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Howard Pearl
Republican Party
New Hampshire State Senate District 17
Tenure
2022 - Present
Term ends
2026
Years in position
3
Predecessor: John Reagan (R)
Prior offices:
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26
Years in office: 2016 - 2022
Compensation
Base salary
$100/year
Per diem
No per diem is paid.
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Personal
Profession
Business owner
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Howard Pearl (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire State Senate, representing District 17. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Pearl (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire State Senate to represent District 17. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Howard Pearl's career experience includes owning Pearl & Sons Farm LLC.[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Pearl was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Pearl was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Pearl was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Pearl 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
• Environment and Agriculture

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 State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 17

Incumbent Howard Pearl defeated Kelly Roberts in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 17 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Howard Pearl
Howard Pearl (R)
 
57.7
 
19,762
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Kelly Roberts (D)
 
42.2
 
14,456
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
16

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 34,234
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 17

Kelly Roberts advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 17 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Kelly Roberts
 
99.6
 
4,689
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
20

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,709
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 17

Incumbent Howard Pearl advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 17 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Howard Pearl
Howard Pearl
 
99.0
 
6,490
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
68

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,558
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Pearl in this election.

2022

New Hampshire State Senate

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 17

Howard Pearl defeated Christine Tappan in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 17 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Howard Pearl
Howard Pearl (R)
 
56.7
 
14,878
Image of Christine Tappan
Christine Tappan (D)
 
43.1
 
11,311
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
32

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 26,221
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 17

Christine Tappan advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 17 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Christine Tappan
Christine Tappan
 
99.2
 
2,927
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
23

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,950
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 17

Howard Pearl defeated Scott Bryer in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 17 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Howard Pearl
Howard Pearl
 
68.1
 
4,436
Image of Scott Bryer
Scott Bryer
 
29.3
 
1,906
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.6
 
169

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,511
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New Hampshire State House

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

Howard Pearl did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26

Incumbent Howard Pearl defeated Lorrie Carey in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Howard Pearl
Howard Pearl (R)
 
55.5
 
6,193
Image of Lorrie Carey
Lorrie Carey (D) Candidate Connection
 
44.4
 
4,951
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
16

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 11,160
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26

Lorrie Carey defeated Matthew Murphy in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lorrie Carey
Lorrie Carey Candidate Connection
 
73.4
 
1,436
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Matthew Murphy
 
26.2
 
512
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
9

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,957
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26

Incumbent Howard Pearl advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Howard Pearl
Howard Pearl
 
99.2
 
2,150
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
18

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,168
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26

Incumbent Howard Pearl defeated Lorrie Carey in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Howard Pearl
Howard Pearl (R)
 
51.5
 
4,071
Image of Lorrie Carey
Lorrie Carey (D) Candidate Connection
 
48.5
 
3,831
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
2

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,904
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26

Lorrie Carey advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lorrie Carey
Lorrie Carey Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
1,500

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,500
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26

Incumbent Howard Pearl advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Howard Pearl
Howard Pearl
 
100.0
 
1,447

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,447
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2016

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 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 Jason R. Parent (R) did not seek re-election.

Howard Pearl defeated Lorrie Carey in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 26 general election.[2][3]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 26 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Howard Pearl 54.17% 5,263
     Democratic Lorrie Carey 45.83% 4,452
Total Votes 9,715
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Lorrie Carey ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 26 Democratic primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 26 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Lorrie Carey  (unopposed)


Howard Pearl ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 26 Republican primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 26 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Howard Pearl  (unopposed)

2014

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the New Hampshire State Senate 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. Nancy R.B. Fraher was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent John Reagan defeated Howard Pearl in the Republican primary. Pearl announced on August 6, 2014, that he was dropping out of the race, but his name remained on the ballot. Fraher and Reagan faced off in the general election.[6] Reagan defeated Fraher in the general election, and was re-elected for another term.[7]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 17 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Reagan Incumbent 58.2% 11,669
     Democratic Nancy R.B. Fraher 41.8% 8,382
Total Votes 20,051
New Hampshire State Senate, District 17 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Reagan Incumbent 82.9% 4,045
Howard Pearl 17.1% 837
Total Votes 4,882

2012

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2012

Pearl ran in the 2012 election for New Hampshire State Senate, District 17.[8] Pearl was defeated by John Reagan in the September 11th primary election.[9][10]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 17 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Reagan 51.2% 2,689
Howard Pearl 48.8% 2,559
Total Votes 5,248

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Howard Pearl did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Howard Pearl did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

Pearl's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]

Taxes

  • Excerpt: "I will oppose any efforts to enact a broadbased tax – sales, income or anything else. New Hampshire’s citizens are taxed too much already. Additionally, I have taken the Americans for Tax Reform pledge opposing any new tax or increase in an existing tax."

Spending

  • Excerpt: "I will stop the unnecessary big government programs and look for efficiencies in state government to cut costs and save money."

Economy and Jobs

  • Excerpt: "I have worked with community leaders on businesses issues locally in the Loudon area and I will be a fresh face with a fresh perspective on how to get businesses growing again in New Hampshire."

Second Amendment

  • Excerpt: "I am a strong proponent of the right to bear arms and will fight any efforts to increase gun control laws in New Hampshire."

The Right to Life

  • Excerpt: "I am pro-life and believe that life begins at conception and ends at natural death."

Campaign finance summary

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Howard Pearl campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024New Hampshire State Senate District 17Won general$73,229 $0
2022New Hampshire State Senate District 17Won general$63,735 $0
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26Won general$0 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 26Won $1,150 N/A**
Grand total$138,113 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election 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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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ LinkedIn, "Howard Pearl," accessed May 20, 2023
    2. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
    3. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
    6. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed August 6, 2014
    7. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
    8. ↑ WMUR Political Scoop "2012 Candidate List
    9. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State "2012 Candidate List
    10. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed May 16, 2014
    11. ↑ howardpearlnhsenate.com, Official campaign website

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    Preceded by
    -     		New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 26
    2016-2022    		 Succeeded by
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