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Linda Tanner
Democratic Party
Prior offices:
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5
Years in office: 2022 - 2024
Predecessor: Walter Stapleton (R)
Successor: George Grant (R)
New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)
Years in office: 2016 - 2022
Years in office: 2012 - 2014
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
East Stroudsburg University
Personal
Profession
Educator
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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

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
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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

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 575
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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 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
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George Grant (R)
 
49.4
 
1,366

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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
2024New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 5Lost general$3,720 $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$33,489 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ The New Hampshire House of Representatives, "Representative Linda Tanner (D)," accessed February 6, 2023
    2. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
    3. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
    6. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed August 6, 2014
    7. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
    8. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Results," accessed May 15, 2014
    9. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014

    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
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		New Hampshire House of Representatives Sullivan 9 (Historic)
    2012-2014    		 Succeeded by
    -


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