Chris True
Chris True (Republican Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham 9. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. He left office on December 4, 2024.
True (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Rockingham 9. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
True graduated from Scarborough High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1974 to 1976. True's career experience includes working in the trucking industry. He served as the chairman of a zoning board of adjustment.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
True was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
True was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
True 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 |
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| • Transportation |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, True served on the following committees:
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| • Transportation |
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
2024
Chris True did not file to run for re-election.
2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 9 (2 seats)
Incumbent Chris True and incumbent Tony Piemonte defeated Benjamin Sharpe and Keith Cronyn in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris True (R) | 32.7 | 1,831 |
| ✔ |  | Tony Piemonte (R) | 29.8 | 1,666 |
| Benjamin Sharpe (D) | 19.7 | 1,103 | ||
| Keith Cronyn (D) | 17.7 | 992 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 5,594 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 9 (2 seats)
Benjamin Sharpe and Keith Cronyn advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 9 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Benjamin Sharpe | 51.6 | 264 | |
| ✔ | Keith Cronyn | 48.2 | 247 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 512 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 9 (2 seats)
Incumbent Chris True and incumbent Tony Piemonte advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 9 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris True | 53.3 | 772 |
| ✔ | | Tony Piemonte | 46.0 | 667 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 1,449 | |||
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2020
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jess Edwards (R) | 14.0 | 6,686 |
| ✔ | | Chris True (R) | 13.3 | 6,330 |
| ✔ |  | Jason Osborne (R) | 13.1 | 6,235 |
| ✔ | | Tony Piemonte (R) | 12.5 | 5,982 |
| ✔ |  | Oliver Ford (R) | 12.5 | 5,966 |
| Michael D'Angelo (D) | 7.4 | 3,533 | ||
| Jane Van Zandt (D) | 7.2 | 3,441 | ||
| Matthew Krohn (D) | 6.7 | 3,178 | ||
| Ben Geiger (D) | 6.6 | 3,162 | ||
| Russell Norman (D) | 6.6 | 3,158 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 47,676 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 (5 seats)
Jane Van Zandt, Ben Geiger, Russell Norman, Matthew Krohn, and Michael D'Angelo advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jane Van Zandt | 24.7 | 1,100 | |
| ✔ | Ben Geiger | 22.9 | 1,020 | |
| ✔ | Russell Norman | 22.8 | 1,013 | |
| ✔ | Matthew Krohn | 22.8 | 1,013 | |
| ✔ | Michael D'Angelo (Write-in) | 6.3 | 281 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 20 | ||
| Total votes: 4,447 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris True | 19.4 | 1,998 |
| ✔ | | Jason Osborne | 19.1 | 1,972 |
| ✔ | | Jess Edwards | 18.9 | 1,953 |
| ✔ | | Tony Piemonte | 17.7 | 1,823 |
| ✔ | | Oliver Ford | 12.5 | 1,293 |
| Christopher Collins | 12.1 | 1,247 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 29 | ||
| Total votes: 10,315 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris True (R) | 12.6 | 4,416 |
| ✔ | | Jess Edwards (R) | 12.5 | 4,371 |
| ✔ | Becky Owens (R) | 12.1 | 4,236 | |
| ✔ | | Jason Osborne (R) | 11.7 | 4,093 |
| ✔ | | Tony Piemonte (R) | 11.3 | 3,948 |
| Cynthia Herman (D) | 8.4 | 2,934 | ||
 | Todd Bedard (D) | 8.1 | 2,834 | |
| Patrick McLaughlin (D) | 8.0 | 2,784 | ||
| Stephen D'Angelo (D) | 7.7 | 2,698 | ||
| Benjamin Geiger (D) | 7.5 | 2,622 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 34,940 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Herman | 21.7 | 892 | |
| ✔ | Patrick McLaughlin | 17.6 | 724 | |
| ✔ | | Todd Bedard | 16.7 | 686 |
| ✔ | Benjamin Geiger | 14.8 | 610 | |
| ✔ | Stephen D'Angelo | 14.6 | 601 | |
| Russell Norman | 14.5 | 596 | ||
| Total votes: 4,109 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris True | 19.6 | 1,348 |
| ✔ | | Jess Edwards | 18.1 | 1,249 |
| ✔ | | Jason Osborne | 17.4 | 1,198 |
| ✔ | Becky Owens | 13.6 | 937 | |
| ✔ | | Tony Piemonte | 13.2 | 910 |
| James Devine | 9.9 | 683 | ||
| David Smiley | 8.2 | 564 | ||
| Total votes: 6,889 | |||
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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 William Gannon (R) did not seek re-election.
The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 4 general election.[2][3]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 4 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Chris True Incumbent |
14.74% | 5,465 | |
| Republican | Joseph Hagan Incumbent |
14.14% | 5,245 | |
| Republican | Jess Edwards |
13.97% | 5,179 | |
| Republican | Jason Osborne Incumbent |
13.90% | 5,153 | |
| Republican | William Polewarczyk |
12.28% | 4,554 | |
| Democratic | Charlotte Lister | 8.13% | 3,016 | |
| Democratic | Jackie Wood | 7.83% | 2,903 | |
| Democratic | Stephen D'Angelo | 7.79% | 2,888 | |
| Democratic | Tony DePalma | 7.23% | 2,681 | |
| Total Votes | 37,084 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
Stephen D'Angelo, Charlotte Lister, and Jackie Wood were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 4 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 4 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Stephen D'Angelo | |
| Democratic | Charlotte Lister | |
| Democratic | Jackie Wood | |
The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 4 Republican primary.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 4 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Jess Edwards |
15.86% | 1,005 | |
| Republican | Joseph Hagan Incumbent |
17.46% | 1,106 | |
| Republican | Jason Osborne Incumbent |
17.21% | 1,090 | |
| Republican | William Polewarczyk |
12.71% | 805 | |
| Republican | Chris True Incumbent |
18.80% | 1,191 | |
| Republican | James Devine Incumbent | 9.76% | 618 | |
| Republican | Eileen Tully | 8.21% | 520 | |
| Total Votes | 6,335 | |||
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. Two candidates were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while nine candidates faced off in the Republican primary.[6] The general election was contested by two Democrats and five Republicans. The Democrats were Charlotte Lister and Stephen D'Angelo. The Republicans participants were William M. Gannon, Jason Osborne, Chris True, incumbent Joseph Hagan, and incumbent James Devine. All five Republicans were victorious over the Democrats in the general election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | William M. Gannon |
17.1% | 3,979 | |
| Republican | Chris True |
16.4% | 3,816 | |
| Republican | Joseph Hagan Incumbent |
16.2% | 3,786 | |
| Republican | James Devine Incumbent |
16.1% | 3,756 | |
| Republican | Jason Osborne |
15.2% | 3,536 | |
| Democratic | Stephen D'Angelo | 9.7% | 2,252 | |
| Democratic | Charlotte Lister | 9.3% | 2,174 | |
| NA | Scatter | 0.1% | 13 | |
| Total Votes | 23,312 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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William Gannon |
16% | 905 |
| Chris True |
13.8% | 781 |
| Joseph Hagan Incumbent |
13.2% | 750 |
| Jason Osborne |
13.2% | 749 |
| James Devine Incumbent |
12.3% | 697 |
| James Headd | 9.6% | 546 |
| Dan Dumaine Incumbent | 9% | 509 |
| William Polewarczyk | 8.8% | 497 |
| Frank Carrio, Sr. | 4.1% | 233 |
| Total Votes | 5,667 | |
Campaign themes
2022
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2020
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2024
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2023
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2022
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In 2022, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 26.
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2021
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In 2021, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 24.
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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Footnotes
- ↑ The General Court of New Hampshire, "Representative Chris True (R)," accessed May 26, 2023
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
