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Dick Thackston
Dick Thackston (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Cheshire 12. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Thackston (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Cheshire 12. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Thackston completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dick Thackston was born in Morristown, New Jersey. Thackston's career experience includes working as a realtor. He earned a bachelor's degree from George Mason University in 1982.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Thackston 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 Cheshire 12
Incumbent Dick Thackston defeated Jack Gettens in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dick Thackston (R)  | 54.7 | 1,366 |
| Jack Gettens (D) | 45.2 | 1,128 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 2,497 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12
Jack Gettens advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jack Gettens | 98.3 | 285 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 290 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12
Incumbent Dick Thackston advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dick Thackston | 97.3 | 326 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.7 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 335 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Thackston in this election.
Pledges
Thackston signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12
Dick Thackston defeated Jack Gettens in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dick Thackston (R) | 54.8 | 1,046 |
| Jack Gettens (D) | 45.0 | 860 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 1,909 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12
Jack Gettens advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jack Gettens | 99.6 | 224 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 225 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12
Dick Thackston advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dick Thackston | 99.4 | 309 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 311 | |||
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2020
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 10
Lucius Parshall defeated Dick Thackston in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 10 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lucius Parshall (D) | 51.3 | 1,163 |
| Dick Thackston (R) | 48.7 | 1,103 | |
| Total votes: 2,266 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 10
Lucius Parshall advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 10 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lucius Parshall | 98.6 | 438 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.4 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 444 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 10
Dick Thackston advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 10 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dick Thackston | 99.3 | 271 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 273 | |||
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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. Incumbent Bruce Tatro was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Dick Thackston was unopposed in the Republican primary. Tatro and Thackston faced off in the general election.[2] Incumbent Tatro defeated Thackston in the general election, and was re-elected for another term.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Bruce Tatro Incumbent |
57.1% | 2,952 | |
| Republican | Dick Thackston | 42.8% | 2,213 | |
| NA | Scatter | 0.1% | 6 | |
| Total Votes | 5,171 | |||
2012
Thackston ran in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire 10. Thackston was defeated by Michael Walsh in the September 11 Republican primary election. Marge Shepardson ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[4][5]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Michael Walsh |
45% | 138 |
| Dick Thackston | 38.4% | 118 |
| Adam Hopkins | 16.6% | 51 |
| Total Votes | 307 | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Dick Thackston completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Thackston's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Housing availability is a challenge in NH at this time however, ripping apart local control of Planning and Zoning is not the solution. I believe that market forces should be primarily be allowed to solve housing challenges. The true about housing in our community is that until a more equitable way of funding schools is established adding housing units to any town in our region is likely to remain a problem. The worst possible solution is confiscation of private property, the second worst solution would be top down Zoning from the State both of which were proposed in legislation in this last term.
- Broad based taxes are not a solution for New Hampshire. They have been a problem every where they have been used to alleviate real estate Property Taxes and have never lived up to the promise of lowering Property Taxes anywhere. The simple facts are New Hampshire has more times than not managed a budget surplus and used it to increase spending without serious consideration to reducing the educational expense for individual School Districts.
- I believe in the importance of individual rights; I believe in the Rule of Law and the importance of Due Process for all citizens; I believe that Parents and Families are primarily responsible for the raising and education of children. I know that the teachers in our school districts are competent and committed individuals who have, in many cases, held our Schools together while politics and nonsense has attempted to undermine our educational system. A friend of mine who was a long time educator is our School District once said to me "I can fix in six hours a day what the parents screw up in the other eighteen; teachers are here to help and support but they are no substitute for engaged Parents and Families."
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2022
Dick Thackston completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Thackston's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I consider myself “Quietly Conservative” but what does that mean? To me it has two parts: practical goals and aspirational principals.
The practical goals are pretty easy to understand: No broad based Income Tax; No broad based Sales Tax; The imbalance within the State of distribution of State funds must be fixed; Individuals have primary responsibility for themselves and their families; Parents and families are primarily responsible for the raising and education of children; Everyone must be willing to listen and compromise.
Every decision and vote I make is guided by my aspirational principals which are best and simply stated in FDR's four freedoms: Freedom of Speech; Freedom of Religion; Freedom from want; Freedom from Fear. As Americans I believe we can expect nothing less of ourselves or our elected representatives.
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2020
Dick Thackston 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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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 7, 2024
- ↑ 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
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Results," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Jennie Gomarlo (D) |
New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 12 2022-Present |
Succeeded by - |
