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James Devine
James Devine (Republican Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham 4.
Devine (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Rockingham 4. Devine lost in the Republican primary on September 11, 2018.
Devine is a former Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham 4 from 2006 to 2016. Devine was defeated in the primary election held on September 13, 2016.
Biography
Devine earned his B.A. from Saint Anselm's College. Now retired, his professional experience includes 30 years with the United States Treasury. He was a member and chair of the Timberlaine School Board.
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Devine served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Science, Technology and Energy, Clerk |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Devine served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Science, Technology and Energy |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Devine served on this committee:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Science, Technology and Energy |
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
2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris True (R) | 12.6 | 4,416 |
| ✔ |  | Jess Edwards (R)  | 12.5 | 4,371 |
| ✔ | Becky Owens (R) | 12.1 | 4,236 | |
| ✔ |  | Jason Osborne (R) | 11.7 | 4,093 |
| ✔ |  | Tony Piemonte (R) | 11.3 | 3,948 |
| Cynthia Herman (D) | 8.4 | 2,934 | ||
 | Todd Bedard (D) | 8.1 | 2,834 | |
| Patrick McLaughlin (D) | 8.0 | 2,784 | ||
| Stephen D'Angelo (D) | 7.7 | 2,698 | ||
| Benjamin Geiger (D) | 7.5 | 2,622 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 34,940 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Herman | 21.7 | 892 | |
| ✔ | Patrick McLaughlin | 17.6 | 724 | |
| ✔ | | Todd Bedard | 16.7 | 686 |
| ✔ | Benjamin Geiger | 14.8 | 610 | |
| ✔ | Stephen D'Angelo | 14.6 | 601 | |
| Russell Norman | 14.5 | 596 | ||
| Total votes: 4,109 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 4 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris True | 19.6 | 1,348 |
| ✔ | | Jess Edwards | 18.1 | 1,249 |
| ✔ | | Jason Osborne | 17.4 | 1,198 |
| ✔ | Becky Owens | 13.6 | 937 | |
| ✔ | | Tony Piemonte | 13.2 | 910 |
| James Devine | 9.9 | 683 | ||
| David Smiley | 8.2 | 564 | ||
| Total votes: 6,889 | |||
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2017
A special election for the position of New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 4 was called for September 26, 2017. A primary election was held on August 8, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 16, 2017.[1]
The seat became vacant on May 6, 2017, after William Polewarczyk (R) died from cancer.[2]
Kari Lerner was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Former state Rep. James Headd defeated former state Rep. James Devine and Anthony Rossignol in the Republican primary. James Jarvis ran as a Libertarian candidate. Lerner defeated Headd and Jarvis in the special election.[3]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 4, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Kari Lerner |
49.9% | 901 | |
| Republican | James Headd | 47.8% | 862 | |
| Libertarian | James Jarvis | 2.3% | 41 | |
| Total Votes | 1,804 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
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 William Gannon (R) did not seek re-election.
The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 4 general election.[4][5]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 4 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Chris True Incumbent |
14.74% | 5,465 | |
| Republican | Joseph Hagan Incumbent |
14.14% | 5,245 | |
| Republican | Jess Edwards |
13.97% | 5,179 | |
| Republican | Jason Osborne Incumbent |
13.90% | 5,153 | |
| Republican | William Polewarczyk |
12.28% | 4,554 | |
| Democratic | Charlotte Lister | 8.13% | 3,016 | |
| Democratic | Jackie Wood | 7.83% | 2,903 | |
| Democratic | Stephen D'Angelo | 7.79% | 2,888 | |
| Democratic | Tony DePalma | 7.23% | 2,681 | |
| Total Votes | 37,084 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
Stephen D'Angelo, Charlotte Lister, and Jackie Wood were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 4 Democratic primary.[6][7]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 4 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Stephen D'Angelo | |
| Democratic | Charlotte Lister | |
| Democratic | Jackie Wood | |
The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 4 Republican primary.[6][7]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 4 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Jess Edwards |
15.86% | 1,005 | |
| Republican | Joseph Hagan Incumbent |
17.46% | 1,106 | |
| Republican | Jason Osborne Incumbent |
17.21% | 1,090 | |
| Republican | William Polewarczyk |
12.71% | 805 | |
| Republican | Chris True Incumbent |
18.80% | 1,191 | |
| Republican | James Devine Incumbent | 9.76% | 618 | |
| Republican | Eileen Tully | 8.21% | 520 | |
| Total Votes | 6,335 | |||
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. Two candidates were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while nine candidates faced off in the Republican primary.[8] The general election was contested by two Democrats and five Republicans. The Democrats were Charlotte Lister and Stephen D'Angelo. The Republicans participants were William M. Gannon, Jason Osborne, Chris True, incumbent Joseph Hagan, and incumbent James Devine. All five Republicans were victorious over the Democrats in the general election.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | William M. Gannon |
17.1% | 3,979 | |
| Republican | Chris True |
16.4% | 3,816 | |
| Republican | Joseph Hagan Incumbent |
16.2% | 3,786 | |
| Republican | James Devine Incumbent |
16.1% | 3,756 | |
| Republican | Jason Osborne |
15.2% | 3,536 | |
| Democratic | Stephen D'Angelo | 9.7% | 2,252 | |
| Democratic | Charlotte Lister | 9.3% | 2,174 | |
| NA | Scatter | 0.1% | 13 | |
| Total Votes | 23,312 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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William Gannon |
16% | 905 |
| Chris True |
13.8% | 781 |
| Joseph Hagan Incumbent |
13.2% | 750 |
| Jason Osborne |
13.2% | 749 |
| James Devine Incumbent |
12.3% | 697 |
| James Headd | 9.6% | 546 |
| Dan Dumaine Incumbent | 9% | 509 |
| William Polewarczyk | 8.8% | 497 |
| Frank Carrio, Sr. | 4.1% | 233 |
| Total Votes | 5,667 | |
2012
Devine won re-election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 4. Devine advanced past the September 11 primary and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | James Devine Incumbent |
16.4% | 4,698 | |
| Republican | Joseph Hagan Incumbent |
15.7% | 4,507 | |
| Republican | Gene Charron Incumbent |
15.6% | 4,471 | |
| Republican | Stella Tremblay Incumbent |
15.6% | 4,460 | |
| Republican | Dan Dumaine |
13.7% | 3,927 | |
| Democratic | Charlotte Lister | 11.8% | 3,395 | |
| Democratic | Kelly Upham-Torosian | 11.2% | 3,210 | |
| Total Votes | 28,668 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Gene Charron Incumbent |
19.9% | 1,131 |
| Joseph Hagan Incumbent |
18.9% | 1,073 |
| James Devine Incumbent |
16.5% | 939 |
| Dan Dumaine |
15.9% | 903 |
| Stella Tremblay Incumbent |
14.6% | 829 |
| Frank Carrio, Sr. | 14.2% | 809 |
| Total Votes | 5,684 | |
2010
On November 2, 2010, Devine won election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[12][13]
Devine advanced past the September 14 primary election. She faced incumbent Gene Charron (R), incumbent Joseph Hagan (R), incumbent Elisabeth Sanders (R), Charlotte Lister (D), Gertrud Nugent (D), Jenna Gawne (D), and George Manos (D) in the November 2 general election.
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 7 general election (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Elisabeth Sanders (R)
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5,263 | |||
| Gene Charron (R)
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5,218 | |||
| James Devine (R)
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4,980 | |||
| Joseph Hagan (R)
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4,888 | |||
| Charlotte Lister (D) | 1,424 | |||
| Gertrud Nugent (D) | 1,245 | |||
| Jenna Gawne (D) | 1,235 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Devine won re-election by finishing second out of seven candidates for the four-seat Rockingham 7 District of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, receiving 3,884 votes.[14]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham District 7 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| James Divine (R)
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3,955 | |||
| Elisabeth Sanders (R)
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4,066 | |||
| Gene Charron (R)
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3,884 | |||
| Joseph Hagan (R)
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3,573 | |||
| Lister (D) | 3,220 | |||
| Nugent (D) | 2,786 | |||
| Others | 20 | |||
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2016
In 2016, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 6 through June 1.
- Americans for Prosperity Foundation-New Hampshire- 2016 Legislative Scorecard
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Cornerstone Policy Research: 2015-2016 Legislative Scorecard
- Legislators are scored based on 15 roll call votes in the House and seven roll call votes in the Senate during the 2015-2016 session.
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- New Hampshire Business and Industry Association: 2016 Legislative Scorecard
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- New Hampshire Liberty Alliance: 2016 Liberty Rating report card
- Legislators are scored by the organization "on pro-liberty and anti-liberty roll call votes."
- New Hampshire National Federation of Independent Business: 2016 Voting Record
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- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
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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2014
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In 2014, the 163rd New Hampshire General Court, second year, was in session from January 8 through June 13.
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2013
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In 2013, the 163rd New Hampshire General Court, first year, was in session from January 2 to July 1.
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2012
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In 2012, the 162nd New Hampshire General Court, second year, was in session from January 4 through June 27.
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2011
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In 2011, the 162nd New Hampshire General Court, first year, was in session from January 5 through July 1.
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Endorsements
Presidential preference
2012
James Devine endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[15]
Personal
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Devine and his wife, Georgia, have six children.[16]
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018
- New Hampshire House of Representatives
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- New Hampshire House of Representatives
- Profile from Open States
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998
Footnotes
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Special Election for State Representative from Rockingham County District No. 4," accessed June 12, 2017
- ↑ New Hampshire Union Leader, "Dan Tuohy's Granite Status: FBI head's firing, midterm elections create buzz in NH," May 10, 2017
- ↑ Twitter, "John DiStaso on August 8, 2017," August 8, 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Results," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2010 Primary Election Results," accessed May 16, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2010 General Election Results," accessed May 16, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State General Election - November 4, 2008," accessed May 16, 2014
- ↑ http://race42016.com, ""10 Additional NH State Representatives Endorse Romney," December 8, 2011
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography of Rep. Devine," accessed July 29, 2014
