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Shawn Sweeney
Shawn Sweeney.jpg
New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 23
Incumbent
In office
December 5, 2012 - present
Term ends
December 3, 2014
Years in position 1
PartyRepublican
Compensation
Base salary$200/two-year term
Elections and appointments
Last electionNovember 6, 2012
First electedNovember 6, 2012
Next electionNovember 4, 2014
Term limitsN/A
Education
Bachelor'sDaniel Webster College, 1998
J.D.University of New Hampshire, School of Law, 2001
Websites
Office website
www.CandidateVerification.org

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Shawn Sweeney is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough 23. He was first elected to the chamber in 2012.

Biography

Sweeney earned his B.S. in Organizational Management from Daniel Webster College in 1998, and his J.D. from the University of New Hampshire School of Law in 2001. His professional experience includes working as an Assistant County Attorney and in his own private practice. He was admitted to the New Hampshire State Bar in 2001.[1]

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Sweeney served on the following committees:

New Hampshire Committee Assignments, 2013
• Executive Departments and Administration

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

In an electronic communication with Ballotpedia, Sweeney described his political philosophy:[1]

"I have and will continue to spend my adult life protecting the rights and freedom of our citizens from the military to the law. I believe that government has a crucial, but limited, role that should not extend to the micro-management of the daily lives of its citizens. That philosophy extends to education which is best stewarded by the people who care the most about the children effected by it. Local control enhances education and parental control enhances it even more. Clear predictable laws, a well educated work force, and a low tax burden, are the foundations of New Hampshire's business advantage. Government fees are taxes. Lately every state agency seems to have developed its own tax base. This trend must be reigned in. Government tends to grow if nobody is paying attention. Government growth, by necessity, requires ever increasing funding and interferes increasingly in the lives of its citizens in order to justify its growth. The safety and security of the citizens of New Hampshire is of paramount importance. Horrific and violent crimes are becoming far too familiar to the residents of Milford and the surrounding towns. We have lost far too many of our young people here in town tragically. We must focus on the cause of these events and make concrete changes to preserve the safety and security of our town and protect our children. Preservation of our natural resources is simply self-preservation. From both a physical health and economic health perspective we need to be good stewards of our environment. This is a rare exception to the rule of market forces being the most effective method of finding the best result. Government must take a leading role in environmental stewardship. "

Election history

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Sweeney won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 23. Sweeney advanced past the September 11 primary and won election in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.[2][3]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 23, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark.jpgRobert Willette Incumbent 15.1% 3,789
     Democratic Green check mark.jpgRuth Heden 13.3% 3,326
     Republican Green check mark.jpgShawn Sweeney 12.7% 3,187
     Republican Green check mark.jpgStephen Palmer Incumbent 12.4% 3,099
     Republican Andrew Seale 12.2% 3,048
     Democratic Andy Hughes 12% 2,997
     Democratic Roger Tilton 11.4% 2,845
     Democratic Herb Salmon 11% 2,748
Total Votes 25,039

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2012

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Candidate bio submission, June 28, 2012
  2. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State - 2012 Primary Candidates
  3. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State - 2012 Primary Results
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Democratic majority Current members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
House Speaker: Terie Norelli (D) • House Majority Leader: Stephen Shurtleff (D) • House Deputy Minority Leader: Gene Chandler (R)
   
    Belknap 1:
  1. Ruth Gulick (D)
    Belknap 2:
  1. Lisa DiMartino (D)
  2. Bob Greemore (R)
  3. Herb Vadney (R)
  4. Colette Worsman (R)
    Belknap 3:
  1. Donald Flanders (R)
  2. David Huot (D)
  3. Robert Luther (R)
  4. Franklin Tilton (R)
    Belknap 4:
  1. Dennis Fields (R)
  2. Ian Raymond (D)
    Belknap 5:
  1. Richard Burchell (R)
  2. Stephen Holmes (R)
    Belknap 6:
  1. Charles Fink (R)
  2. Michael Sylvia (R)
    Belknap 7:
  1. Guy Comtois (R)
    Belknap 8:
  1. Jane Cormier (R)
    Belknap 9:
  1. Beth Arsenault (D)
    Carroll 1:
  1. Gene Chandler (R)
    Carroll 2:
  1. Tom Buco (D)
  2. Karen Umberger (R)
  3. Syndi White (D)
    Carroll 3:
  1. Mark McConkey (R)
  2. Susan Ticehurst (D)
    Carroll 4:
  1. Glenn Cordelli (R)
  2. Karel Crawford (R)
    Carroll 5:
  1. Tom Lavender (D)
  2. Harry Merrow (R)
  3. Bill Nelson (R)
    Carroll 6:
  1. Christopher Ahlgren (R)
  2. Stephen Schmidt ()
    Carroll 7:
  1. Ed Butler (D)
    Carroll 8:
  1. Donald Wright (R)
    Cheshire 1:
  1. Paul Berch (D)
  2. William Butynski (D)
  3. Tara Sad (D)
  4. Lucy Weber (D)
    Cheshire 2:
  1. John Mann (D)
    Cheshire 3:
  1. Daniel Eaton (D)
    Cheshire 4:
  1. Kris Roberts (D)
    Cheshire 5:
  1. Larry Phillips (D)
    Cheshire 6:
  1. Timothy Robertson (D)
    Cheshire 7:
  1. Gladys Johnsen (D)
    Cheshire 8:
  1. Cynthia Chase (D)
    Cheshire 9:
  1. Richard Ames (D)
  2. Douglas Ley (D)
    Cheshire 10:
  1. Marge Shepardson (D)
    Cheshire 11:
  1. Susan Emerson (R)
  2. John Hunt (R)
    Cheshire 12:
  1. Jane Johnson (R)
  2. Alfred Lerandeau (R)
    Cheshire 13:
  1. Henry Parkhurst (D)
    Cheshire 14:
  1. Harry Young (D)
    Cheshire 15:
  1. Bruce Tatro (D)
    Cheshire 16:
  1. Delmar Burridge (D)
  2. Charles Weed (D)
    Coos 1:
  1. Larry Enman (D)
  2. Laurence Rappaport (R)
    Coos 2:
  1. Wayne Moynihan (D)
    Coos 3:
  1. Gary Coulombe (D)
  2. Robert Theberge (D)
  3. Yvonne Thomas (D)
    Coos 4:
  1. Herbert Richardson (R)
    Coos 5:
  1. Marcia Hammon (D)
    Coos 6:
  1. William Hatch (D)
    Coos 7:
  1. Leon Rideout (R)
    Grafton 1:
  1. Ralph Doolan (R)
  2. Linda Massimilla (D)
    Grafton 2:
  1. Rebecca Brown (D)
    Grafton 3:
  1. Susan Ford (D)
    Grafton 4:
  1. Rick Ladd (R)
    Grafton 5:
  1. Edmond Gionet (R)
    Grafton 6:
  1. Lester Bradley (R)
    Grafton 7:
  1. James Aguiar (D)
    Grafton 8:
  1. Mary Cooney (D)
  2. Sid Lovett (D)
  3. Suzanne Smith (D)
    Grafton 9:
  1. Skip Reilly (R)
  2. Jeff Shackett (R)
    Grafton 10:
  1. Wendy Piper (D)
    Grafton 11:
  1. Charles Townsend (D)
    Grafton 12:
  1. Bernard Benn (D)
  2. Patricia Higgins (D)
  3. Sharon Nordgren (D)
  4. Beatriz Pastor (D)
    Grafton 13:
  1. Susan Almy (D)
  2. Laurie Harding (D)
  3. George Sykes (D)
  4. Andrew White (D)
    Grafton 14:
  1. Brad Bailey (R)
    Grafton 15:
  1. Linda Lauer (D)
    Grafton 16:
  1. Carol Friedrich (D)
    Grafton 17:
  1. Catherine Mulholland (D)
    Hillsborough 1:
  1. Marjorie Porter (D)
  2. Gilman Shattuck (D)
    Hillsborough 2:
  1. Evelyn Connor (D)
  2. Gary Hopper (R)
  3. Neal Kurk (R)
    Hillsborough 3:
  1. Jonathan Manley (D)
    Hillsborough 4:
  1. Stephen Spratt (D)
  2. Kermit Williams (D)
    Hillsborough 5:
  1. William O'Brien (R)
  2. David Woodbury (D)
    Hillsborough 6:
  1. John Burt (R)
  2. Ruth Gage (D)
  3. John Hikel (R)
  4. Richard Meaney (R)
  5. Calvin Pratt (R)
    Hillsborough 7:
  1. John Cebrowski (R)
  2. David Danielson (R)
  3. John Graham (R)
  4. Keith Murphy (R)
  5. Kelleigh Murphy (R)
  6. Moe Villeneuve (R)
    Hillsborough 8:
  1. Jeffrey Goley (D)
  2. Peter Ramsey (D)
    Hillsborough 9:
  1. Linda DiSilvestro (D)
  2. William J. O'Neil (D)
    Hillsborough 10:
  1. Jean Jeudy (D)
  2. Peter Sullivan (D)
    Hillsborough 11:
  1. Nick Levasseur (D)
  2. Robert Walsh (D)
    Hillsborough 12:
  1. Tim O'Flaherty (D)
  2. Ted Rokas (D)
    Hillsborough 13:
  1. Larry Gagne (R)
  2. William Infantine (R)
    Hillsborough 14:
  1. Carol Williams (D)
  2. Vacant 
    Hillsborough 15:
  1. Thomas Katsiantonis (D)
  2. Steve Vaillancourt (R)
    Hillsborough 16:
  1. David McCloskey (D)
  2. Barbara Shaw (D)
    Hillsborough 17:
  1. George Katsiantonis (D)
  2. Timothy Smith (D)
    Hillsborough 18:
  1. Emily Sandblade (R)
  2. Joel Winters (D)
    Hillsborough 19:
  1. Robert Backus (D)
  2. Dick Marston (R)
    Hillsborough 20:
  1. Ralph Boehm (R)
  2. Frank Byron (R)
    Hillsborough 21:
  1. Richard Barry (R)
  2. Brenda Grady (D)
  3. Dick Hinch (R)
  4. Jeanine Notter (R)
  5. Tony Pellegrino (R)
  6. Lenette Peterson (R)
  7. Philip Straight (R)
  8. Kathleen Stroud (R)
    Hillsborough 22:
  1. Shannon Chandley (D)
  2. Peter Hansen (R)
  3. Robert Rowe (R)
    Hillsborough 23:
  1. Ruth Heden (D)
  2. Stephen Palmer (R)
  3. Shawn Sweeney (R)
  4. Robert Willette (R)
    Hillsborough 24:
  1. Jill Hammond (D)
  2. Peter Leishman (D)
    Hillsborough 25:
  1. James Coffey (R)
  2. James Parison (R)
    Hillsborough 26:
  1. Jack Flanagan (R)
  2. Melanie Levesque (D)
    Hillsborough 27:
  1. James Belanger (R)
  2. Carolyn Gargasz (R)
    Hillsborough 28:
  1. Sylvia Gale (D)
  2. Angeline Kopka (D)
  3. Janice Schmidt (D)
    Hillsborough 29:
  1. Paul Hackel (D)
  2. Michael McCarthy (R)
  3. Suzanne Vail (D)
    Hillsborough 30:
  1. Mariellen MacKay (D)
  2. Brian Rhodes (D)
  3. Cindy Rosenwald (D)
    Hillsborough 31:
  1. David Cote (D)
  2. Mary Gorman (D)
  3. Pam Brown (D)
    Hillsborough 32:
  1. John Kelley (D)
  2. Donald LeBrun (R)
  3. David Murotake (R)
    Hillsborough 33:
  1. Efstathia Booras (D)
  2. David Campbell (D)
  3. Kenneth Gidge (D)
    Hillsborough 34:
  1. Douglas Carroll (D)
  2. Michael Garcia (D)
  3. Timothy Soucy (D)
    Hillsborough 35:
  1. Daniel Hansberry (D)
  2. Vacant 
  3. Mary Nelson (D)
    Hillsborough 36:
  1. Linda Harriott-Gathright (D)
  2. Martin Jack (D)
  3. Michael O'Brien (D)
    Hillsborough 37:
  1. Lars Christiansen (R)
  2. Patrick Culbert (R)
  3. Robert Haefner (R)
  4. Shawn Jasper (R)
  5. Mary Ann Knowles (D)
  6. Richard LeVasseur (R)
  7. Lynne Ober (R)
  8. Russell Ober (R)
  9. Andrew Renzullo (R)
  10. Charlene Takesian (R)
  11. Jordan Ulery (R)
    Hillsborough 38:
  1. Richard Eaton (D)
  2. Richard McNamara (D)
    Hillsborough 39:
  1. Mark Warden (R)
    Hillsborough 40:
  1. Gary Daniels (R)
    Hillsborough 41:
  1. Laurie Sanborn (R)
    Hillsborough 42:
  1. Patrick Long (D)
  2. Daniel Sullivan (D)
    Hillsborough 43:
  1. Jeremy Dobson (D)
  2. Eric Palangas (D)
  3. Kathleen Souza (R)
    Hillsborough 44:
  1. George Lambert (R)
  2. Andre Martel (R)
    Hillsborough 45:
  1. Jane Beaulieu (D)
  2. Ronald Boisvert (D)
    Merrimack 1:
  1. Mario Ratzki (D)
    Merrimack 2:
  1. Scott Burns (D)
  2. Dennis Reed (R)
    Merrimack 3:
  1. Joy Tilton (D)
  2. Leigh Webb (D)
    Merrimack 4:
  1. Thomas Schamberg (D)
    Merrimack 5:
  1. Karen Ebel (D)
  2. David Kidder (R)
    Merrimack 6:
  1. Barbara French (D)
  2. Geoffrey Hirsch (D)
    Merrimack 7:
  1. Clyde Carson (D)
    Merrimack 8:
  1. Caroletta Alicea (D)
    Merrimack 9:
  1. Priscilla Lockwood (R)
  2. Howard Moffett (D)
    Merrimack 10:
  1. Mel Myler (D)
  2. Gary Richardson (D)
  3. Stephen Shurtleff (D)
    Merrimack 11:
  1. Stephen Shurtleff (D)
    Merrimack 12:
  1. Paul Henle (D)
    Merrimack 13:
  1. June Frazer (D)
    Merrimack 14:
  1. James MacKay (D)
    Merrimack 15:
  1. Jane Hunt (D)
    Merrimack 16:
  1. Rick Watrous (D)
    Merrimack 17:
  1. Dick Patten (D)
    Merrimack 18:
  1. Candace Bouchard (D)
    Merrimack 19:
  1. Christy Bartlett (D)
    Merrimack 20:
  1. Frank Davis (D)
  2. Sally Kelly (D)
  3. Dianne Schuett (D)
    Merrimack 21:
  1. Dan McGuire (R)
    Merrimack 22:
  1. Alan Turcotte (D)
    Merrimack 23:
  1. Christopher Andrews (D)
  2. J.R. Hoell (R)
  3. Mary Beth Walz (D)
    Merrimack 24:
  1. David Hess (R)
  2. Frank Kotowski (R)
  3. Todd Smith (R)
  4. Thomas Walsh (R)
    Merrimack 25:
  1. David Karrick (D)
    Merrimack 26:
  1. Lorrie Carey (D)
    Merrimack 27:
  1. Mary Gile (D)
  2. Harold Rice (D)
    Merrimack 28:
  1. Katherine Rogers (D)
    Merrimack 29:
  1. Carol McGuire (R)
    Rockingham 1:
  1. Bruce Hodgdon (R)
    Rockingham 2:
  1. Romeo Danais (R)
  2. Joe Duarte (R)
  3. Kyle Tasker (R)
    Rockingham 3:
  1. Franklin Bishop (R)
  2. Kathleen Hoelzel (R)
  3. Lawrence Kappler (R)
    Rockingham 4:
  1. Gene Charron (R)
  2. James Devine (R)
  3. Dan Dumaine 
  4. Joseph Hagan (R)
  5. Stella Tremblay (R)
    Rockingham 5:
  1. Alfred Baldasaro (R)
  2. Robert Introne (R)
  3. David Lundgren (R)
  4. Betsy McKinney (R)
  5. Sherman Packard (R)
  6. Daniel Tamburello (R)
  7. Lisa Whittemore (D)
    Rockingham 6:
  1. Elizabeth Burtis (D)
  2. Brian Chirichiello (R)
  3. Beverly Ferrante (R)
  4. Robert Fesh (R)
  5. David Milz (R)
  6. John O'Connor (R)
  7. Frank Sapareto (R)
  8. David Thompson (R)
  9. Mary Till (D)
  10. James Webb (R)
    Rockingham 7:
  1. Mary Griffin (R)
  2. Walter Kolodziej (R)
  3. Charles McMahon (R)
  4. Kevin Waterhouse (R)
    Rockingham 8:
  1. Gary Azarian (R)
  2. Ronald Belanger (R)
  3. Patrick Bick (R)
  4. Robert Elliott (R)
  5. Bianca Garcia (R)
  6. Marilinda Garcia (R)
  7. Anne Priestley (R)
  8. Joe Sweeney (R)
  9. John Sytek ()
    Rockingham 9:
  1. Jeffrey Harris (R)
  2. Barbara Helmstetter (D)
    Rockingham 10:
  1. Daniel Itse (R)
    Rockingham 11:
  1. Curtis Grace (R)
    Rockingham 12:
  1. Elisabeth Sanders (R)
    Rockingham 13:
  1. Regina Birdsell (R)
  2. John Sedensky (R)
  3. Kevin St. James (R)
  4. Ken Weyler (R)
    Rockingham 14:
  1. Debra DeSimone (R)
  2. William Friel (R)
  3. Jack Hayes (R)
  4. Norman Major (R)
    Rockingham 15:
  1. Mary Allen (R)
    Rockingham 16:
  1. Robert Nigrello (R)
    Rockingham 17:
  1. Michael Cahill (D)
  2. Marcia Moody (D)
  3. Adam Schroadter (R)
    Rockingham 18:
  1. Steven Briden (D)
  2. Eileen Flockhart (D)
  3. Frank Heffron (D)
  4. Donna Schlachman (D)
    Rockingham 19:
  1. Patrick Abrami (R)
  2. Timothy Copeland (R)
    Rockingham 20:
  1. Aboul Khan (R)
  2. Amy Perkins (R)
  3. Lawrence Perkins (R)
    Rockingham 21:
  1. Robert Cushing (D)
  2. Tracy Emerick (R)
  3. Chris Muns (D)
  4. Frederick Rice (R)
    Rockingham 22:
  1. Michele Peckham (R)
    Rockingham 23:
  1. Pamela Tucker (R)
    Rockingham 24:
  1. David Borden (D)
  2. Thomas Sherman (D)
    Rockingham 25:
  1. Laura Pantelakos (D)
    Rockingham 26:
  1. Terie Norelli (D)
    Rockingham 27:
  1. Rebecca Emerson-Brown (D)
    Rockingham 28:
  1. Gerald Ward (D)
    Rockingham 29:
  1. Brian Wazlaw (D)
    Rockingham 30:
  1. Jacqueline Cali-Pitts (D)
    Rockingham 31:
  1. Joe Scarlotto (D)
    Rockingham 32:
  1. Maureen Mann (D)
    Rockingham 33:
  1. Timothy Comerford (R)
    Rockingham 34:
  1. Jeffrey Oligny (R)
    Rockingham 35:
  1. Richard Gordon (R)
    Rockingham 36:
  1. Patricia Lovejoy (D)
    Rockingham 37:
  1. E. Elaine Ahearn (D)
    Strafford 1:
  1. John Mullen (R)
  2. Robbie Parsons (R)
    Strafford 2:
  1. Rachel Burke (D)
  2. Joseph Pitre (R)
    Strafford 3:
  1. David Bickford (R)
  2. Robert Perry (D)
    Strafford 4:
  1. Kenneth Grossman (D)
  2. Dennis Malloy (D)
    Strafford 5:
  1. Naida Kaen (D)
    Strafford 6:
  1. Philip Ginsburg (D)
  2. Timothy Horrigan (D)
  3. Marjorie Smith (D)
  4. Judith Spang (D)
  5. Janet Wall (D+R)
    Strafford 7:
  1. Audrey Stevens (D)
    Strafford 8:
  1. James Gray (R)
    Strafford 9:
  1. Steven Beaudoin (R)
    Strafford 10:
  1. Warren Groen (R)
    Strafford 11:
  1. Anne Grassie (D)
    Strafford 12:
  1. Pamela Hubbard (D)
    Strafford 13:
  1. James Verschueren (D)
    Strafford 14:
  1. William Baber (D)
    Strafford 15:
  1. Janice Gardner (D)
    Strafford 16:
  1. Dorothea Hooper (D)
    Strafford 17:
  1. Peter Bixby (D)
  2. Greg Burdwood (D)
  3. Stephen Ketel (D)
    Strafford 18:
  1. Roger Berube (D)
  2. Deanna Rollo (D)
  3. Dale Spainhower (D)
    Strafford 19:
  1. Peter Schmidt (D)
    Strafford 20:
  1. Marsha Pelletier (D)
    Strafford 21:
  1. Kenneth Ward (D)
    Strafford 22:
  1. Rose Marie Rogers (D)
    Strafford 23:
  1. David Miller (D)
    Strafford 24:
  1. Laura Jones (R)
    Strafford 25:
  1. Roger Menear (D)
    Sullivan 1:
  1. Benjamin Lefebvre (D)
  2. Andy Schmidt (D)
    Sullivan 2:
  1. Suzanne Gottling (D)
    Sullivan 3:
  1. Andrew O'Hearne (D)
    Sullivan 4:
  1. Vacant 
    Sullivan 5:
  1. Raymond Gagnon (D)
    Sullivan 6:
  1. Virginia Irwin (D)
  2. Skip Rollins (R)
    Sullivan 7:
  1. James Grenier (R)
    Sullivan 8:
  1. Cynthia Sweeney (D)
    Sullivan 9:
  1. Linda Tanner (D)
    Sullivan 10:
  1. John Cloutier (D)
    Sullivan 11:
  1. Steven Smith (R)


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