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John Hunt (New Hampshire)

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John Hunt
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 14
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal
Religion
Christian: Episcopalian
Contact

John Hunt (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Cheshire 14. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Hunt (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Cheshire 14. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

John Hunt has served as the treasurer of the Rindge Historical Society and the treasurer of the Library's Ingalls 1894 Association.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Hunt was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Hunt 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
Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Hunt served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Hunt served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Hunt served on the following committee:

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

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 15 (2 seats)

Samantha Jacobs and incumbent Nicholas Germana defeated John Winter and Jerry Sickels in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 15 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Samantha Jacobs
Samantha Jacobs (D)
 
31.9
 
10,363
Image of Nicholas Germana
Nicholas Germana (D)
 
30.5
 
9,927
John Winter (R)
 
18.9
 
6,142
Jerry Sickels (R)
 
18.6
 
6,041
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
23

Total votes: 32,496
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 15 (2 seats)

Samantha Jacobs and incumbent Nicholas Germana advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 15 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Samantha Jacobs
Samantha Jacobs
 
51.2
 
2,800
Image of Nicholas Germana
Nicholas Germana
 
48.7
 
2,661
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
8

Total votes: 5,469
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 15 (2 seats)

John Winter and Jerry Sickels advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 15 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
John Winter
 
51.7
 
1,150
Jerry Sickels
 
47.6
 
1,059
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
14

Total votes: 2,223
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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 Cheshire 14

Incumbent John Hunt defeated Hannah Bissex in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 14 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Hunt
John Hunt (R)
 
63.2
 
1,766
Hannah Bissex (D)
 
36.8
 
1,028
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2

Total votes: 2,796
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 14

Hannah Bissex advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 14 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Hannah Bissex
 
99.3
 
293
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
2

Total votes: 295
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 14

Incumbent John Hunt advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 14 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Hunt
John Hunt
 
99.4
 
649
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
4

Total votes: 653
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 (2 seats)

Incumbent John Hunt and Jim Qualey defeated Patricia Martin and Gene Andersen in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Hunt
John Hunt (R)
 
32.8
 
2,875
Image of Jim Qualey
Jim Qualey (R)
 
26.5
 
2,322
Patricia Martin (D)
 
21.0
 
1,845
Gene Andersen (D)
 
19.7
 
1,730

Total votes: 8,772
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 (2 seats)

Patricia Martin and Gene Andersen advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Patricia Martin
 
63.8
 
565
Gene Andersen
 
35.9
 
318
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
2

Total votes: 885
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 (2 seats)

Incumbent John Hunt and Jim Qualey advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Hunt
John Hunt
 
57.4
 
868
Image of Jim Qualey
Jim Qualey
 
42.2
 
637
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
6

Total votes: 1,511
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 (2 seats)

Incumbent John Hunt and incumbent John O'Day defeated Patricia Martin and Susan Silverman in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Hunt
John Hunt (R)
 
29.9
 
1,947
John O'Day (R)
 
25.8
 
1,684
Patricia Martin (D) Candidate Connection
 
22.2
 
1,449
Susan Silverman (D)
 
22.1
 
1,439
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 6,520
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 (2 seats)

Patricia Martin and Susan Silverman advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Patricia Martin Candidate Connection
 
50.9
 
437
Susan Silverman
 
49.1
 
422

Total votes: 859
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 (2 seats)

Incumbent John Hunt and incumbent John O'Day advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Hunt
John Hunt
 
58.0
 
529
John O'Day
 
42.0
 
383

Total votes: 912
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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.

Incumbent John Hunt and John E. O'Day were unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Cheshire 11 general election.[2][3]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Cheshire 11 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Hunt Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png John E. O'Day
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State



Incumbent John Hunt and John E. O'Day defeated incumbent Susan Emerson in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Cheshire 11 Republican primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Cheshire 11 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Hunt Incumbent 41.36% 541
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John E. O'Day 36.16% 473
     Republican Susan Emerson Incumbent 22.48% 294
Total Votes 1,308

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. Luke Sacher was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent John Hunt and incumbent Susan Emerson were unopposed in the Republican primary. Sacher, Hunt and Emerson faced off in the general election.[6] Incumbents Hunt and Emerson defeated Sacher in the general election, and will retain their seats.[7]

New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Hunt Incumbent 40.7% 1,864
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSusan Emerson 38.5% 1,761
     Democratic Luke Sacher 20.6% 943
     NA Scatter 0.2% 10
Total Votes 4,578

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Hunt won re-election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire 11. Hunt advanced past the September 11 primary and won re-election unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire 11, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Hunt Incumbent 52.2% 2,617
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSusan Emerson Incumbent 47.8% 2,394
Total Votes 5,011
New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire 11 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn B. Hunt Incumbent 35.8% 494
Susan Emerson Incumbent 24.8% 342
Eric Jackman 19.8% 274
Richard Dwinell Incumbent 19.6% 271
Total Votes 1,381

2010

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2010

On November 2, 2010, Hunt was re-elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[10][11]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire 7 general election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png John Hunt (R) 2,655
Green check mark transparent.png Franklin Sterling (R) 2,518
Green check mark transparent.png Susan Emerson (R) 2,515
Green check mark transparent.png Charlie Moore (R) 2,363
Richard Ames (D) 1,911
Nancy Lloyd (D) 1,396
Maximilian Mitchell (D) 1,260
Keith Halloran (D) 1,171

2008

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Hunt won re-election by finishing first for the four-seat Cheshire District 7 of the New Hampshire House of Representatives receiving 3,733 votes ahead of Republican Susan Emerson (3,733), Democrat Bonnie Mitchell (3,583), Republicans Franklin Sterling (3,038) and William Shea (2,753), Democrat Keith David Halloran (2,480), and "Others" (11).[12]

Hunt raised $3,700 for his campaign, against $3,849 for Mitchell, $875 for Emerson, and $845 for Halloran.[13]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire District 7
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png John Hunt (R) 3,733
Green check mark transparent.png Bonnie Mitchell (D) 3,583
Green check mark transparent.png Susan Emerson (R) 3,395
Green check mark transparent.png Franklin Sterling (R) 3,038
William Shea (R) 2,753
Keith David Halloran (D) 2,671
Others 11

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

John Hunt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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John Hunt campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 14Won general$3,139 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 14Won general$6,100 $0
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11Won general$2,000 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11Won general$4,025 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Cheshire 11Won $2,850 N/A**
2014New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Cheshire 11Won $2,085 N/A**
2012New Hampshire House, Cheshire 11Won $0 N/A**
2010New Hampshire House, Cheshire 7Won $2,500 N/A**
2008New Hampshire House, Cheshire 7Won $3,700 N/A**
2006New Hampshire House, Cheshire 7Won $5,935 N/A**
2004New Hampshire House, Cheshire 7Won $9,300 N/A**
2002New Hampshire House, District 28Won $950 N/A**
2000New Hampshire House, District 10Won $0 N/A**
1998New Hampshire House, District 10Won $2,150 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Hunt and his wife, Lynda, have five children.[14]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Matthew Santonastaso (R)
New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 14
2022-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 11
1986-2022
Succeeded by
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John Hunt (R)
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Dru Fox (D)
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Seth King (R)
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Keith Erf (R)
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Lily Foss (D)
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Mary Ford (R)
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Terry Roy (R)
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