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Loren Selig

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Loren Selig
Image of Loren Selig
New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Newark Academy, 1988

Bachelor's

Clark University, 1991

Graduate

Johns Hopkins University, 1996

Personal
Profession
Realtor
Contact

Loren Selig (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Strafford 10. She assumed office on December 7, 2022. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Selig (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Strafford 10. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Loren Selig lives in Durham, New Hampshire.[1] Selig graduated from Newark Academy in 1988. She earned a B.A. in English and education from Clark University in 1991 and an M.A.T. in education from Johns Hopkins University in 1996.[2][3] Selig's career experience includes working as a realtor with Arthur Thomas Properties, a sales agent with Keller Williams Coastal Realty, and an English teacher with Howard County Public Schools. She has served on the board of Temple Israel of Portsmouth.[1][3]

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.


Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Selig was assigned to the following committees:


Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 (4 seats)

Incumbent Marjorie Smith, incumbent Loren Selig, incumbent Timothy Horrigan, and Wayne Burton defeated Jeffrey Berlin in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Marjorie Smith
Marjorie Smith (D)
 
22.9
 
5,135
Image of Loren Selig
Loren Selig (D)
 
22.7
 
5,076
Image of Timothy Horrigan
Timothy Horrigan (D)
 
21.8
 
4,886
Image of Wayne Burton
Wayne Burton (D)
 
21.7
 
4,850
Jeffrey Berlin (R)
 
10.8
 
2,416
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
26

Total votes: 22,389
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 (4 seats)

Incumbent Loren Selig, incumbent Marjorie Smith, incumbent Timothy Horrigan, and Wayne Burton defeated Gale Bailey in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Loren Selig
Loren Selig
 
25.9
 
1,543
Image of Marjorie Smith
Marjorie Smith
 
23.2
 
1,386
Image of Timothy Horrigan
Timothy Horrigan
 
21.3
 
1,270
Image of Wayne Burton
Wayne Burton
 
16.5
 
981
Gale Bailey
 
13.0
 
777
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
5

Total votes: 5,962
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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 Strafford 10 (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Loren Selig
Loren Selig (D) Candidate Connection
 
20.4
 
4,373
Image of Cam Kenney
Cam Kenney (D)
 
20.2
 
4,332
Image of Marjorie Smith
Marjorie Smith (D)
 
20.1
 
4,321
Image of Timothy Horrigan
Timothy Horrigan (D)
 
19.6
 
4,215
Bonnie McDermott (R)
 
5.1
 
1,101
Jennifer Olszewski (R)
 
5.1
 
1,088
Cliff Zetterstrom (R)
 
4.8
 
1,032
Tyanne Sylvestre (R)
 
4.6
 
993
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
16

Total votes: 21,471
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 (4 seats)

Incumbent Cam Kenney, Loren Selig, incumbent Marjorie Smith, and incumbent Timothy Horrigan defeated Peyton McManus in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cam Kenney
Cam Kenney
 
23.5
 
1,239
Image of Loren Selig
Loren Selig Candidate Connection
 
22.0
 
1,156
Image of Marjorie Smith
Marjorie Smith
 
20.6
 
1,083
Image of Timothy Horrigan
Timothy Horrigan
 
17.0
 
895
Peyton McManus
 
16.9
 
891

Total votes: 5,264
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 (4 seats)

Bonnie McDermott, Jennifer Olszewski, Cliff Zetterstrom, and Tyanne Sylvestre advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Bonnie McDermott
 
28.3
 
266
Jennifer Olszewski
 
24.5
 
231
Cliff Zetterstrom
 
23.5
 
221
Tyanne Sylvestre
 
22.0
 
207
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.7
 
16

Total votes: 941
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Candidate Connection

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I live in Durham, NH with my husband, our two teenagers— one a leader in JEDI work and the other a philantropreneur, and our two goofy dogs.

Originally from New Jersey, I have worked and lived in New Hampshire for nearly two decades.

I love New Hampshire’s amazing breadth of resources from the beach to the mountains, and from the city to the country.

In my spare time, I enjoy being with my family and friends, volunteering, reading and exploring all the wonders of New Hampshire, especially Durham’s many delightful resources.
  • Public education has been under attack from the Republican party and especially right wing religious extremists and members of the free state movement. Additionally, irrational fears have led to laws like HB544 which attacks teachers and seeks to make it illegal to teach that there is more than one way to view the world. Loren is a former public school teacher who believes passionately in educational equity, and will fight for Diversity, Justice, Equity, and Inclusion in schools and will defend teachers and their right to teach a variety of content across the curriculum.
  • The extremists in the New Hampshire government are intent upon denying the rights of: Women LGBTQIA+ people Black, Indigenous, AAPI, Hispanic, and other nonwhite people Non-Christians Loren is an activist for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and will take strong action to protect the rights of people to live their true existence and to defend individuals from attach from misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, etc. To be a true democracy, Loren believes all non-hateful voices should be welcome at the table and all should work together to right the wrongs of the past and work for a better future.
  • Loren believes that the only two people who should be involved in deciding whether or not someone carries an egg from fertilization to birth are the pregnant person and their medical practitioner (in the case of a 10 year old like the one in Indiana, a guardian would also be an appropriate member of the conversation). The choice of whether or not to have a child is strictly personal. Loren also believes it in funding organizations like Planned Parenthood and the Lovering Health Center to provide preventive care for cancer, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, and contraceptive care. As an elected official, Loren will work to have funding restored to these organizations to to codify the Right to Choose.
Loren is passionate about 1. Public Education. 2. Smart Gun Control. 3. A Person's Right to Choose. 4. Medical and Mental Health care- including VA care. 5. Protecting the Right to VOTE. 6. Advocating for the marginalized and under-represented. 7 DEFENDING DEMOCRACY
Truthfully, I admire my teenagers, both of whom are following their passions and making a difference in the world. My older one is active with the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion club at our high school (one of the founding members and now president) as well as an activist working with a national organization to encourage people to vote. My younger one launched a business when she was 9 where she bakes treats and sells them to raise money for charities. She works so hard to take care of others and in five years has raised over $10,000 to help many causes. I do my best to follow their leads as activists, philanthropists, etc.

If I were to win the mega-lottery, I would use the money much like Mackenzie Scott is doing, funding organizations and people who really need it without it being about the glory.
When I was in second grade, Jimmy Carter was elected president. I remember going to his inauguration parade. Additionally, his daughter Amy was going to be a student in the public school I attended, so even though I was 3 years younger, I was interviewed as part of a group of students about her upcoming enrollment. I remember seeing her and her security detail in the hallways. The next most significant event I remember was when President Ronald Regan got shot. I was in junior high school at the time. I remember being shocked and confused about what was happening.
When I was a pre-teen, I shoveled driveways, mowed lawns, delivered the newspaper, and began babysitting. Later, I worked for a gourmet chocolatier and then at the local supermarket as a cashier. I worked at the supermarket for almost a year but then stopped to focus on high school and applying for college.
I believe the governor and the state legislators should represent the will of the people and of justice, not the will of highly funded special interest groups. I believe they should work together to achieve goals that are good for all people, not limited groups.
In New Hampshire, the Free State Project has set out to dismantle our government, to defund our public school system, and to be disruptive in general. Between them and the highly twisted news stories presented on talk radio, there is a huge amount of misinformation and disinformation being presented. I think the biggest challenge is getting people to understand the actual facts and to talk to one another again.
In a unicameral state legislature, one small group can find ways to take over the majority and then twist the government to meet their special needs without checks and balances. By having a multi-cameral legislature, we can provide checks and balances to the process.
I think that some experience is probably helpful but that the biggest factor is being willing to learn.
It is always beneficial to build relationships with other legislators in order to accomplish shared goals and to work to decrease the hostility and animosity that is running rampant through our electoral system.
I think longstanding existing districts should be maintained if possible unless they have been clearly gerrymandered to favor one party. Things like school districts or county lines should be taken into account as well. I firmly believe that there should be federal legislation mandating non-partisan redistricting commissions to ensure that voting districts are drawn fairly.
I believe it is important to collaborate with colleagues with multiple perspectives. However, I do not believe compromise is possible with people who have demonstrated their antisemitism, racism, homophobia and/or belief in dismantling government. I hope that we can get back to a place where even with divergent views about how to accomplish a goal, we can all agree that democracy and democratic values are at the core of our government.

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Campaign finance summary


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Loren Selig campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10Won general$2,816 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Strafford 10Won general$6,097 $0
Grand total$8,913 $0
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

Scorecards

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 The General Court of New Hampshire, "Representative Loren Selig (D)," accessed May 26, 2023
  2. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 16, 2022
  3. 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Loren Selig," accessed May 26, 2023


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Tom Buco (D)
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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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Bill Ohm (R)
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Matt Drew (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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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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