Hal Rafter
Hal Rafter (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham 1. He assumed office on October 4, 2023. He left office on December 4, 2024.
Rafter (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Rockingham 1. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Hal Rafter was born in Mason, New Hampshire. Rafter earned a master’s degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1978. His career experience includes working as a senior programmer, a housing analyst, and an adjunct professor.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Scott Bryer (R) | 18.3 | 3,336 |
✔ | ![]() | James Guzofski (R) | 17.5 | 3,192 |
✔ | Paul Tudor (R) | 17.0 | 3,085 | |
![]() | Hal Rafter (D) | 16.2 | 2,956 | |
![]() | Charlotte Fyfe (D) ![]() | 15.5 | 2,822 | |
![]() | Pamela Sanderson (D) | 15.4 | 2,801 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 5 |
Total votes: 18,197 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 (3 seats)
Incumbent Hal Rafter, Pamela Sanderson, and Charlotte Fyfe defeated Keith McGuigan in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Hal Rafter | 34.5 | 1,012 |
✔ | ![]() | Pamela Sanderson | 27.2 | 798 |
✔ | ![]() | Charlotte Fyfe ![]() | 26.8 | 788 |
![]() | Keith McGuigan ![]() | 11.2 | 328 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 10 |
Total votes: 2,936 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 (3 seats)
James Guzofski, Scott Bryer, and incumbent Paul Tudor advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | James Guzofski | 34.6 | 978 |
✔ | ![]() | Scott Bryer | 32.3 | 915 |
✔ | Paul Tudor | 31.6 | 894 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 43 |
Total votes: 2,830 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2023
See also: New Hampshire state legislative special elections, 2023
General election
Special general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1
Hal Rafter defeated James Guzofski in the special general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 on September 19, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Hal Rafter (D) | 55.9 | 1,571 |
![]() | James Guzofski (R) | 44.1 | 1,240 |
Total votes: 2,811 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1
Hal Rafter advanced from the special Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 on August 1, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Hal Rafter | 100.0 | 245 |
Total votes: 245 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1
James Guzofski defeated Jessica Sternberg in the special Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 on August 1, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | James Guzofski | 55.6 | 230 |
Jessica Sternberg | 44.4 | 184 |
Total votes: 414 | ||||
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2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Paul Tudor (R) | 17.3 | 2,424 | |
✔ | Benjamin T. Bartlett IV (R) | 17.0 | 2,373 | |
✔ | Jacob Brouillard (R) | 16.7 | 2,336 | |
![]() | Keith McGuigan (D) ![]() | 16.6 | 2,326 | |
![]() | Hal Rafter (D) ![]() | 16.5 | 2,311 | |
William Tappan (D) | 15.9 | 2,223 |
Total votes: 13,993 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 (3 seats)
Hal Rafter, Keith McGuigan, and William Tappan advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Hal Rafter ![]() | 34.8 | 459 |
✔ | ![]() | Keith McGuigan ![]() | 33.8 | 446 |
✔ | William Tappan | 31.0 | 409 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 4 |
Total votes: 1,318 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 (3 seats)
Incumbent Paul Tudor, Benjamin T. Bartlett IV, and Jacob Brouillard advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 1 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Paul Tudor | 35.7 | 811 | |
✔ | Benjamin T. Bartlett IV | 32.7 | 741 | |
✔ | Jacob Brouillard | 31.1 | 705 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 12 |
Total votes: 2,269 | ||||
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2020
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 32
Incumbent Terry Roy defeated Hal Rafter in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 32 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Terry Roy (R) | 59.4 | 6,928 |
![]() | Hal Rafter (D) ![]() | 40.5 | 4,727 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 3 |
Total votes: 11,658 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 32
Hal Rafter advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 32 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Hal Rafter ![]() | 99.8 | 1,732 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3 |
Total votes: 1,735 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 32
Incumbent Terry Roy advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 32 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Terry Roy | 99.6 | 2,257 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 8 |
Total votes: 2,265 | ||||
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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.
Incumbent Yvonne M. Dean-Bailey defeated Hal Rafter in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 32 general election.[2][3]
New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 32 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | ![]() |
62.00% | 6,388 | |
Democratic | Hal Rafter | 38.00% | 3,915 | |
Total Votes | 10,303 | |||
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State |
Hal Rafter ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 32 Democratic primary.[4][5]
New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 32 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Democratic | ![]() |
Incumbent Yvonne M. Dean-Bailey defeated Harriet E. Cady in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 32 Republican primary.[4][5]
New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 32 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | ![]() |
73.48% | 1,424 | |
Republican | Harriet E. Cady | 26.52% | 514 | |
Total Votes | 1,938 |
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. Three candidates were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while six candidates faced off in the Republican primary.[6] The general election was contested by three Democrats and three Republicans. The Democrats were Carol Ann Levesque, Lloyd J. Carr, and Hal Rafter. The Republicans participants were James Spillane, and incumbents Joe Duarte and Kyle Tasker. All three Republicans were victorious over the Democrats in the general election.[7]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
20.6% | 3,059 | |
Republican | ![]() |
19.9% | 2,969 | |
Republican | ![]() |
19.8% | 2,945 | |
Democratic | Carol Ann Levesque | 15.1% | 2,253 | |
Democratic | Hal Rafter | 12.8% | 1,900 | |
Democratic | Lloyd J. Carr | 11.7% | 1,747 | |
NA | Scatter | 0.1% | 10 | |
Total Votes | 14,883 |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2023
Hal Rafter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Hal Rafter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rafter's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Public education is critical to our society. We must fight the false narratives and efforts to defund our local schools and undermine the staff. I oppose vouchers for private schools and oppose attempts to ban books and censor what can be taught.
- Reproductive, voting, and other rights are at risk due to US Supreme Court decisions. Government should not be able to control women's bodies or dictate who a person can marry. Voting also must be defended from restrictions on registration, ID requirements, and attempts to eliminate voting machines.
- Climate change is a worldwide problem affecting food production, water supplies and much more. We are a small state, but let’s be a leader in addressing climate change. Our ski and seafood businesses, and our future in general, depend how we respond.
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2020
Hal Rafter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rafter'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 support economic relief for NH citizens through: reduced property taxes, a higher minimum wage, expanded unemployment benefits during the pandemic
- Climate change requires more action at the state and local level including energy retrofits, telecommuting to reduce tailpipe emissions, support of small scale solar.
- I am committed to defending individual rights, especially voting rights, reproductive rights, and the rights of workers to organize.
Increasing state aid to local government to reduce the burden of property taxes and raise the quality of education. Property taxes are the only broad based state tax in NH, and are at levels that force people from their houses and raise rents to un-affordable levels.
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2024
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2023
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 14, 2020
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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