Emmett Soldati

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Emmett Soldati

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

York University, 2010

Graduate

London School of Economics, 2011

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New Hampshire

Profession

Small business owner

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Emmett Soldati (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire Executive Council to represent District 1. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Soldati completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Emmett Soldati was born in Somersworth, New Hampshire. He earned a bachelor's degree from York University in 2010 and a graduate degree from the London School of Economics in 2011. Soldati's professional experience includes owning a cafe. He won Young Entrepreneur of the Year, New Hampshire, in 2019. Soldati has served as a board member with Arts in Reach and as a program director with FarmersFirst:Africa.

Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire Executive Council election, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire Executive Council District 1

Incumbent Joseph Kenney defeated Emmett Soldati in the general election for New Hampshire Executive Council District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joseph Kenney (R)	55.2	87,132
		Emmett Soldati (D)	44.8	70,647
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	71

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 157,850
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 1

Emmett Soldati advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 1 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Emmett Soldati	99.5	21,036
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	113

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,149
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 1

Incumbent Joseph Kenney advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 1 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joseph Kenney	99.3	23,807
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	158

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,965
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Soldati in this election.

2020

See also: New Hampshire Executive Council election, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire Executive Council District 2

Cinde Warmington defeated Jim Beard in the general election for New Hampshire Executive Council District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cinde Warmington (D)	54.4	79,414
	Submit photo	Jim Beard (R)	45.5	66,406
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	106

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 145,926
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 2

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 2 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cinde Warmington	27.3	9,207
		Leah Plunkett	24.8	8,356
		Emmett Soldati	20.7	6,986
		Craig Thompson	12.4	4,194
	Submit photo	Jay Surdukowski	8.1	2,738
	Submit photo	John Shea	6.5	2,185
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	38

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,704
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 2

Jim Beard defeated Stewart Levenson in the Republican primary for New Hampshire Executive Council District 2 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jim Beard	52.8	10,393
	Submit photo	Stewart Levenson	46.8	9,212
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	72

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,677
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Emmett Soldati completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Soldati's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Emmett is a small business owner from Somersworth, NH. In 2024, he was named one of Union Leader’s Forty Under Forty. Stay Work Play awarded him Entrepreneur of the Year for his cafe company, Teatotaller, which has opened 3 locations in NH. Recently, he represented himself and won a lawsuit against Facebook for breach of contract after a six-year legal battle. He is the Democratic Nominee for Executive Council in District 1 and has been endorsed by NH Young Dems, NH Youth Movement, Run for Something, as well as Congressman Pappas, State Senator David Watters and Rebecca Perkins-Kwoka and many more state and local leaders.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Advocate for Public Schools - Support nomination of pro-public school Education Commissioner.
• Fight for Reproductive and Healthcare Freedoms - Fund Planned Parenthood + other reproductive healthcare centers
• Address Housing Affordability Crisis - Advocate + incentivize local development of new housing units. Support needed transportation + infrastructure plans to address growing demands

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Support for Recovery & Harm Reduction - Funding effective community-based programs for treatment, recovery, and harm-reduction

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My first job was my neighborhood lemonade stand.

Are there any little-known powers or responsibilities held by this office that you believe more people should be aware of?

Few New Hampshire residents are familiar with the Executive Council, which at its best can serve as an important check on the Governor's power. The NH Executive Council is one of few like it in the country. The council approves all contracts over $10,000 and all appointments nominated by the Governor.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Congressman Chris Pappas, New Hampshire Young Democrats, New Hampshire Youth Movement, Run for Something

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Campaign website

Soldati’s campaign website stated the following:

“	My Priority Issues Advocate for Public Schools Our executive branch and state administration plays an important role securing equitable public education for all Granite Staters. We currently have an education commissioner, Frank Edelblut, who is the prime architect of the Education Freedom Accounts, a voucher program that takes money out of local public schools and sending to private and religious schools — without improving school choice or outcomes for working class families. As an Executive Councilor I will always govern on the side of strengthening our public schools, and that includes rejecting Frank Edelbluts nomination for the Executive Council. Fight for Reproductive and Healthcare Freedoms There are only 3 facilities in New Hampshire that provide reproductive healthcare including abortion access. There are, on the other hand, 9 ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ that are not official healthcare facilities (and are not HIPPA compliant) that will dissuade a pregnant person from receiving an abortion. In order to ensure full reproductive rights, we need to be fighting for increased reproductive access for all our communities. This includes providing adequate funding for reproductive healthcare facilities. I co-founded the Tri-City Reproductive Justice 4 All Coalition, and continue to amplify and participate in locally-relevant action items to advance not only reproductive freedom, but true and open access for all people seeking reproductive care. Prioritize Main Street Economy As a small business owner, I have experience building relationships, being fiscally scrappy and finding creative solutions to complex problems. I also have a strong track record battling against the corrupting influence of big corporations, including taking on Facebook in NH’s Supreme Court and challenging the Hospital Corporation of America’s decision to close birthing services at Frisbie Hospital. Support Recovery When decisions about our communities’ opioid crisis are being made, I believe we need to have folks directly impacted at the table. This includes folks who are in active recovery, renters, or those who have been through our justice system. I own a sober cafe company geared toward providing a ‘third space’ for all without the influence of alcohol. In 2023, I helped opened NH’s first Recovery-focused, fair-chance restaurant, Fold’d Community Diner, that seeks to reduce stigma and support recovery by hiring people coming out of incarceration or starting their journey of recovery. Address Housing Affordability Crisis New Hampshire needs a more robust, rigorous, and bold approach to addressing the growing housing crisis — which will increasingly shut out young people, the elderly, and long-standing residents from their communities. The only way to reduce the burden on current property taxpayers and to address the increasing unhouse population is the build, renovate, and bring more units online. We need 60,000 additional housing units across the state to address current demand, and this includes support the development of infrastructure (e.g. roads, wastewater, sewers) that can sustainably handle this growth.	”
—Emmett Soldati’s campaign website (2024)

2020

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Emmett Soldati completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Soldati's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Born and raised in Somersworth NH, Emmett Soldati is a small business owner, activist, and occasional provocateur. A graduate of the London School of Economics, Emmett spent the last decade working to connect and uplift the community he knows and loves - his hometown. 9 years ago, Emmett founded Teatotaller - a cafe, bakery, and restaurant, that has blossomed into a hub of LGBTQ+ programming, community gatherings, and social justice activism. When he isn't blending teas, pouring latte art, or laminating puff pastry, he works for an international non-profit, FarmersFirst:Africa, to support climate knowledge and food security for subsistence farmers throughout central Africa.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Speaking up for NH's Next Generation

• Fighting for Reproductive Justice

• Building an economy that works for everyone

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The Executive Council represents a larger opportunity to expand access to others who have been left out of the conversation - to appoint leaders to agencies and commissions with diverse perspectives on what life is like for Granite Staters, with lived experience that relates to the complex issues we are working to solve, to ensure that the businesses we engage with have strong anti-discrimination policies and pay fair wages, and to safeguard our courts against corporate, partisan, and conservative interests.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

My parents taught me that a lifelong commitment to advocacy is a reward no career can provide.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

As a small child I walked into a pool at a pool party. I was very young so my only memory of it is my mother jumping into the pool in a large (and new!) dress to save me.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I had a lemonade stand on the corner of Washington and Main street for several summers in Downtown Somersworth. It was my first crack at entrepreneurship. Eventually the local police chief told me I needed to get a hawkers and peddlers license and I decided to close up shop. My cafe today is one block from that original lemonade stand.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Angels of the Morning, Merilee Rush

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Emmett Soldati campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	New Hampshire Executive Council District 1	Lost general	$106,903	$0
Grand total			$106,903	$0
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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