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Judy Aron
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7
Successor: Margaret Drye
Predecessor: Jim Grenier

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Rondout Valley High School

Bachelor's

State University of New York College, New Paltz, 1978

Personal
Birthplace
New York
Profession
Retired
Contact

Judy Aron (Republican Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Sullivan 4. She assumed office on December 7, 2022. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Aron (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Sullivan 4. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

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

Biography

Judy Aron earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Aron's career experience includes working as a columnist with the Acworth Newsletter and the secretary of the Acworth Community Project. She has served as the president of the Acworth Woman’s Club.[1][2]

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

Aron was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Aron was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Aron was assigned to the following committees:


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 Sullivan 4

Incumbent Judy Aron defeated Claudia Istel in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Judy Aron
Judy Aron (R) Candidate Connection
 
61.0
 
1,806
Image of Claudia Istel
Claudia Istel (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.0
 
1,154
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 2,961
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4

Claudia Istel advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Claudia Istel
Claudia Istel Candidate Connection
 
99.5
 
400
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
2

Total votes: 402
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4

Incumbent Judy Aron advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Judy Aron
Judy Aron Candidate Connection
 
99.3
 
548
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
4

Total votes: 552
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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 Sullivan 4

Incumbent Judy Aron defeated Bruce Cragin in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Judy Aron
Judy Aron (R)
 
62.3
 
1,483
Bruce Cragin (D)
 
37.6
 
894
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
3

Total votes: 2,380
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4

Bruce Cragin advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Bruce Cragin
 
99.6
 
283
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
1

Total votes: 284
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4

Incumbent Judy Aron advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Judy Aron
Judy Aron
 
99.8
 
515
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
1

Total votes: 516
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7

Incumbent Judy Aron defeated Claudia Istel in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Judy Aron
Judy Aron (R)
 
60.8
 
1,722
Image of Claudia Istel
Claudia Istel (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.2
 
1,108

Total votes: 2,830
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7

Claudia Istel advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Claudia Istel
Claudia Istel Candidate Connection
 
99.1
 
435
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
4

Total votes: 439
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7

Incumbent Judy Aron advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Judy Aron
Judy Aron
 
99.1
 
532
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
5

Total votes: 537
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7

Judy Aron defeated Claudia Istel in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Judy Aron
Judy Aron (R)
 
53.1
 
1,122
Image of Claudia Istel
Claudia Istel (D)
 
46.9
 
990
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 2,113
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7

Claudia Istel advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Claudia Istel
Claudia Istel
 
100.0
 
356

Total votes: 356
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7

Judy Aron advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Judy Aron
Judy Aron
 
100.0
 
360

Total votes: 360
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

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

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Judy Aron earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, with minors in Business Administration and Computer Science from the State University of New York at New Paltz.

Judy is an active member of Acworth Community and has served on the Acworth Budget Committee since March 2014. She is Secretary of the Acworth Community Project, which operates the Acworth Village Store. Judy writes two monthly columns for the Acworth Newsletter about news from the Acworth Village Store and what is happening at the State House in Concord. Judy is currently President of the Acworth Woman’s Club. Judy volunteers for the Acworth Memorial Park project which seeks to honor Acworth resident veterans past and present since 1766.

As a NH State Representative, Judy serves as Chair of the Environment and Agriculture Committee. She has proudly served her constituents with 100% attendance rate, never missing a committee meeting or a House Session. As a member of the Sullivan County Delegation, Judy is the chair of the Executive Finance Committee which makes recommendations regarding the county budget and other financial matters, working in conjunction with the county commissioners, county manager and members of the county delegation.

Judy enjoys gardening and creating delicious food in her kitchen. She lives with her husband, their dog, two mischievous kittens, and a flock of chickens. The Arons have been married for 46 years and have 3 grown children.
  • I have worked hard to represent the needs of our small towns, as well as our farmers, and small businesses. I have sponsored and passed legislation to support our infrastructure, obtain more funding and support, and eliminate cumbersome regulations. I support our timber industry and I cosponsored and helped to pass legislation reducing the timber tax. I helped obtain $25 million in funding from ARPA funds (American Rescue Plan Act 2021) for the renovation project at our county nursing home. This saved our taxpayers a huge amount of interest expense and helped get the project started with strong financial support. I worked tirelessly to get our flood ravaged towns the support they needed when we experienced flooding in 2021 and 2023
  • I work hard to protect our Constitutional rights and freedoms. I am unapologetically pro second amendment. I have co-sponsored bills to protect 2nd amendment rights. I support our police, first responders, and our veterans. I am a fiscal conservative and will not support a state income tax or a state sales tax. I believe strongly in election integrity and I co-sponsored and passed legislation to improve voting/ballot counting procedures. I believe in medical freedom. People should have informed consent regarding all medical procedures and not be forced to get vaccinated. After COVID when people died alone in hospitals, I co-sponsored legislation later signed into law ensuring that no hospital patient is denied visitation by family.
  • I work together with all of my colleagues. As chair of the NH House Environment and Agriculture Committee I worked in a bipartisan manner to get 85% of my committee’s bills voted on consent (unanimously) to the House floor protecting the environment, helping our farmers, and dealing with animal welfare. I believe while people may have philosophical differences, most of the time we can work together for the interest of our constituents and getting good legislation passed to help all Granite Staters. In 2022 I was awarded the NH Association of Counties “Legislator of the Year Award”.
I am passionate about supporting our agricultural community and helping our farmers be able to thrive and expand their businesses. As they say, "No Farms, No Food". So, it is of the utmost importance to me that our farmers be successful and that we don't burden them with regulations and restrictions. They should also be able to sell their products and diversify the ways in which they can sell what they grow.
I am also passionate about education choice and parental rights. Parents know what is best for their children. All children learn differently and should be given every opportunity to find and use learning models that work best for them. While I support our public schools, I also strongly support parents
I look up to my parents and follow their example. They were good people and I miss them.
Be ethical. Don't lie. Do what you say you will do. Be respectful. Take a leadership role and take responsibility for what you do. Honesty and integrity are important.
Represent your constituents, and your district's municipalities. Help people if they need help navigating through state agencies or understanding the legislative process. Be ready to assist a constituent with a problem. Be approachable and reachable.
When JFK was assassinated. I was 7 years old and was sent home from school. My mom and I watched the TV as she sat there and cried.
Working in the produce department at a supermarket. I worked summers to save money for college tuition.
While they are 2 separate branches of government (executive and legislative) they should have a good working relationship such that there is an understanding of mutual goals.
Dealing with inflation and higher expenses, as well as working through a politically divided environment. Our state has done particularly well in many areas and ranks in the top five in many metrics. We want to keep our state doing well and moving forward. Continued growth in our state also means dealing with increased need for job training and housing and balancing all that with keeping our New England small town charm and sense of community.
I don't think it is necessary to have experience but institutional knowledge is very helpful in getting things done quickly. That being said, the ordinary citizen has a perspective and understanding that is unique and helpful in crafting legislation.
Yes absolutely. We all need to work together and tap into each others strengths and knowledge to help get problems solved.
No - I know many great legislators, past and present, and they all have different qualities that make them special.
It's always heartwarming to hear how a constituent's problem was resolved with my help either in getting them in touch with the right person in a state agency, or in helping to get a new law passed that helps solve an issue for them.
Yes, but those emergency powers need to be crafted carefully and must have oversight by the legislative body.
I chair Environment and Agriculture.
I believe in financial transparency and government accountability. Taxpayers should know how their money is being spent and all government agencies should be responsive to their customers, i.e. the taxpayers.

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2022

Judy Aron did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Judy Aron did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Judy Aron campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4Won general$3,435 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4Won general$3,855 $0
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7Won general$3,348 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7Won general$3,240 N/A**
Grand total$13,878 N/A**
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
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Gary Merchant (D)
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 4
2022-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Jim Grenier (R)
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 7
2018-2022
Succeeded by
Margaret Drye (R)


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John Hunt (R)
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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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Lisa Post (R)
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Zoe Manos (D)
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Mary Ford (R)
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Independent (1)