John A. Leavitt
2022 - Present
2026
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John Leavitt (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack 10. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Leavitt (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Merrimack 10. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
John A. Leavitt graduated from Manchester Memorial High School in 1980. Leavitt served in the U.S. Army from 1982 to 1988. His career experience includes owning a business. Leavitt has been affiliated with the DAV/American Legion.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Leavitt was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Leavitt 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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Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Thomas Walsh (R) | 15.4 | 5,723 | |
✔ | John Leavitt (R) | 14.6 | 5,426 | |
✔ | Stephen Boyd (R) | 14.0 | 5,235 | |
✔ | ![]() | Yury Polozov (R) | 13.1 | 4,894 |
William Lynch (D) | 11.4 | 4,254 | ||
Robert Ray (D) | 11.0 | 4,081 | ||
Madalasa Gurung (D) | 10.6 | 3,943 | ||
![]() | Germano Martins (D) | 9.9 | 3,702 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 6 |
Total votes: 37,264 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 (4 seats)
William Lynch, Madalasa Gurung, Robert Ray, and Germano Martins advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | William Lynch | 26.3 | 1,054 | |
✔ | Madalasa Gurung | 24.9 | 999 | |
✔ | Robert Ray | 24.8 | 995 | |
✔ | ![]() | Germano Martins | 23.5 | 942 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 19 |
Total votes: 4,009 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 (4 seats)
Incumbent Thomas Walsh, incumbent John Leavitt, incumbent Stephen Boyd, and incumbent Yury Polozov advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Thomas Walsh | 26.5 | 1,426 | |
✔ | John Leavitt | 26.4 | 1,421 | |
✔ | Stephen Boyd | 24.1 | 1,295 | |
✔ | ![]() | Yury Polozov | 22.9 | 1,229 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 6 |
Total votes: 5,377 | ||||
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Endorsements
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Pledges
Leavitt signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Thomas Walsh (R) | 14.6 | 4,271 | |
✔ | John Leavitt (R) | 14.6 | 4,267 | |
✔ | Stephen Boyd (R) | 13.6 | 3,961 | |
✔ | ![]() | Yury Polozov (R) | 13.1 | 3,831 |
![]() | Kathleen Martins (D) | 12.2 | 3,569 | |
Robert Ray (D) | 11.0 | 3,220 | ||
Madalasa Gurung (D) | 10.6 | 3,089 | ||
Ahmed Tahoun (D) | 10.2 | 2,971 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 |
Total votes: 29,183 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 (4 seats)
Kathleen Martins, Robert Ray, Madalasa Gurung, and Ahmed Tahoun advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kathleen Martins | 28.0 | 670 |
✔ | Robert Ray | 24.5 | 585 | |
✔ | Madalasa Gurung | 24.0 | 574 | |
✔ | Ahmed Tahoun | 23.0 | 549 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 13 |
Total votes: 2,391 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 (4 seats)
Incumbent Thomas Walsh, incumbent John Leavitt, incumbent Stephen Boyd, and Yury Polozov defeated Ray Plante in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 10 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Thomas Walsh | 23.3 | 1,114 | |
✔ | John Leavitt | 22.4 | 1,069 | |
✔ | Stephen Boyd | 20.8 | 994 | |
✔ | ![]() | Yury Polozov | 17.8 | 851 |
![]() | Ray Plante | 15.7 | 751 |
Total votes: 4,779 | ||||
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2020
Regular election
See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Thomas Walsh (R) | 16.1 | 4,331 | |
✔ | John Leavitt (R) ![]() | 15.5 | 4,154 | |
✔ | ![]() | Michael Yakubovich (R) | 15.3 | 4,109 |
✔ | Stephen Boyd (R) | 15.2 | 4,085 | |
![]() | Kathleen Martins (D) | 14.6 | 3,915 | |
Harry Kozlowski (D) | 12.2 | 3,269 | ||
Madalasa Gurung (D) | 11.1 | 2,985 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 26 |
Total votes: 26,874 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 (4 seats)
Incumbent Kathleen Martins, Harry Kozlowski, and Madalasa Gurung advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kathleen Martins | 37.7 | 923 |
✔ | Harry Kozlowski | 30.9 | 755 | |
✔ | Madalasa Gurung | 29.8 | 728 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 40 |
Total votes: 2,446 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 (4 seats)
Incumbent Thomas Walsh, John Leavitt, incumbent Michael Yakubovich, and Stephen Boyd advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Thomas Walsh | 26.5 | 1,115 | |
✔ | John Leavitt ![]() | 24.8 | 1,041 | |
✔ | ![]() | Michael Yakubovich | 24.5 | 1,029 |
✔ | Stephen Boyd | 23.9 | 1,006 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 11 |
Total votes: 4,202 | ||||
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Special election
See also: New Hampshire state legislative special elections, 2020
General election
Special general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24
Kathleen Martins defeated Elliot Axelman in the special general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 on March 10, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kathleen Martins (D) | 51.0 | 1,000 |
![]() | Elliot Axelman (R) | 49.0 | 961 |
Total votes: 1,961 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24
Kathleen Martins advanced from the special Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 on January 21, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kathleen Martins | 100.0 | 66 |
Total votes: 66 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24
Elliot Axelman defeated John Leavitt and David Ross in the special Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 on January 21, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Elliot Axelman | 61.2 | 341 |
John Leavitt | 20.6 | 115 | ||
David Ross | 18.1 | 101 |
Total votes: 557 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Thomas Walsh (R) | 14.2 | 2,998 | |
✔ | Frank Kotowski (R) | 13.8 | 2,904 | |
✔ | ![]() | Michael Yakubovich (R) | 13.5 | 2,839 |
✔ | Dick Marple (R) | 12.5 | 2,644 | |
![]() | Kathleen Martins (D) | 12.0 | 2,531 | |
Harry Kozlowski (D) ![]() | 11.7 | 2,479 | ||
Marcy Rothenberg (D) | 11.4 | 2,404 | ||
Madalasa Gurung (D) | 10.9 | 2,295 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 6 |
Total votes: 21,100 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 (4 seats)
Kathleen Martins, Harry Kozlowski, Marcy Rothenberg, and Madalasa Gurung advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kathleen Martins | 26.9 | 886 |
✔ | Harry Kozlowski ![]() | 25.0 | 824 | |
✔ | Marcy Rothenberg | 25.0 | 823 | |
✔ | Madalasa Gurung | 23.2 | 765 |
Total votes: 3,298 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 24 on September 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Michael Yakubovich | 19.9 | 728 |
✔ | Frank Kotowski | 19.4 | 710 | |
✔ | Thomas Walsh | 17.8 | 650 | |
✔ | Dick Marple | 17.0 | 621 | |
John Leavitt ![]() | 13.8 | 504 | ||
William Nickerson | 7.8 | 287 | ||
Allan Whatley | 4.3 | 159 |
Total votes: 3,659 | ||||
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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. Incumbent David Hess (R) did not seek re-election.
The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 24 general election.[2][3]
New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 24 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | ![]() |
16.75% | 3,779 | |
Republican | ![]() |
16.57% | 3,739 | |
Republican | ![]() |
14.33% | 3,232 | |
Republican | ![]() |
17.18% | 3,876 | |
Democratic | Madalasa Gurung | 10.56% | 2,383 | |
Democratic | Marcy Rothenberg | 12.31% | 2,778 | |
Democratic | Thomas J. Thibeault | 12.30% | 2,774 | |
Total Votes | 22,561 | |||
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State |
Madalasa Gurung, Marcy Rothenberg, and Thomas J. Thibeault were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 24 Democratic primary.[4][5]
New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 24 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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Democratic | ![]() |
Incumbent Frank Kotowski, John A. Leavitt, incumbent Dick Marple, and incumbent Thomas Walsh defeated Richard Bairam in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 24 Republican primary.[4][5]
New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 24 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | ![]() |
24.99% | 850 | |
Republican | ![]() |
21.08% | 717 | |
Republican | ![]() |
20.38% | 693 | |
Republican | ![]() |
22.85% | 777 | |
Republican | Richard Bairam | 10.70% | 364 | |
Total Votes | 3,401 |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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2020
John Leavitt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Leavitt's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Strong Second Amendment Supporter
- US Army Veteran
- Pro Life Supporter
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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John Leavitt participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on September 6, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and John Leavitt's responses follow below.[6]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
“ | Taxes Elderly Environment[7][8] |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
“ | Right To Know Human Rights ViolationsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[8]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. John Leavitt answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
“ | Great Statesmen of Our Generation.[8] | ” |
“ | Killing Lincoln[8] | ” |
“ | Conservationism[8] | ” |
“ | Back Bone[8] | ” |
“ | Morality[8] | ” |
“ | Patriot[8] | ” |
“ | Lunar Landing[8] | ” |
“ | Stock Boy 2 years[8] | ” |
“ | Told a Bad Joke..Never Got Another One![8] | ” |
“ | Christmas.. Jesus Birthday.[8] | ” |
“ | Purpose Driven Life.....We all need purpose in our Life..[8] | ” |
“ | Bible...Gives me Direction[8] | ” |
“ | Patience[8] | ” |
“ | Beneficial yes , necessary no.[8] | ” |
“ | Taxes[8] | ” |
“ | By Partisanship[8] | ” |
“ | Yes we all need to work together[8] | ” |
“ | Population[8] | ” |
“ | Love Constitutional Law[8] | ” |
“ | Yes Chair or Vice Chair[8] | ” |
“ | Yes Both[8] | ” |
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
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“ | What is your political philosophy?
Conservative Is there anything you would like to add? Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.[8] |
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—John A. Leavitt[1] |
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2018
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2017
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2016
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on September 10, 2018
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "John Leavitt's responses," September 6, 2018
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.