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Jerry Little (New Hampshire)
Jerry Little is a former Republican member of the New Hampshire State Senate, representing District 8 from 2014 to June 6, 2016. He resigned to become the state's banking commissioner.[1]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Little served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Energy and Natural Resources, Vice Chair |
| • Finance, Vice Chair |
Campaign themes
2014
Little's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]
The Constitution
- Excerpt: "I will always put the Constitution first. I will fight any bill that violates the Constitution."
2nd Amendment
- Excerpt: "I am a hunter and a member of the NRA and the Sunset Mountain Fish and Game Club, where I target shoot. Our constitutional right to keep and bear arms is one I hold sacred and, as a State Senator, I will be an unwavering supporter of our Second Amendment rights."
Right To Work
- Excerpt: "I believe it is vitally important that New Hampshire becomes a Right to Work state. We need to do everything we can to encourage New Hampshire businesses to expand here and to entice businesses from around the country to move here."
Taxes and Spending
- Excerpt: "I pledge that I will always oppose any effort to impose a sales or income tax in New Hampshire. I believe we need to keep taxes as low as possible while still providing the needed essential services to our citizens."
Education
- Excerpt: "New Hampshire students consistently rank near the top of national achievement surveys. Therefore, I oppose Common Core because I believe it will dumb-down our current education system and ultimately hurt our students. I also believe that decisions about our children’s education should be made at the local level – by parents, teachers and locally elected school boards, rather than a national network of bureaucrats and special interests."
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
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. Linda Tanner was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Jerry Little defeated J.P. Marzullo in the Republican primary. Tanner and Little faced off in the general election.[3] Little defeated Tanner in the general election, and was elected to the seat.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Jerry Little |
55.5% | 12,033 | |
| Democratic | Linda Tanner | 44.5% | 9,649 | |
| Total Votes | 21,682 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Jerry Little |
69.3% | 4,100 |
| J.P. Marzullo | 30.7% | 1,817 |
| Total Votes | 5,917 | |
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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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.
- Legislators are scored on how they voted on tax and fiscal legislation.
- New Hampshire Business and Industry Association: 2016 Legislative Scorecard
- Legislators are scored based on their votes on business legislation.
- 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
- Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
- Legislators are scored based on if they voted with the Republican Party.
- 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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Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jerry + Little + New + Hampshire + Senate"
See also
- New Hampshire State Senate
- Senate Committees
- New Hampshire General Court
- New Hampshire state legislative districts
External links
- Official campaign website
- Profile from Open States
- Jerry Little on Facebook
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- New Hampshire General Court
- Campaign contributions via OpenSecrets
Footnotes
- ↑ NH Business Review, "NH Banking Commissioner Jerry Little," accessed August 1, 2016
- ↑ Jerry Little for Senate, "On the Issues," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Bob Odell (R) |
New Hampshire State Senate District 8 2014–2016 |
Succeeded by Ruth Ward (R) |
