Dustin Vigneault
Dustin Vigneault (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Grafton 5. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Vigneault completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dustin Vigneault was born in Bradenton, Florida. He served in the U.S. Army from 1998 to 2009. He graduated from Bayshore High School. He earned an associate degree from the State College of Florida in 2013. His career experience includes working as a helicopter technician and IT technician lab manager. He has been affiliated with Civil Air Patrol.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Roderick Ladd and Marie Louise Bjelobrk defeated Rachael T. Booth and Dustin Vigneault in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Roderick Ladd (R) | 31.1 | 2,126 |
| ✔ |  | Marie Louise Bjelobrk (R) | 30.6 | 2,088 |
 | Rachael T. Booth (D)  | 20.1 | 1,375 | |
 | Dustin Vigneault (D) | 17.8 | 1,217 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 25 | ||
| Total votes: 6,831 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 5 (2 seats)
Rachael T. Booth and Dustin Vigneault advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 5 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rachael T. Booth | 54.7 | 350 |
| ✔ | | Dustin Vigneault | 42.5 | 272 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.8 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 640 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Roderick Ladd and Marie Louise Bjelobrk defeated Greg Mathieson in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Grafton 5 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roderick Ladd | 38.1 | 454 |
| ✔ | | Marie Louise Bjelobrk | 34.5 | 411 |
 | Greg Mathieson | 25.3 | 302 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 25 | ||
| Total votes: 1,192 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Dustin Vigneault completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Vigneault'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 moved to New Hampshire from Florida almost four years ago. My family is originally from Plainfield, NH. I came up to New Hampshire multiple times in my youth to visit family. I have always loved this state and it has always been a wish of mine to move here with my family.
In January of 2019 my colon ruptured due to negligence by doctors and staff at a VA Hospital in Florida. This changed my life immensely. I spent 9 months with a colostomy bag while my colon healed enough to be put back together. Ever since my colon's reconnection I have had major health issues. I can say though that had it not been for the VA paying for everything my family would be destitute from the medical bills. I understand what it is like to be on the edge of loosing everything you own and have worked for.
My life now is still not the same. I am unable to work normal jobs with my disabilities, but I can do the job as State Representative. I already know how to do it. I will always vote my conscience. Every vote I take will be to protect the people of New Hampshire just like my family.- Protections for Reproductive Rights are my number one priority. This includes all sexes and genders. Because these decisions should not be made by people in Concord. The decisions should be made between a person and their doctor only. In fact the decisions shouldn't be anyone else's business at all. I think we should have privacy protections for citizens healthcare. At the same time contraception is also at risk because the Republican Party is attempting to legislate morality. Because this issue isn't about abortion, or children. It is about controlling what goes on between consenting adults in the privacy of their bedrooms.
- Property taxes are rising and being misused by the state. This includes money being spent on the voucher system. Which directly takes our tax money and funnels it to Charter Schools in the southern part of the state. Leaving the rural schools underfunded (more on that later). Plus there are communities in the state that pay a negative tax rate. We all need to pay our fair share for the services we provide.
- Education and School Safety Whenever it has rained on Woodsville Elementary School it would rain in the classrooms. Classrooms have to take turns running air conditioners because the power system needed to be upgraded. It's unconscionable that it has been allowed to get this way. If a school in the district of the Chair of the Education Committee is like that you would think he would be doing whatever he could to get it fixed. Instead we got the school board budget passed because everyone left before the vote so now the school can be repaired. We should have more money available in the School Building Aid Program and School Safety Grants Program. We should fund a School Resource Officer in every school and free school lunches.
That leads into the housing shortage. The state has a rental availability rate of .8%. Even if we wanted more doctors to come and work here where would they live? We should limit the amount of second homes and rental properties owned by corporations. This could free up supply and the demand (price) will go down.
Teddy taught me to see issues that needed fixing and having the courage to plow through the opposition to get it passed.
One of the reasons I moved to New Hampshire from Florida was because we witnessed regular sunny day flooding. Not in Miami like the news always shows, but on the west coast of Florida where we grew up. My family moved up here partially as early climate refugees. There will be more of us coming in the years ahead. The state needs to become more resilient for the coming years, and the longer we wait the more expensive it will be.
Because he was part of an anti-litter campaign.
- Science, Technology, and Energy
- Environment and Agriculture
- Municipal and County Government
- Fish and Game and Marine Resources
- Election Law
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 12, 2024
