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Beth Richards
Democratic Party
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17
Tenure
2022 - Present
Term ends
2026
Years in position
3
Predecessor: Safiya Wazir (D)
Prior offices:
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13
Years in office: 2016 - 2022
Compensation
Base salary
$100/year
Per diem
No per diem is paid.
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
University of Pennsylvania, 1993
Personal
Profession
Business owner
Contact
Official website
Personal Facebook
Personal LinkedIn

Beth Richards (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack 17. She assumed office on December 7, 2022. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Richards (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Merrimack 17. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Beth Richards earned a B.A. in art history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. Richards' career experience includes owning Local Baskit and working as the principal of Organized Communications, the development and marketing director of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, and a senior consultant with M+R Strategic Services. She served as the state vice president for development of the American Cancer Society.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Richards was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Richards was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Richards 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 Merrimack 17

Incumbent Beth Richards defeated Diana Freeman in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Beth Richards
Beth Richards (D)
 
61.0
 
787
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Diana Freeman (R)
 
39.0
 
504

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,291
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17

Incumbent Beth Richards advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Beth Richards
Beth Richards
 
99.4
 
316
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
2

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 318
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17

Diana Freeman advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Diana Freeman
 
98.7
 
157
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
2

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 159
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Richards in this election.

2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17

Incumbent Beth Richards won election in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Beth Richards
Beth Richards (D)
 
97.5
 
713
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.5
 
18

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 731
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17

Incumbent Beth Richards advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Beth Richards
Beth Richards
 
99.6
 
255
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
1

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 256
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13

Incumbent Beth Richards defeated Samuel Bahuma in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Beth Richards
Beth Richards (D)
 
65.6
 
1,091
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Samuel Bahuma (R)
 
34.3
 
570
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
1

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,662
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13

Incumbent Beth Richards advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Beth Richards
Beth Richards
 
99.6
 
513
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
2

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 515
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13

Samuel Bahuma advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Samuel Bahuma
 
99.5
 
186
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
1

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 187
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13

Incumbent Beth Richards won election in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Beth Richards (D)
 
99.3
 
940
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
7

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 947
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13

Incumbent Beth Richards advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Beth Richards
Beth Richards
 
100.0
 
368

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 368
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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 June Frazer (D) did not seek re-election.

Beth Richards ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 13 general election.[2][3]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 13 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Beth Richards  (unopposed)
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Beth Richards ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 13 Democratic primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 13 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Beth Richards  (unopposed)



Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Beth Richards did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Beth Richards did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Beth Richards campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17Won general$0 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17Won general$0 $0
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13Won general$0 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 13Won $0 N/A**
Grand total$0 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ LinkedIn, "Beth Richards," accessed May 23, 2023
    2. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
    3. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
    4. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
    5. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Safiya Wazir (D)     		New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 17
    2022-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 13
    2016-2022    		 Succeeded by
    -


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