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Jan Schmidt
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 |
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| • Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Schmidt served on the following committees:
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| • Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services |
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
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | 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
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 | ||
| ✔ | | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | 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
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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Carl Seidel Incumbent |
17.22% | 2,482 | |
| Democratic | Jan Schmidt |
17.00% | 2,451 | |
| Republican | 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 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Sylvia Gale | |
| Democratic | Jan Schmidt | |
| Democratic | 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Eric R. Eastman Incumbent |
22.87% | 331 | |
| Republican | Elizabeth Ferreira Incumbent |
27.37% | 396 | |
| Republican | Carl Seidel Incumbent |
38.08% | 551 | |
| Republican | Ryan Lawes | 11.68% | 169 | |
| Total Votes | 1,447 | |||
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]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Carl W. Seidel |
19% | 1,929 | |
| Republican | Elizabeth Ferreira |
17.6% | 1,793 | |
| Republican | Eric 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
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]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Sylvia Gale |
16.7% | 2,273 | |
| Democratic | Angeline Kopka |
16.5% | 2,241 | |
| Democratic | Jan 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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2022
In 2022, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 26.
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2021
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In 2021, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 24.
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2020
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In 2020, the New Hampshire State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 30. The session was suspended from March 14 to June 11.
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2019
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In 2019, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 2 through June 30.
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2018
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In 2018, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 3 through June 30.
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2017
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In 2017, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 4 through June 22. The state House met for a veto session on November 2.
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2016
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In 2016, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 6 through June 1.
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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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See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Candidate New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 28 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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, "State Representative - 2014 General Election," accessed November 16, 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
