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Jan Schmidt
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Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28

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Jan Schmidt (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hillsborough 28. She assumed office in 2016. She left office on December 7, 2022.

Schmidt (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Hillsborough 28. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Schmidt represented the Hillsborough 28 District of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2012 to 2014.

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Schmidt was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Schmidt 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
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Schmidt served on the following committees:

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2013
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

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

2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

Jan Schmidt 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 Hillsborough 28 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jan Schmidt
Jan Schmidt (D)
 
18.6
 
2,947
Bruce Cohen (D)
 
17.4
 
2,744
Tom Lanzara (R)
 
16.8
 
2,657
William Bordy (D)
 
16.4
 
2,590
Elizabeth Ferreira (R)
 
15.8
 
2,495
Rosemary Russell (R)
 
15.0
 
2,368
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 15,802
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 (3 seats)

Incumbent Jan Schmidt, incumbent Bruce Cohen, and incumbent William Bordy advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jan Schmidt
Jan Schmidt
 
39.2
 
944
Bruce Cohen
 
30.9
 
745
William Bordy
 
29.6
 
713
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
8

Total votes: 2,410
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 (3 seats)

Tom Lanzara, Elizabeth Ferreira, and Rosemary Russell advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Tom Lanzara
 
36.5
 
746
Elizabeth Ferreira
 
31.7
 
648
Rosemary Russell
 
31.2
 
639
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
13

Total votes: 2,046
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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 28 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jan Schmidt
Jan Schmidt (D)
 
18.9
 
2,286
William Bordy (D)
 
17.5
 
2,119
Bruce Cohen (D)
 
17.0
 
2,057
Tom Lanzara (R)
 
15.9
 
1,929
Elizabeth Ferreira (R)
 
15.8
 
1,921
Carl Seidel (R)
 
14.9
 
1,809
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 12,122
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 (3 seats)

Incumbent Jan Schmidt, Bruce Cohen, and William Bordy advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jan Schmidt
Jan Schmidt
 
40.7
 
824
Bruce Cohen
 
30.3
 
613
William Bordy
 
29.1
 
589

Total votes: 2,026
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 (3 seats)

Tom Lanzara, incumbent Carl Seidel, and incumbent Elizabeth Ferreira advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Tom Lanzara
 
35.3
 
596
Carl Seidel
 
33.2
 
560
Elizabeth Ferreira
 
31.4
 
530

Total votes: 1,686
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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.

The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 28 general election.[1][2]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 28 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Carl Seidel Incumbent 17.22% 2,482
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jan Schmidt 17.00% 2,451
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Elizabeth Ferreira Incumbent 16.79% 2,420
     Democratic Sylvia Gale 16.75% 2,414
     Republican Eric R. Eastman Incumbent 16.25% 2,342
     Democratic Pam Swersky 15.99% 2,305
Total Votes 14,414
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Sylvia Gale, Jan Schmidt, and Pam Swersky were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 28 Democratic primary.[3][4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 28 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sylvia Gale
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jan Schmidt
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Pam Swersky


Incumbent Eric R. Eastman, incumbent Elizabeth Ferreira, and incumbent Carl Seidel defeated Ryan Lawes in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 28 Republican primary.[3][4]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 28 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Eric R. Eastman Incumbent 22.87% 331
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Elizabeth Ferreira Incumbent 27.37% 396
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Carl Seidel Incumbent 38.08% 551
     Republican Ryan Lawes 11.68% 169
Total Votes 1,447

2014

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 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. Incumbent Sylvia Gale, incumbent Jan Schmidt and Thomas D. Woodward were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Eric R. Eastman, Elizabeth Ferreira and Carl Seidel were unopposed in the Republican primary. Gale, Schmidt, Woodward, Eastman, Ferreira and Seidel faced off in the general election.[5] Eastman, Ferreira, and Seidel defeated Gale, Schmidt, and Woodward in the general election.[6]


New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngCarl W. Seidel 19% 1,929
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngElizabeth Ferreira 17.6% 1,793
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngEric R. Eastman 16.1% 1,641
     Democratic Sylvia Gale Incumbent 16.1% 1,634
     Democratic Jan Schmidt Incumbent 16% 1,626
     Democratic Thomas D. Woodward 15.3% 1,552
Total Votes 10,175

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Schmidt won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 28. Schmidt was unopposed in the September 11 primary and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 28, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSylvia Gale 16.7% 2,273
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAngeline Kopka 16.5% 2,241
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJan Schmidt 16.4% 2,231
     Republican Sean McGuinness Incumbent 16% 2,177
     Republican Kevin Avard Incumbent 15.9% 2,159
     Republican Carl Seidel Incumbent 15.3% 2,071
     Independent Eric Eastman 3.1% 424
Total Votes 13,576

Campaign themes

2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Jan Schmidt campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28Won general$270 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28Won general$424 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Hillsborough 28Won $352 N/A**
2012New Hampshire House, Hillsborough 28Won $0 N/A**
Grand total$1,046 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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2022

In 2022, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 26.

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Representatives
Belknap 1
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Belknap 7
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Carroll 1
Tom Buco (D)
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Cheshire 1
Cheshire 10
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John Hunt (R)
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Dru Fox (D)
Cheshire 3
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Coos 1
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Seth King (R)
Coos 5
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Grafton 10
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Grafton 2
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Hillsborough 1
Hillsborough 10
Bill Ohm (R)
Hillsborough 11
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Matt Drew (R)
Hillsborough 20
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Keith Erf (R)
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Lily Foss (D)
Hillsborough 42
Lisa Post (R)
Hillsborough 43
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Alvin See (R)
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Rockingham 1
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Zoe Manos (D)
Rockingham 14
Pam Brown (R)
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Mary Ford (R)
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Terry Roy (R)
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Luz Bay (D)
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Sullivan 1
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Judy Aron (R)
Sullivan 5
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Republican Party (219)
Democratic Party (177)
Independent (1)