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Ed Comeau
Ed Comeau (Republican Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Carroll 5. Comeau assumed office on December 3, 2014. Comeau left office on December 2, 2020.
Comeau (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Carroll 5. Comeau won in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Comeau 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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| • Fish and Game and Marine Resources |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Comeau served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Criminal Justice and Public Safety |
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
2020
Ed Comeau did not file to run for re-election.
2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 5 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Nelson (R) | 20.3 | 2,407 |
| ✔ |  | Lino Avellani (R) | 20.2 | 2,404 |
| ✔ |  | Ed Comeau (R) | 20.1 | 2,388 |
 | Theresa Swanick (D)  | 13.8 | 1,642 | |
| Patricia Pustell (D) | 12.9 | 1,530 | ||
| Knute Ogren (D) | 12.7 | 1,506 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 11,878 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 5 (3 seats)
Theresa Swanick, Patricia Pustell, and Knute Ogren advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 5 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Theresa Swanick | 37.6 | 559 |
| ✔ | Patricia Pustell | 33.5 | 498 | |
| ✔ | Knute Ogren | 28.9 | 430 | |
| Total votes: 1,487 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 5 (3 seats)
Incumbent Bill Nelson, incumbent Ed Comeau, and incumbent Lino Avellani advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Carroll 5 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Nelson | 33.6 | 692 |
| ✔ | | Ed Comeau | 33.3 | 684 |
| ✔ | | Lino Avellani | 33.1 | 681 |
| Total votes: 2,057 | |||
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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.
The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Carroll 5 general election.[1][2]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Carroll 5 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Lino Avellani Incumbent |
21.87% | 2,938 | |
| Republican | Ed Comeau Incumbent |
20.50% | 2,753 | |
| Republican | Bill Nelson Incumbent |
21.61% | 2,902 | |
| Democratic | Ruth Hall | 11.92% | 1,601 | |
| Democratic | Theresa Swanick | 12.82% | 1,722 | |
| Democratic | Paul Turner | 11.28% | 1,515 | |
| Total Votes | 13,431 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
Ruth Hall, Theresa Swanick, and Paul Turner were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Carroll 5 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Carroll 5 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Ruth Hall | |
| Democratic | Theresa Swanick | |
| Democratic | Paul Turner | |
Incumbent Lino Avellani, incumbent Ed Comeau, and incumbent Bill Nelson were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Carroll 5 Republican primary.[3][4]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Carroll 5 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Lino Avellani Incumbent | |
| Republican | Ed Comeau Incumbent | |
| Republican | Bill Nelson Incumbent | |
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 Tom Lavender and Paul Turner were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Bill Nelson, Ed Comeau and Lino Avellani defeated Carolyn Carruth in the Republican primary. Craig Bona ran as an independent candidate. Lavender, Turner, Comeau, Nelson, Avellani and Bona faced off in the general election.[5] All three Republicans were victorious in the general election, defeating the Independent and two Democrats. Comeau, Avellani, and incumbent Nelson defeated Turner, Bona and incumbent Lavender.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Bill Nelson Incumbent |
24.1% | 2,188 | |
| Republican | Lino Avellani |
21.9% | 1,987 | |
| Republican | Ed Comeau |
19.7% | 1,785 | |
| Democratic | Tom Lavender Incumbent | 13.7% | 1,244 | |
| Democratic | Paul Turner | 12.7% | 1,154 | |
| Independent | Craig Bona | 7.8% | 712 | |
| Total Votes | 9,071 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Bill Nelson Incumbent |
33.7% | 775 |
| Lino Avellani | 26.4% | 607 |
| Ed Comeau | 23.5% | 542 |
| Carolyn Carruth | 16.5% | 379 |
| Total Votes | 2,303 | |
Campaign themes
2014
Comeau's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[7]
Environmental Stewardship
- Excerpt: "Keeping our environment clean is everyone’s responsibility. We cannot rely on the government to do so, it has no incentive and only further distances people from their environment."
Government Accountability
- Excerpt: "If elected, I will construct the largest human network of surveillance on this government. My intent will be to put the power of the people to control their own destiny back in their hands. I will tirelessly work to ensure that the government is held accountable to the people."
Free Market
- Excerpt: "It will be my intent to eliminate the “chains” of regulations that are choking the success of the people’s businesses."
Parental Rights in Education
- Excerpt: "I will aim to restore local control to parents that choose public education and support a parent’s choice to home school."
Property Rights
- Excerpt: "The most efficient way to protect the environment is to protect private property rights. You cannot protect the environment by “sharing it” or giving it up to government control."
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2020
In 2020, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 30. The session was suspended from March 14 to June 11.
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2019
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In 2019, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 2 through June 30.
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2018
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In 2018, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 3 through June 30.
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2017
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In 2017, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 4 through June 22. The state House met for a veto session on November 2.
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2016
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In 2016, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 6 through June 1.
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2015
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In 2015, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 7 to July 1.
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See also
- New Hampshire House of Representatives
- House Committees
- New Hampshire General Court
- New Hampshire state legislative districts
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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
- ↑ Ed Comeau.org, "Issues," accessed August 7, 2014
