dan is committed to working with all stakeholders to find innovative solutions to the cost of quality child care. Dan stands with Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who recently proposed legislation on the federal level to enhance the child care tax credit. Dan believes it is important to consider all options at the state level to deal with child care costs and enhance quality child care. In order to move New Hampshire’s economy forward, we cannot afford to leave working families behind."
Flexible Family Leave
- Excerpt: "Dan supports innovative approaches to flexible family leave to help working families. This includes the consideration of approaches to paid family leave and paid sick days. Flexible family leave not only helps working families, but it also increases labor market participation, worker retention, and worker productivity."
Health Care Access and Affordability
- Excerpt: "Dan supports oversight in the State legislature concerning the implementation of the ACA, including a renewal of the New Hampshire Health Protection plan to ensure we move forward to a more fully functioning health insurance market that reaches all health insurance consumers with reasonable coverage at reasonable rates. Our economy depends on it."
Minimum Wage and Pay Equity
- Excerpt: "We must raise the minimum wage so that women who work full time can afford to support their families. More money earned means more money spent in the local economy, advancing job growth right here in New Hampshire."
Higher Education and Job Training
- Excerpt: "There is more work to do to bolster our job training programs so that every person willing to work hard can find a job. Matching the skills of workers to the available jobs and ensuring that our workforce is second to none is critical to job growth and economic development."
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2020
In 2020, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 30. The session was suspended from March 14 to June 11.
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2019
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In 2019, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 2 through June 30.
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2018
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In 2018, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 3 through June 30.
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2017
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In 2017, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 4 through June 22. The state House met for a veto session on November 2.
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2016
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In 2016, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 6 through June 1.
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2015
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In 2015, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 7 to July 1.
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Endorsements
2014
In 2014, Feltes' endorsements included the following:[8]
- Former Congressman Paul Hodes
- Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern
- Former District 15 State Senator Mary Louise Hancock
- Representative Gary B. Richardson of Hopkinton
- Representative Mel Myler of Hopkinton
- Representative Barbara French of Henniker
- Representative Clyde Carson of Warner
- Representative Mary Jane Wallner of Concord
- Representative and Former Mayor James MacKay of Concord
- Representative and former District 15 State Senator Chip Rice of Concord
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Official campaign website
- Profile from Open States
- Dan Feltes on Facebook
- Dan Feltes on Twitter
- Dan Feltes on LinkedIn
- New Hampshire General Court
- Campaign contributions via OpenSecrets
Footnotes
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
- ↑ Dan Feltes NH, "Issues," accessed August 6, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Dan Feltes NH, "Public Supporters," accessed August 6, 2014
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Succeeded by Becky Whitley D |
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