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Linda Tanner

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Linda Tanner
Image of Linda Tanner
Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)

New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5
Successor: George Grant
Predecessor: Walter Stapleton

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

East Stroudsburg University

Personal
Profession
Educator
Contact

Linda Tanner (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Sullivan 5. She assumed office on December 7, 2022. She left office on December 4, 2024.

Tanner (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Sullivan 5. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Tanner earned a B.S. in health and physical education from East Stroudsburg University. Her career experience includes working as a teacher and professor.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Tanner was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Tanner was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Tanner 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
• Education

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Tanner served on the following committees:

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2013
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

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 5

George Grant defeated incumbent Linda Tanner in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
George Grant (R)
 
50.2
 
1,686
Image of Linda Tanner
Linda Tanner (D)
 
49.7
 
1,670
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
4

Total votes: 3,360
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5

Incumbent Linda Tanner advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Linda Tanner
Linda Tanner
 
99.7
 
608
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
2

Total votes: 610
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5

George Grant advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
George Grant
 
99.8
 
574
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
1

Total votes: 575
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Tanner in this election.

2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5

Incumbent Linda Tanner defeated George Grant in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Linda Tanner
Linda Tanner (D)
 
50.6
 
1,397
George Grant (R)
 
49.4
 
1,366

Total votes: 2,763
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5

Incumbent Linda Tanner advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Linda Tanner
Linda Tanner
 
99.8
 
442
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
1

Total votes: 443
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5

George Grant advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
George Grant
 
98.8
 
578
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
7

Total votes: 585
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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 9 (Historic)

Incumbent Linda Tanner defeated Margaret Drye and Tobin Menard in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Linda Tanner
Linda Tanner (D)
 
48.2
 
6,022
Image of Margaret Drye
Margaret Drye (R)
 
47.4
 
5,914
Image of Tobin Menard
Tobin Menard (L)
 
4.4
 
546

Total votes: 12,482
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)

Incumbent Linda Tanner advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Linda Tanner
Linda Tanner
 
99.7
 
2,506
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
7

Total votes: 2,513
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)

Margaret Drye advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Margaret Drye
Margaret Drye
 
99.6
 
1,957
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
7

Total votes: 1,964
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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 9 (Historic)

Incumbent Linda Tanner defeated Margaret Drye in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Linda Tanner
Linda Tanner (D)
 
53.2
 
4,938
Image of Margaret Drye
Margaret Drye (R)
 
46.7
 
4,335
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
2

Total votes: 9,275
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)

Incumbent Linda Tanner advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Linda Tanner
Linda Tanner
 
100.0
 
1,896

Total votes: 1,896
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)

Margaret Drye advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic) on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Margaret Drye
Margaret Drye
 
100.0
 
1,387

Total votes: 1,387
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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.

Linda Tanner defeated Spec Bowers in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Sullivan 9 general election.[2][3]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Sullivan 9 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Linda Tanner 53.05% 5,749
     Republican Spec Bowers 46.95% 5,087
Total Votes 10,836
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Linda Tanner ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Sullivan 9 Democratic primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Sullivan 9 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Linda Tanner  (unopposed)


Spec Bowers ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Sullivan 9 Republican primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Sullivan 9 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Spec Bowers  (unopposed)

2014

See also: New Hampshire State Senate 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.[6] Little defeated Tanner in the general election, and was elected to the seat.[7]

New Hampshire State Senate, District 8 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJerry Little 55.5% 12,033
     Democratic Linda Tanner 44.5% 9,649
Total Votes 21,682
New Hampshire State Senate, District 8 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJerry Little 69.3% 4,100
J.P. Marzullo 30.7% 1,817
Total Votes 5,917

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Tanner won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Sullivan 9. Tanner was unopposed in the September 11 primary and defeated Thomas Howard (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Sullivan 9, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Tanner 53.7% 5,525
     Republican Thomas Howard Incumbent 46.3% 4,759
Total Votes 10,284

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Linda Tanner did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Linda Tanner did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Linda Tanner campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5Lost general$0 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5Won general$8,862 $0
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)Won general$1,790 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)Won general$10,846 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Sullivan 9Won $8,271 N/A**
Grand total$29,769 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.

Scorecards

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2024

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Walter Stapleton (R)
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5
2022-2024
Succeeded by
George Grant (R)
Preceded by
-
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)
2016-2022
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)
2012-2014
Succeeded by
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Carroll 1
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John Hunt (R)
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Dru Fox (D)
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Coos 1
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Seth King (R)
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Grafton 10
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Bill Ohm (R)
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Matt Drew (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)
Rockingham 14
Pam Brown (R)
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Mary Ford (R)
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Terry Roy (R)
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Luz Bay (D)
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Judy Aron (R)
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Independent (1)