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New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7
Tenure

2016 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

9

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

Barbara Comtois (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Belknap 7. She assumed office in 2016. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Comtois (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Belknap 7. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Comtois was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Comtois was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Comtois was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017
Environment and Agriculture

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

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peter Varney
Peter Varney (R)
 
21.9
 
4,159
Barbara Comtois (R)
 
21.2
 
4,031
Image of Paul Terry
Paul Terry (R)
 
21.1
 
4,019
Ruth Larson (D)
 
13.4
 
2,547
Susan Church Stevens (D)
 
11.2
 
2,130
Stephanie Vuolo (D)
 
11.2
 
2,124
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
8

Total votes: 19,018
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 (3 seats)

Ruth Larson, Susan Church Stevens, and Stephanie Vuolo defeated Alan Glassman in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Ruth Larson
 
53.6
 
640
Susan Church Stevens
 
35.0
 
418
Stephanie Vuolo (Write-in)
 
9.1
 
109
Alan Glassman (Write-in)
 
1.3
 
15
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
13

Total votes: 1,195
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 (3 seats)

Incumbent Paul Terry, incumbent Peter Varney, and incumbent Barbara Comtois defeated Brianna Weller in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Terry
Paul Terry
 
29.5
 
1,100
Image of Peter Varney
Peter Varney
 
29.2
 
1,089
Barbara Comtois
 
27.1
 
1,009
Brianna Weller
 
13.5
 
503
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
27

Total votes: 3,728
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Endorsements

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Pledges

Comtois signed the following pledges.

  • U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peter Varney
Peter Varney (R)
 
20.6
 
2,999
Barbara Comtois (R)
 
20.6
 
2,992
Image of Paul Terry
Paul Terry (R)
 
20.4
 
2,966
Sherry Dumais (D)
 
13.4
 
1,951
William O'Neil (D)
 
12.7
 
1,853
Stephen Copithorne (D)
 
12.2
 
1,774
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
3

Total votes: 14,538
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 (3 seats)

William O'Neil, Stephen Copithorne, and Sherry Dumais advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
William O'Neil
 
46.9
 
406
Stephen Copithorne
 
41.2
 
356
Sherry Dumais (Write-in)
 
8.4
 
73
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.5
 
30

Total votes: 865
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 (3 seats)

Incumbent Peter Varney, incumbent Paul Terry, and incumbent Barbara Comtois defeated David Hershey in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peter Varney
Peter Varney
 
29.0
 
1,021
Image of Paul Terry
Paul Terry
 
25.5
 
899
Barbara Comtois
 
23.9
 
843
David Hershey
 
21.3
 
750
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
12

Total votes: 3,525
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7

Incumbent Barbara Comtois defeated Jane Westlake in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Barbara Comtois (R)
 
63.6
 
1,785
Jane Westlake (D)
 
36.4
 
1,023

Total votes: 2,808
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7

Jane Westlake advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jane Westlake
 
99.7
 
339
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
1

Total votes: 340
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7

Incumbent Barbara Comtois advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Barbara Comtois
 
99.2
 
513
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
4

Total votes: 517
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7

Incumbent Barbara Comtois defeated Katherine Preston in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Barbara Comtois (R)
 
55.3
 
1,078
Katherine Preston (D)
 
44.7
 
872

Total votes: 1,950
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7

Katherine Preston advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Katherine Preston
 
100.0
 
318

Total votes: 318
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7

Incumbent Barbara Comtois advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Barbara Comtois
 
100.0
 
324

Total votes: 324
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2016

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives 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 Guy Comtois (R) did not seek re-election.

Barbara Comtois defeated Bruce A. Marriott in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Belknap 7 general election.[1][2]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Belknap 7 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Barbara Comtois 60.04% 1,471
     Democratic Bruce A. Marriott 39.96% 979
Total Votes 2,450
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Bruce A. Marriott ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Belknap 7 Democratic primary.[3][4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Belknap 7 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Bruce A. Marriott  (unopposed)


Barbara Comtois defeated Elaine Swinford in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Belknap 7 Republican primary.[3][4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Belknap 7 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Barbara Comtois 61.67% 288
     Republican Elaine Swinford 38.33% 179
Total Votes 467

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Barbara Comtois campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7Won general$0 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7Won general$0 $0
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Belknap 7Won general$100 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Belknap 7Won $1,020 N/A**
Grand total$1,120 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Footnotes


Representatives
Belknap 1
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Belknap 7
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Carroll 1
Tom Buco (D)
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Carroll 5
Carroll 6
Carroll 7
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Cheshire 1
Cheshire 10
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John Hunt (R)
Cheshire 15
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Dru Fox (D)
Cheshire 3
Cheshire 4
Cheshire 5
Cheshire 6
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Cheshire 8
Cheshire 9
Coos 1
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Seth King (R)
Coos 5
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Coos 7
Grafton 10
Grafton 11
Grafton 13
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Grafton 18
Grafton 2
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Hillsborough 1
Hillsborough 10
Bill Ohm (R)
Hillsborough 11
Hillsborough 14
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Matt Drew (R)
Hillsborough 20
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Keith Erf (R)
Hillsborough 29
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Hillsborough 36
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Hillsborough 4
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Lily Foss (D)
Hillsborough 42
Lisa Post (R)
Hillsborough 43
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Alvin See (R)
Merrimack 27
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Merrimack 3
Merrimack 30
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Rockingham 1
Rockingham 10
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Zoe Manos (D)
Rockingham 14
Pam Brown (R)
Rockingham 15
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Rockingham 2
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Mary Ford (R)
Rockingham 30
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Terry Roy (R)
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Rockingham 4
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Strafford 1
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Luz Bay (D)
Strafford 3
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Sullivan 1
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Judy Aron (R)
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Independent (1)