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Heidi Hamer

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Heidi Hamer
Image of Heidi Hamer
Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17
Predecessor: Mark S. Mackenzie

New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 19

Education

High school

Manchester High School West, 1977

Personal
Birthplace
Manchester, N.H.
Contact

Heidi Hamer (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough 19. She assumed office on December 7, 2022. She left office on December 4, 2024.

Hamer (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Hillsborough 19. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Hamer graduated from Manchester High School West in 1977.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Hamer was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Hamer was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Hamer was assigned to the following committees:


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

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

Heidi Hamer did not file to run for re-election.

2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Heidi Hamer and incumbent Jane Beaulieu defeated Tammy Simmons Garthwaite and Daniel Garthwaite in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 19 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Heidi Hamer
Heidi Hamer (D)
 
27.0
 
1,471
Image of Jane Beaulieu
Jane Beaulieu (D)
 
26.2
 
1,425
Image of Tammy Simmons Garthwaite
Tammy Simmons Garthwaite (R)
 
23.9
 
1,300
Daniel Garthwaite (R)
 
22.8
 
1,242
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
10

Total votes: 5,448
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Heidi Hamer and incumbent Jane Beaulieu advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 19 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Heidi Hamer
Heidi Hamer
 
51.1
 
373
Image of Jane Beaulieu
Jane Beaulieu
 
48.4
 
353
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
4

Total votes: 730
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 19 (2 seats)

Tammy Simmons Garthwaite and Daniel Garthwaite advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 19 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tammy Simmons Garthwaite
Tammy Simmons Garthwaite
 
51.7
 
455
Daniel Garthwaite
 
47.7
 
420
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
5

Total votes: 880
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)

Incumbent Heidi Hamer and incumbent Timothy Smith defeated Tammy Simmons Garthwaite and Dan Garthwaite in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Heidi Hamer
Heidi Hamer (D)
 
28.9
 
2,102
Image of Timothy Smith
Timothy Smith (D)
 
24.3
 
1,764
Image of Tammy Simmons Garthwaite
Tammy Simmons Garthwaite (R)
 
23.4
 
1,697
Image of Dan Garthwaite
Dan Garthwaite (R)
 
23.3
 
1,695
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
6

Total votes: 7,264
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)

Incumbent Heidi Hamer and incumbent Timothy Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Heidi Hamer
Heidi Hamer
 
57.6
 
583
Image of Timothy Smith
Timothy Smith
 
41.6
 
421
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
8

Total votes: 1,012
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)

Tammy Simmons Garthwaite and Dan Garthwaite advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tammy Simmons Garthwaite
Tammy Simmons Garthwaite
 
51.7
 
478
Image of Dan Garthwaite
Dan Garthwaite
 
48.1
 
444
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
2

Total votes: 924
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)

Heidi Hamer and incumbent Timothy Smith defeated Tammy Simmons Garthwaite and Dan Garthwaite in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Heidi Hamer
Heidi Hamer (D) Candidate Connection
 
29.1
 
1,574
Image of Timothy Smith
Timothy Smith (D) Candidate Connection
 
25.3
 
1,369
Image of Tammy Simmons Garthwaite
Tammy Simmons Garthwaite (R)
 
22.9
 
1,235
Image of Dan Garthwaite
Dan Garthwaite (R) Candidate Connection
 
22.7
 
1,224
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 5,403
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)

Heidi Hamer and incumbent Timothy Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Heidi Hamer
Heidi Hamer Candidate Connection
 
60.1
 
593
Image of Timothy Smith
Timothy Smith Candidate Connection
 
39.9
 
394

Total votes: 987
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 (2 seats)

Tammy Simmons Garthwaite and Dan Garthwaite advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tammy Simmons Garthwaite
Tammy Simmons Garthwaite
 
53.4
 
364
Image of Dan Garthwaite
Dan Garthwaite Candidate Connection
 
46.6
 
318

Total votes: 682
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Heidi Hamer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Heidi Hamer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Candidate Connection

Heidi Hamer participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on September 7, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Heidi Hamer's responses follow below.[2]

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

Protecting Elderly, Disabled and Vulnerable citizens
Modernizing State Elections
Supporting Public Education[3][4]

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

Modernizing State Elections- I am currently an election official and the way New Hampshire conducts elections needs to brought into the 21st century. As an example voter check-in and same day registration should be handled via technology (lap tops) not by using paper and ledgers.
Supporting Public Education- public education is the backbone of our society. We should focus our attention and funding towards improving our public education system. We should not funding voucher programs for private schools and charter schools. Funding private schools and charter schools are taking tax dollars away from our public schools where they are needed.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]

Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Heidi Hamer answered the following:

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity & honesty
Willingness to work with the opposing party in order to broker compromise and find solutions
Being a good listener in order to better understand the issues and the concerns facing your constituents[4]
What do you perceive to be your state’s greatest challenges over the next decade?
Finding ways to keep young people in New Hampshire and finding ways to attract young people to New Hampshire. Bring the state with the 2nd oldest population is presenting challenges to New Hampshire. This will a major area that the state legislature will need to tackle in the next 10 years.[4]
What process do you favor for redistricting?
A fair and equal process is what I favor. Gerrymandering has occurred in New Hampshire and it has resulted in districts that are configured unfairly, districts that are too large and districts that favor Republicans.[4]
Is there a particular legislator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?
Irene Messier[4]

Campaign finance summary


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Heidi Hamer campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 19Won general$3,308 $0
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17Won general$2,906 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17Won general$2,659 N/A**
Grand total$8,872 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024

In 2024, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 3 to June 13.

Legislators are scored on their votes on economic issues.
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Legislators are scored by the organization "on pro-liberty and anti-liberty roll call votes."
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
  • Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund: Senate and House
Legislators are scored on their stances on policies related to reproductive health issues


2023


2022


2021


2020


2019







See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. The New Hampshire House of Representatives, "Representative Heidi Hamer (D)," accessed February 1, 2023
  2. Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
  3. Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Heidi Hamer's responses," September 7, 2018
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


Representatives
Belknap 1
Belknap 2
Belknap 3
Belknap 4
Belknap 7
Belknap 8
Carroll 1
Tom Buco (D)
Carroll 2
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Cheshire 1
Cheshire 10
Cheshire 11
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John Hunt (R)
Cheshire 15
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Cheshire 2
Dru Fox (D)
Cheshire 3
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Cheshire 9
Coos 1
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Seth King (R)
Coos 5
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Coos 7
Grafton 10
Grafton 11
Grafton 13
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Grafton 18
Grafton 2
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Grafton 9
Hillsborough 1
Hillsborough 10
Bill Ohm (R)
Hillsborough 11
Hillsborough 14
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Matt Drew (R)
Hillsborough 20
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Hillsborough 28
Keith Erf (R)
Hillsborough 29
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Hillsborough 4
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Lily Foss (D)
Hillsborough 42
Lisa Post (R)
Hillsborough 43
Hillsborough 44
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Hillsborough 5
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Hillsborough 9
Merrimack 1
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Alvin See (R)
Merrimack 27
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Merrimack 3
Merrimack 30
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Rockingham 1
Rockingham 10
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Zoe Manos (D)
Rockingham 14
Pam Brown (R)
Rockingham 15
Rockingham 18
Rockingham 19
Rockingham 2
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Rockingham 3
Mary Ford (R)
Rockingham 30
Rockingham 31
Terry Roy (R)
Rockingham 32
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Rockingham 4
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Strafford 1
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Luz Bay (D)
Strafford 3
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Sullivan 1
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Judy Aron (R)
Sullivan 5
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Sullivan 8
Republican Party (219)
Democratic Party (177)
Independent (1)