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Bill Bolton (New Hampshire)
2022 - Present
2026
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Bill Bolton (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Grafton 8. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Bolton (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Grafton 8. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Bill Bolton lives in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Bolton graduated from Mountain Lakes High School. He earned a B.S. in marine biology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1975. His career experience includes working in a variety of state government roles, including assistant director of the public health laboratories, the chief of staff supporting the state’s Health Services Planning and Review Board, and the state registrar and director, for the division of vital records administration under the secretary of state. After retiring from the state government, Bolton worked as an at-home software implementation manager. Bolton was appointed executive director of Transport Central.[1][2]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Bolton was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 (3 seats)
Incumbent Sallie Fellows, incumbent Peter Lovett, and incumbent Bill Bolton defeated Timothy Sweetsir in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sallie Fellows (D) | 26.3 | 3,204 | |
| ✔ |  | Peter Lovett (D) | 26.0 | 3,165 |
| ✔ |  | Bill Bolton (D) | 25.3 | 3,079 |
 | Timothy Sweetsir (R) | 22.1 | 2,685 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 43 | ||
| Total votes: 12,176 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 (3 seats)
Incumbent Peter Lovett, incumbent Sallie Fellows, and incumbent Bill Bolton advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Lovett | 34.0 | 965 |
| ✔ | Sallie Fellows | 33.7 | 957 | |
| ✔ | | Bill Bolton | 32.3 | 919 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 2,842 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 (3 seats)
Timothy Sweetsir advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Timothy Sweetsir | 93.4 | 609 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 6.6 | 43 | ||
| Total votes: 652 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sallie Fellows (D) | 21.2 | 2,525 | |
| ✔ | | Peter Lovett (D) | 20.7 | 2,468 |
| ✔ | | Bill Bolton (D) | 20.3 | 2,421 |
 | Kendall Hughes (R) | 14.0 | 1,662 | |
| Mike McLaughlin (R) | 12.2 | 1,450 | ||
| George Kirk (R) | 11.4 | 1,359 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 11,899 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 (3 seats)
Incumbent Sallie Fellows, Peter Lovett, and Bill Bolton advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sallie Fellows | 34.9 | 708 | |
| ✔ | | Peter Lovett | 32.6 | 661 |
| ✔ | | Bill Bolton | 32.2 | 653 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 2,027 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 (3 seats)
Kendall Hughes, George Kirk, and Mike McLaughlin advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kendall Hughes | 54.1 | 542 |
| ✔ | George Kirk | 40.8 | 409 | |
| ✔ | Mike McLaughlin (Write-in) | 3.3 | 33 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.8 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 1,002 | |||
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2020
See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 2
Incumbent Bob Giuda defeated Bill Bolton in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bob Giuda (R) | 55.8 | 17,661 | |
| Bill Bolton (D) | 44.2 | 13,974 | |
| Total votes: 31,635 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2
Bill Bolton advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Bolton | 99.1 | 5,359 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 51 | ||
| Total votes: 5,410 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2
Incumbent Bob Giuda defeated David DeVoy II in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bob Giuda | 80.2 | 5,582 | |
 | David DeVoy II | 19.4 | 1,352 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 26 | ||
| Total votes: 6,960 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 2
Incumbent Bob Giuda defeated Bill Bolton in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bob Giuda (R) | 51.6 | 12,127 | |
| Bill Bolton (D) | 48.4 | 11,376 | |
| Total votes: 23,503 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2
Bill Bolton advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Bolton | 100.0 | 4,387 |
| Total votes: 4,387 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2
Incumbent Bob Giuda advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 2 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bob Giuda | 100.0 | 4,317 | |
| Total votes: 4,317 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Bill Bolton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Bill Bolton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
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2024
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In 2024, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 3 to June 13.
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2023
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In 2023, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 29.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 |
Officeholder New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 8 |
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