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David Preece
2022 - Present
2026
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David Preece (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough 17. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Preece (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Hillsborough 17. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
David Preece earned graduate degrees in urban and regional planning from Western Kentucky University and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Preece's career experience includes working as the executive director and CEO of the Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission, a manager of environmental planning with the Southern California Association of Governments, and the director of the New York City Office Of Environmental Coordination.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Preece 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 Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)
Incumbent Linda DiSilvestro and incumbent David Preece defeated Ben Prescott in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Linda DiSilvestro (D) | 36.7 | 2,736 |
| ✔ |  | David Preece (D) | 31.8 | 2,368 |
| Ben Prescott (R) | 31.3 | 2,332 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 16 | ||
| Total votes: 7,452 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)
Incumbent Linda DiSilvestro and incumbent David Preece advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda DiSilvestro | 51.1 | 759 |
| ✔ | | David Preece | 48.7 | 724 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 1,486 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)
Ben Prescott advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ben Prescott | 96.0 | 579 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.0 | 24 | ||
| Total votes: 603 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Preece in this election.
2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)
Incumbent Linda DiSilvestro and David Preece defeated Tyler Chase, Lee Davis, and Valerie Sarwark in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda DiSilvestro (D) | 29.5 | 2,053 |
| ✔ | | David Preece (D) | 27.9 | 1,940 |
| Tyler Chase (R) | 20.1 | 1,397 | ||
| Lee Davis (R) | 17.9 | 1,243 | ||
 | Valerie Sarwark (L) | 4.6 | 323 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 6,958 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)
Incumbent Linda DiSilvestro and David Preece advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda DiSilvestro | 50.1 | 521 |
| ✔ | | David Preece | 49.6 | 515 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 1,039 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)
Tyler Chase and Lee Davis advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tyler Chase | 57.5 | 503 | |
| ✔ | Lee Davis | 41.0 | 359 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 875 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
David Preece completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Preece's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Protect our democracy and voting rights
- Support full funding of public education and support our teachers
- Support access to affordable health care, including safe and legal reproductive health care
• Policies that expand the rule of law to provide fairness, protection, and respect for everyone.
• Policies to fund public education and support public teachers fully.
• Policies to protect individual's rights to make private healthcare decisions about their own bodies.
• Policies to provide greater opportunity for innovation, and support NH’s small businesses
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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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 Hillsborough 17 |
Officeholder New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 |
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