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Jessica LaMontagne

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Jessica LaMontagne
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Andover High School

Bachelor's

University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1985

Graduate

University of California, Davis, 1994

Personal
Birthplace
Groton, Mass.
Religion
Non-practicing Catholic
Profession
Construction professional
Contact

Jessica LaMontagne (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Strafford 17. She assumed office on December 7, 2022. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.

LaMontagne (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Strafford 17. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

LaMontagne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Jessica LaMontagne earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a master's degree in nutrition and international agricultural development from the University of California at Davis. LaMontagne's career experience includes working as a custom tile installer and overall designer/builder, a nutrition researcher and public health nutritionist, a restaurant cook,[1] a director of WIC services, and a farmer.[2]

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.


Committee assignments

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2023-2024

LaMontagne was assigned to the following committees:


Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17

Incumbent Jessica LaMontagne defeated Matthew Albion in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessica LaMontagne
Jessica LaMontagne (D) Candidate Connection
 
63.9
 
1,739
Matthew Albion (R)
 
36.1
 
983
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 2,723
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17

Incumbent Jessica LaMontagne advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessica LaMontagne
Jessica LaMontagne Candidate Connection
 
99.3
 
407
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
3

Total votes: 410
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17

Matthew Albion advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Matthew Albion
 
99.5
 
218
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
1

Total votes: 219
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17

Jessica LaMontagne won election in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessica LaMontagne
Jessica LaMontagne (D)
 
98.5
 
1,547
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
24

Total votes: 1,571
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17

Jessica LaMontagne advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessica LaMontagne
Jessica LaMontagne
 
99.2
 
368
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
3

Total votes: 371
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Jessica LaMontagne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by LaMontagne's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I have lived in Dover for twelve years, working in residential construction, mostly as a custom tile installer. I work alongside my husband Doug Dodd, a longtime builder in the Seacoast. Doug is mostly retired and I continue to work part time doing kitchen and bath remodels, and manage our rental property. My flexible schedule allows me to serve in the NH House and I am grateful for that opportunity. Doug and I have been married for twelve years, a second marriage for both of us. Together, Doug and I have five adult children and three grandchildren between us.
  • I will work to make NH more economically viable for all residents. Top issues are the lack of housing at working and middle class income levels and the lack of affordable child care.
  • I will work on making NH more environmentally forward thinking. This would be prioritizing water quality, developing a long term plan to address climate change, developing more green energy infrastructure and decreasing our reliance on fossil fuels.
  • I will support reproductive freedom and access to affordable health care. I believe in a universal health insurance program at the federal level. I will do what I can to support affordable health care at the state level.
Health of NH Lakes, universal health coverage, solar power, thoughtful community development, public education, green or natural burials.
Elizabeth Warren among many. As far as practical role models for my political career, I really admire my committee colleague Rosemarie Rung who does careful research and files bills that make important, attainable progress on protecting our water resources, and speaks well and effectively in committee.
I am organized, can speak effectively to the gist of important issues, and am trust-worthy. I have been fortunate to have had education and advanced degrees, and also work with my hands in what is really blue collar work. I can understand an issue from various perspectives.
Show up for the job, put in the work to research the bills and issues, listen to your constituents and your colleagues.
That we moved NH into a green energy economy.
Watergate and the eventual resignation of Richard Nixon. I turned 12 that summer.
I sold tickets for the Provincetown Boston Ferry for a summer job when I was 14 going on 15.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. You should read it and you'll know why.
Kinsey Millhone in Sue Grafton's excellent series.
I used to be terribly shy and petrified of public speaking. Now I have spoken on the house floor in front of 400 people and didn't even blush.
The governor should collaborate on broad visions for new legislation, and hopefully provide feedback on what is hoped for or expected. It is so much work to get a bill to the governor's desk that it is very frustrating to see a bill vetoed. Perhaps more discussion that could lead to good amendments and compromises would help prevent that. On the other hand, if a really bad bill makes it through, I hope the governor has the good sense to veto it.
We lag far behind all other NE states in transitioning away from fossil fuels. We provide almost no subsidies for upgrading inefficient heating systems, installing solar, or electric car charging stations. We have no plan to address inevitable sea level rise that will swamp our coastal towns and populated inland river flood plains. We need to increase the state contribution toward public education in a way that will lesson the disparities in education funding between poor and rich towns. The health of our lakes is in serious jeopardy by increased density of shore line development and the wake surfing industry. We need more young people to live in NH and we need more jobs in rural areas of the state.
Yes, particularly across party lines. We have more in common than you would think from public discourse. We need to stop making assumptions about the other side and what they think, and find common ground to work together.
The overturning of Roe vs Wade and the curtailment of Reproductive freedom in other states has many of my constituents concerned about what might happen in NH.
I am not sure about that. I see emergency powers at the level of the executive branch but perhaps the legislature can play a role in approving funding when needed.
I will file a bill to repeal the exclusion of Medicare supplemental plans from the law that says insurance companies cannot deny people based on pre-existing conditions. Many people who develop a serious health condition are not able to change their supplemental plan, particularly if they are in a Medicare Advantage Plan and need to get out of it. I am also going to refile our bill on Green Burials and Natural Organic Reduction.
Resources, Recreation and Development; Health and Human Services; Transportation
We need open financial transparency. The government should be responsible for sticking to a budget and to not be wasteful. That said, I believe a bigger problem is the push to continue to cut taxes at every level of government (such as the repeal of the NH income and dividends tax) puts excess pressure to cut services.

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2022

Jessica LaMontagne did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Jessica LaMontagne campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17Won general$585 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17Won general$2,115 $0
Grand total$2,700 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Scorecards

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See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. The General Court of New Hampshire, "Representative Jessica LaMontagne (D)," accessed May 26, 2023
  2. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 12, 2024

Political offices
Preceded by
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 17
2022-Present
Succeeded by
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Tom Buco (D)
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Seth King (R)
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Keith Erf (R)
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Lily Foss (D)
Hillsborough 42
Lisa Post (R)
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Alvin See (R)
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Zoe Manos (D)
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Pam Brown (R)
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Mary Ford (R)
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Terry Roy (R)
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