Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.
Ben Tilton
Ben Tilton is a former Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing District Cheshire 12 from 2014 to 2016.
Tilton did not seek re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2016. Instead, Tilton was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 10 of the New Hampshire State Senate. Tilton was defeated in the primary election held on September 13, 2016.
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Tilton served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Municipal and County Governments |
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
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 Molly Kelly (D) did not seek re-election.
Jay Kahn defeated Chester Lapointe in the New Hampshire State Senate District 10 general election.[1][2]
| New Hampshire State Senate, District 10 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jay Kahn |
63.29% | 17,713 | |
| Republican | Chester Lapointe | 36.71% | 10,273 | |
| Total Votes | 27,986 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
Jay Kahn defeated Kris Roberts and Ben Tilton in the New Hampshire State Senate District 10 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| New Hampshire State Senate, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jay Kahn |
64.15% | 2,706 | |
| Democratic | Kris Roberts | 23.35% | 985 | |
| Democratic | Ben Tilton | 12.49% | 527 | |
| Total Votes | 4,218 | |||
Chester Lapointe ran unopposed in the New Hampshire State Senate District 10 Republican primary.[3][4]
| New Hampshire State Senate, District 10 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Chester Lapointe (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives 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. F. Barrett Faulkner and Ben Tilton were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Jim McConnell and Richard Sainsbury were unopposed in the Republican primary. Faulkner, Tilton, McConnell and Sainsbury faced in the general election. Tilton won election, with Faulkner and McConnell tying for the second seat, triggering a mandatory recount.[5] The recount took place on Thursday, November 13, 2014.[6] Tilton and McConnell defeated Faulkner and Sainsbury in the general election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ben Tilton |
26.3% | 1,272 | |
| Republican | Jim McConnell |
25.7% | 1,244 | |
| Democratic | F. Barrett Faulkner | 25.7% | 1,241 | |
| Republican | Richard Sainsbury | 22.3% | 1,080 | |
| Total Votes | 4,837 | |||
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of New Hampshire scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2016
In 2016, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 6 through June 1.
- Americans for Prosperity Foundation-New Hampshire- 2016 Legislative Scorecard
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Cornerstone Policy Research: 2015-2016 Legislative Scorecard
- Legislators are scored based on 15 roll call votes in the House and seven roll call votes in the Senate during the 2015-2016 session.
- Legislators are scored on how they voted on tax and fiscal legislation.
- New Hampshire Business and Industry Association: 2016 Legislative Scorecard
- Legislators are scored based on their votes on business legislation.
- New Hampshire Liberty Alliance: 2016 Liberty Rating report card
- Legislators are scored by the organization "on pro-liberty and anti-liberty roll call votes."
- New Hampshire National Federation of Independent Business: 2016 Voting Record
- Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
- Legislators are scored based on if they voted with the Republican Party.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2015
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2015, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2015, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 7 to July 1.
|
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Ben + Tilton + New + Hampshire + House"
See also
- New Hampshire House of Representatives
- House Committees
- New Hampshire General Court
- New Hampshire state legislative districts
- New Hampshire State Senate
- New Hampshire State Senate District 10
- New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2016
External links
- Profile from the New Hampshire House of Representatives
- Profile from Open States
- New Hampshire General Court
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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed July 1, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "RECOUNTS - General Election – November 4, 2014," accessed November 7, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Representative - 2014 General Election," accessed November 16, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alfred Lerandeau (D) |
New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12 2014–present |
Succeeded by NA |
